NHL game summary from April 8, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (52-25-5) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 New York Rangers (50-24-8) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: NYR, Rod Gilbert 1 (Brad Park, Bobby Rousseau), 2:35
NYR, Pete Stemkowski 4 (Bruce MacGregor, Ted Irvine), 16:30
2: NYR, Bobby Rousseau 1 (Jim Neilson), 11:22
NYR, Steve Vickers 2 (Bill Fairbairn), 19:15
3: no scoring
Penalties:
1: Derek Sanderson, BOS [Slashing] 19:01
2: Jim Neilson, NYR [Tripping] 4:01
Doug Roberts, BOS [Interference] 12:31
3: Bert Marshall, NYR [Tripping] 11:01
Glen Sather, NYR [Holding] 12:01
Bert Marshall, NYR [Hooking] 13:36
Carol Vadnais, BOS [Roughing] 16:47
Ed Giacomin, NYR [Roughing] 16:47
Penalty time: BOS: 6 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Nick Beverley | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred O'Donnell | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Doug Roberts | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 33 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bert Marshall | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 20 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 5-13-15-33
NYR: 10-10- 5-25
Goalies: BOS: Eddie Johnston (L, 1-1-0)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 3-1-0)
Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 17,500
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