All NHL game summaries from April 12, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (56-12-16) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
 Buffalo Sabres (39-31-14) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Serge Savard 2 (Frank Mahovlich, Pete Mahovlich), 1:32 |
| MTL, | Murray Wilson 2 (Rejean Houle), 7:33 | |
| MTL, | Guy Lafleur 2 (Henri Richard, Serge Savard), 8:53 | |
| MTL, | Guy Lapointe 3 (Jimmy Roberts, Murray Wilson), 16:03 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | BUF, | Rene Robert 5, 11:41 |
| BUF, | Rick Martin 3 (Jim Lorentz, Gilbert Perreault), 19:48 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Martin, BUF [Roughing] 4:45 |
| Murray Wilson, MTL [Roughing] 4:45 | |
| Tim Horton, BUF [Tripping] 16:35 | |
| 2: | Jimmy Roberts, MTL [Hi-sticking] 4:11 |
| Norm Gratton, BUF [Holding] 6:34 | |
| 3: | Guy Lapointe, MTL [Tripping] 15:04 |
| Serge Savard, MTL [Delay of game] 19:32 | |
| Jimmy Roberts, MTL [Misconduct] 19:32 |
Penalty time: MTL: 18 minutes
BUF: 6 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Chuck Lefley | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 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 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Mike Robitaille | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tracy Pratt | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Larry Hillman | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Norm Gratton | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Larry Mickey | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8 |
| Gerry Meehan | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Paul Terbenche | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Hugh Harris | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Carriere | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -15 | 44 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -15 | 44 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 13- 7- 4-24
BUF: 16- 8-20-44
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 4-2-0)
BUF: Roger Crozier (L, 2-2-0)
Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 15,668
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (52-24-8) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||
 Chicago Blackhawks (46-29-9) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CHI, | Pit Martin 4 (Dennis Hull, Jim Pappin), 12:37 |
| NYR, | Bobby Rousseau 2, 14:09 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | NYR, | Vic Hadfield 1 (Jean Ratelle, Dale Rolfe), 4:04 |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 5 (Dale Rolfe, Steve Vickers), 17:45 | |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 6 (Steve Vickers), 19:35 - EN | |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Stan Mikita, CHI [Hi-sticking] 7:42 | |
| Steve Vickers, NYR [Hi-sticking] 7:42 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 8:21 | ||
| Bill White, CHI [Hooking] 17:01 | ||
| Brad Park, NYR [Tripping] 17:40 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes
CHI: 4 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bert Marshall | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 25 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill White | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Jarrett | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Russell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lou Angotti | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Pappin | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Stapleton | 12 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Ralph Backstrom | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Redmond | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Chico Maki | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| Jerry Korab | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -16 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -16 | 22 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 9- 8- 8-25
CHI: 7- 8- 7-22
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 5-1-0)
CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 4-1-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Willard Norris
Attendance: n/a
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Flyers (41-32-11) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Minnesota North Stars (39-34-11) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MIN, | Bill Goldsworthy 2 (Doug Mohns, Lou Nanne), 13:40 - PP |
| 2: | PHI, | Terry Crisp 2 (Tom Bladon, Ross Lonsberry), 4:10 - PP |
| PHI, | Ross Lonsberry 2 (Gary Dornhoefer), 16:42 | |
| PHI, | Dave Schultz 1 (Bill Flett, Bobby Clarke), 18:01 | |
| 3: | PHI, | Ross Lonsberry 3, 19:48 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Elbowing] 1:48 |
| Fred Barrett, MIN [Interference] 7:28 | |
| Ted Harris, MIN [Elbowing] 10:07 | |
| Andre Dupont, PHI [Holding] 12:00 | |
| Ross Lonsberry, PHI [Tripping] 14:28 | |
| 2: | Fred "Buster" Harvey, MIN [Holding] 1:47 |
| J.P. Parise, MIN [Cross checking] 2:34 | |
| Ted Harris, MIN [Elbowing] 7:39 | |
| Barry Ashbee, PHI [Tripping] 10:30 | |
| 3: | Dennis Hextall, MIN [Hi-sticking] 12:01 |
| Rick MacLeish, PHI [Slashing] 12:01 | |
| Barry Ashbee, PHI [Hooking] 14:28 |
Penalty time: PHI: 12 minutes
MIN: 12 minutes
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Favell | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Van Impe | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Ashbee | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Wayne Hillman | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Schultz | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Watson | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Simon Nolet | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Flett | 21 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Bladon | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Dupont | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Terry Crisp | 29 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 23 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ted Harris | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Mohns | 6 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlie Burns | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Oliver | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J.P. Parise | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Jude Drouin | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Fred "Buster" Harvey | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Danny Grant | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Terry Holbrook | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dean Prentice | 29 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cesare Maniago | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 4-11- 8-23
MIN: 13-12-13-38
Goalies: PHI: Doug Favell (W, 4-2-0)
MIN: Cesare Maniago (L, 2-3-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn
Attendance: 15,664
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