NHL game summary from April 7, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Blackhawks (45-27-9) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
 St. Louis Blues (32-37-12) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Chicago Blackhawks lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: CHI, Dennis Hull 1 (Stan Mikita, Pat Stapleton), 2:29 - PP
STL, Ab DeMarco 1 (Fran Huck, Jack Egers), 5:52 - PP
STL, Pierre Plante 1 (Floyd Thomson, Wayne Merrick), 10:27
CHI, Ralph Backstrom 1 (Pat Stapleton), 11:26
CHI, Jim Pappin 2 (Dennis Hull, Pit Martin), 13:51
2: CHI, Ralph Backstrom 2 (Chico Maki), 3:10
3: CHI, Jim Pappin 3 (Phil Russell, Keith Magnuson), 7:41 - PP
Penalties:
1: Pierre Plante, STL [Interference] 2:01
Pit Martin, CHI [Holding] 4:35
Steve Durbano, STL [Elbowing] 14:01
2: Paul Curtis, STL [Holding] 1:00
Jim Pappin, CHI [Hi-sticking] 9:03
3: Jerry Korab, CHI [Roughing] 4:03
Connie Madigan, STL [Boarding] 6:15
Penalty time: CHI: 6 minutes
STL: 8 minutes
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill White | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Russell | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Angotti | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Pappin | 8 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Stapleton | 12 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ralph Backstrom | 14 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Dick Redmond | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chico Maki | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jerry Korab | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 40 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Durbano | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Paul Curtis | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chris Evans | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Ab Demarco | 9 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Fran Huck | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pierre Plante | 16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Floyd Thomson | 18 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Merrick | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Danny O'Shea | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Connie Madigan | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Caron | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -10 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: CHI: 16-10-14-40
STL: 11- 7-12-30
Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 3-0-0)
STL: Jacques Caron (L, 0-2-0)
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn
Attendance: 19,237
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