Wednesday, December 22, 1971 · Madison Square Garden
Penguins 2 at Rangers 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
12:40
Bobby Rousseau
(13)
Walt Tkaczuk (16), Rod Seiling (15)
PIT 0 – 1 NYR
2nd Period
-
15:27
Jean Ratelle
(21)
Vic Hadfield (27), Rod Gilbert (27)
PIT 0 – 2 NYR
-
18:49
Ken Schinkel
(8)
Rene Robert (8), John Stewart (5)
PIT 1 – 2 NYR
3rd Period
-
7:52
Syl Apps
(6)
PPG
Greg Polis (13), Bobby Leiter (7)
PIT 2 – 2 NYR
-
13:12
Rod Gilbert
(22)
Vic Hadfield (28), Jean Ratelle (35)
PIT 2 – 3 NYR
-
19:02
Bruce MacGregor
(13)
Ted Irvine (14), Bobby Rousseau (17)
PIT 2 – 4 NYR
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Leiter C | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.93 |
| Ken Schinkel R | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.83 |
| Syl Apps C | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.75 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Greg Polis R | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| John Stewart L | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Darryl Edestrand D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Jean Pronovost R | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Tim Horton D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Nick Harbaruk R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Joe Noris C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Dave Burrows D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.08 |
| Bryan Hextall C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Val Fonteyne L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Ron Schock C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Bryan Watson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | L | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 60:00 | 0.80 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Gilbert R | 1 | 1 | 8 | +1 | 1.98 |
| Jean Ratelle C | 1 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 1.90 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.75 |
| Vic Hadfield L | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.40 |
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Bruce MacGregor C | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Rod Seiling D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0.93 |
| Ted Irvine L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Jim Neilson D | 0 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 0.53 |
| Brad Park D | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 0.45 |
| Gene Carr C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Dale Rolfe D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Glen Sather L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bill Fairbairn R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Pete Stemkowski C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Gary Doak D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ab DeMarco D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Villemure | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 | 1.00 |