NHL game summary from April 8, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (55-11-16) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Buffalo Sabres (38-30-14) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: MTL, Yvan Cournoyer 5 (Murray Wilson, Chuck Lefley), 18:37
2: BUF, Jim Schoenfeld 2 (Jim Lorentz, Gerry Meehan), 11:13
BUF, Gilbert Perreault 2 (Larry Carriere, Rene Robert), 14:29 - PP
3: BUF, Rene Robert 2 (Gilbert Perreault), 1:28
BUF, Don Luce 1, 19:19
BUF, Gilbert Perreault 3 (Rene Robert, Rick Martin), 19:41
Penalties:
1: Larry Carriere, BUF [Hooking] 8:47
Larry Hillman, BUF [Hooking] 16:32
2: Serge Savard, MTL [Holding] 13:27
3: none
Penalty time: MTL: 2 minutes
BUF: 4 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Murdoch | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Lefley | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 24 | ||||||
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Crozier | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Horton | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Robitaille | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tracy Pratt | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Hillman | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Norm Gratton | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Larry Mickey | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Gerry Meehan | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Paul Terbenche | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Larry Carriere | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 15 | 50 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 10-10- 4-24
BUF: 11-19-20-50
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 3-1-0)
BUF: Roger Crozier (W, 1-1-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Willard Norris
Attendance: 15,660
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