NHL game summary from April 4, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (48-23-8)	1	4	1	6
Boston Bruins (51-23-5)	1	0	1	2
New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7)

1: BOS, Doug Roberts 1 (Gregg Sheppard, Don Marcotte), 14:21
   NYR, Brad Park 1 (Jean Ratelle), 15:59 - PP
2: NYR, Bruce MacGregor 1 (Pete Stemkowski, Ron Harris), 7:25
   NYR, Brad Park 2 (Rod Gilbert), 8:53
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 1 (Jean Ratelle, Bill Fairbairn), 11:48
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 2 (Bill Fairbairn, Brad Park), 15:55
3: NYR, Pete Stemkowski 1 (Dale Rolfe), 3:11
   BOS, Derek Sanderson 1 (Johnny Bucyk), 11:17

Penalties:

1: Don Awrey, BOS [Charging] 1:13
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hi-sticking] 1:13
   Carol Vadnais, BOS [Slashing] 1:39
   Ted Irvine, NYR [Charging, Fighting] 3:54
   Ken Hodge, BOS [Fighting] 3:54
   Carol Vadnais, BOS [Cross checking] 14:56
   Ted Irvine, NYR [Butt ending] 17:42
   Ken Hodge, BOS [Holding] 18:32
   Dale Rolfe, NYR [Holding] 19:42
2: Ted Irvine, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 8:35
   Bobby Orr, BOS [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 8:35
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Elbowing] 9:41
3: Phil Esposito, BOS [Tripping] 1:09
   Fred O'Donnell, BOS [Fighting] 4:59
   Glen Sather, NYR [Fighting] 4:59

Penalty time: NYR: 27 minutes
              BOS: 27 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ed Giacomin	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Park	2	D	2	1	3	0	3	5
Ron Harris	3	D	0	1	1	0	0	2
Dale Rolfe	5	D	0	1	1	2	4	3
Glen Sather	6	LW	0	0	0	5	0	0
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Bill Fairbairn	10	RW	0	2	2	0	0	2
Vic Hadfield	11	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bruce MacGregor	12	C	1	0	1	0	2	1
Mike Murphy	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Neilson	15	D	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	2	0	2	4	0	4
Jean Ratelle	19	C	0	2	2	0	2	2
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	1	1	2	0	2	6
Bobby Rousseau	22	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Irvine	27	LW	0	0	0	16	2	1
TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen)							15	31

BOS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bobby Orr	4	D	0	0	0	7	-1	3
Nick Beverley	6	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Phil Esposito	7	C	0	0	0	2	-4	2
Ken Hodge	8	RW	0	0	0	7	-3	0
Johnny Bucyk	9	LW	0	1	1	0	-2	3
Carol Vadnais	10	D	0	0	0	4	-1	1
Mike Walton	11	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wayne Cashman	12	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Fred O'Donnell	16	RW	0	0	0	5	0	0
Fred Stanfield	17	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Gregg Sheppard	19	C	0	1	1	0	1	4
Dallas Smith	20	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Don Marcotte	21	LW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Terry O'Reilly	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Don Awrey	26	D	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Derek Sanderson	27	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
Doug Roberts	28	RW	1	0	1	0	1	1
Jacques Plante	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-15	24


Shots: NYR:  7-13-11-31
       BOS: 13- 3- 8-24

Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 1-0-0)
         BOS: Jacques Plante (L, 0-1-0)

Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Leon Stickle

Attendance: 15,003

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