NHL game summary from April 5, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (49-23-8) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Boston Bruins (51-24-5) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Wayne Cashman 1 (Dallas Smith, Phil Esposito), 7:55 |
| NYR, | Steve Vickers 1 (Bill Fairbairn, Brad Park), 13:20 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Ted Irvine 1 (Pete Stemkowski, Ron Harris), 9:47 - PP |
| NYR, | Pete Stemkowski 2 (Ted Irvine, Brad Park), 13:29 - PP | |
| BOS, | Doug Roberts 2 (Dallas Smith), 16:34 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 3 (Steve Vickers, Bill Fairbairn), 5:37 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking] 8:35 |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Holding] 17:16 | |
| Bobby Rousseau, NYR [Interference] 18:05 | |
| 2: | Dale Rolfe, NYR [Holding] 4:21 |
| Dallas Smith, BOS [Tripping] 7:57 | |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Interference] 12:50 | |
| Rod Gilbert, NYR [Holding] 14:04 | |
| Derek Sanderson, BOS [Holding] 19:14 | |
| 3: | Brad Park, NYR [Holding] 0:40 |
| Doug Roberts, BOS [Holding] 4:14 | |
| Brad Park, NYR [Tripping] 10:30 |
Penalty time: NYR: 10 minutes
BOS: 12 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bert Marshall | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 32 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred O'Donnell | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Roberts | 28 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacques Plante | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 5 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 5 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 9-11-12-32
BOS: 15- 5-10-30
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 2-0-0),
Gilles Villemure BOS: Jacques Plante (L, 0-2-0) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Claude Bechard Attendance: 15,003
Gilles Villemure BOS: Jacques Plante (L, 0-2-0) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Claude Bechard Attendance: 15,003
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