NHL game summary from April 16, 1974
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (43-26-14) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
 Montreal Canadiens (47-27-9) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Henri Richard 1 (Claude Larose, Steve Shutt), :49 |
| NYR, | Bruce MacGregor 4 (Jean Ratelle), 12:42 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MTL, | Murray Wilson 1 (Pete Mahovlich), 5:24 |
| NYR, | Bruce MacGregor 5 (Brad Park, Pete Stemkowski), 19:44 | |
| 4: | NYR, | Ron Harris 2 (Pete Stemkowski), 4:07 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Tripping] 1:19 | |
| Bench penalty, NYR [Delay of game] 6:12 | ||
| Jimmy Roberts, MTL [Interference] 15:04 | ||
| 2: | Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Slashing] 5:49 | |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Delay of game] 7:07 | ||
| 3: | Dale Rolfe, NYR [Holding] 8:28 | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes
MTL: 6 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Gilles Marotte | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Egers | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 6 | 42 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 6 | 42 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chuck Lefley | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Michel Larocque | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 14- 7-16- 5-42
MTL: 10- 7-10- 0-27
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 3-2-0)
MTL: Michel Larocque (L, 2-3-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 16,775
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