NHL game summary from April 8, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Blackhawks (45-28-9) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
 St. Louis Blues (33-37-12) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Chicago Blackhawks lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: CHI, Ralph Backstrom 3 (Chico Maki, Doug Jarrett), 6:33
CHI, Cliff Koroll 1 (Stan Mikita, Dick Redmond), 11:11
STL, Pierre Plante 2 (Bob Plager, Garry Unger), 16:48
2: STL, Phil Roberto 2, 14:03
STL, Fran Huck 1 (Garry Unger, Ab DeMarco), 15:31
STL, Gary Sabourin 1 (Phil Roberto, Steve Durbano), 18:29
3: CHI, Chico Maki 1 (Ralph Backstrom), 14:21
STL, Garry Unger 1 (Chris Evans, Fran Huck), 16:56
Penalties:
1: Steve Durbano, STL [Elbowing] 12:50
Bench penalty, CHI [Too many men on the ice] 14:29
Phil Russell, CHI [Tripping] 18:23
2: Bill White, CHI [Cross checking] 10:28
3: Jack Egers, STL [Hooking] 3:33
Bob Plager, STL [Hooking] 8:08
Cliff Koroll, CHI [Slashing] 11:21
Phil Russell, CHI [Hi-sticking] 19:23
Penalty time: CHI: 10 minutes
STL: 6 minutes
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Smith | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill White | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Jarrett | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Phil Russell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Lou Angotti | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jim Pappin | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Stapleton | 12 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Ralph Backstrom | 14 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Dick Redmond | 15 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Chico Maki | 16 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Jerry Korab | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -10 | 40 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Stephenson | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Durbano | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Paul Curtis | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Evans | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ab Demarco | 9 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fran Huck | 12 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pierre Plante | 16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Floyd Thomson | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Merrick | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Danny O'Shea | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Connie Madigan | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 39 | ||||||
Shots: CHI: 9-11-20-40
STL: 16-12-11-39
Goalies: CHI: Gary Smith (L, 0-1-0)
STL: Wayne Stephenson (W, 1-1-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn
Attendance: 18,868
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