NHL game summary from December 20, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (12-17-3) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 New York Rangers (14-9-9) |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
1: NYR, Rod Gilbert 15 (Steve Vickers, Jean Ratelle), 2:47
NYR, Ron Harris 2 (Rod Gilbert), 7:38
DET, Nelson Debenedet 2 (Red Berenson, Ron Stackhouse), 14:14
2: NYR, Vic Hadfield 11 (Rod Gilbert, Gilles Marotte), 3:13
NYR, Vic Hadfield 12 (Ron Harris, Rod Gilbert), 8:49
DET, Henry Boucha 10 (Doug Roberts, Marcel Dionne), 16:21
NYR, Bobby Rousseau 4 (Walt Tkaczuk, Steve Vickers), 19:12 - PP
3: no scoring
Penalties:
1: none
2: Ron Stackhouse, DET [Tripping] 18:38
3: Larry Johnston, DET [Tripping] 5:42
Bruce MacGregor, NYR [Hooking] 16:19
Penalty time: DET: 4 minutes
NYR: 2 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McKenzie | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Johnston | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcel Dionne | 5 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Red Berenson | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Charron | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Bill Hogaboam | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Henry Boucha | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Pierre Jarry | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ted Harris | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Mickey Redmond | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 21 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Collins | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Nelson Debenedet | 23 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Hughes | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Roberts | 26 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 30 | ||||||
| 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 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Larry Sacharuk | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Gilles Marotte | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Jack Egers | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 45 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 11- 9-10-30
NYR: 15-17-13-45
Goalies: DET: Bill McKenzie (L, 0-1-1)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 11-7-6)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn
Attendance: 14,972
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