Thursday, December 16, 1971 · Boston Garden
Rangers 1 at Bruins 8
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
1:47
Bobby Orr
(14)
PPG
Phil Esposito (29)
NYR 0 – 1 BOS
-
12:01
Phil Esposito
(24)
Wayne Cashman (9), Ken Hodge (19)
NYR 0 – 2 BOS
-
14:51
Dallas Smith
(5)
Phil Esposito (30)
NYR 0 – 3 BOS
-
19:15
Ken Hodge
(8)
Wayne Cashman (10), Phil Esposito (31)
NYR 0 – 4 BOS
2nd Period
-
0:23
Johnny Bucyk
(14)
Fred Stanfield (25), John McKenzie (19)
NYR 0 – 5 BOS
-
17:34
Ed Westfall
(7)
Fred Stanfield (26), Bobby Orr (31)
NYR 0 – 6 BOS
3rd Period
-
9:59
Fred Stanfield
(8)
Unassisted
NYR 0 – 7 BOS
-
10:30
Walt Tkaczuk
(8)
Gene Carr (6), Bill Fairbairn (10)
NYR 1 – 7 BOS
-
19:17
Reggie Leach
(5)
Fred Stanfield (27), Mike Walton (7)
NYR 1 – 8 BOS
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 1 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.98 |
| Gene Carr C | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0.55 |
| Bill Fairbairn R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0.25 |
| Bruce MacGregor C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Pete Stemkowski C | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Ab DeMarco D | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0.08 |
| Rod Seiling D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Glen Sather L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jim Neilson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.08 |
| Pierre Jarry L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Jean Ratelle C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.22 |
| Gary Doak D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.23 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Ted Irvine L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.60 |
| Dale Rolfe D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | -0.60 |
| Vic Hadfield L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.90 |
| Brad Park D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -1.50 |
| Rod Gilbert R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -1.58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | L | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 20:00 | -2.20 |
| Gilles Villemure | — | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 40:00 | -1.80 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Stanfield L | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 3.53 |
| Phil Esposito C | 1 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 3.30 |
| Bobby Orr D | 1 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2.05 |
| Johnny Bucyk L | 1 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 1.35 |
| Wayne Cashman L | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 1.33 |
| Ken Hodge R | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1.22 |
| Ed Westfall R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Reggie Leach R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Mike Walton C | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| John McKenzie R | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0.70 |
| Rick Smith D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0.30 |
| Dallas Smith D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 0.15 |
| Matt Ravlich D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Garnet Bailey L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Derek Sanderson C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Ted Green D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | -0.83 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Cheevers | W | 38 | 37 | 1 | .974 | 60:00 | 2.95 |