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Wednesday, January 5, 1972 · Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena

Kings 2 at Golden Seals 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 60OVR Carol Vadnais Bruins First Star 2G · 2A · 2 SOG R 73OVR Norm Ferguson Golden Seals Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG L 56OVR Gary Jarrett Golden Seals Third Star 2G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:26 Eddie Joyal (8) Ross Lonsberry (10), Doug Barrie (10) LAK 1 – 0 CGS
  2. 11:31 Carol Vadnais (6) Unassisted LAK 1 – 1 CGS
  3. 12:43 Stan Gilbertson (9) Walt McKechnie (16) LAK 1 – 2 CGS
  4. 17:17 Carol Vadnais (7) Norm Ferguson (13), Walt McKechnie (17) LAK 1 – 3 CGS

2nd Period

  1. 1:56 Gary Jarrett (4) PPG Dick Redmond (16), Carol Vadnais (15) LAK 1 – 4 CGS
  2. 12:46 Ralph Backstrom (5) PPG Bob Pulford (13), Real Lemieux (13) LAK 2 – 4 CGS
  3. 14:59 Norm Ferguson (11) Bert Marshall (9) LAK 2 – 5 CGS

3rd Period

  1. 18:15 Gary Jarrett (5) Carol Vadnais (16), Ernie Hicke (9) LAK 2 – 6 CGS

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ross Lonsberry L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Eddie Joyal C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.83
Ralph Backstrom C 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Doug Barrie D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Bill Flett R 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.23
Real Lemieux L 0 1 0 0 0 -3 0:00 0.18
Bob Pulford L 0 1 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.18
Butch Goring C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Bob Berry L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jean Potvin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Corrigan L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Lucien Grenier R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Al McDonough R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Paul Curtis D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Harry Howell D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Juha Widing C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Gilles Marotte D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon L 27 21 6 .778 60:00 -2.40

California Golden Seals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Carol Vadnais D 2 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.90
Norm Ferguson R 1 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.90
Gary Jarrett L 2 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.88
Walt McKechnie C 0 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.63
Dick Redmond D 0 1 6 0 0 +3 0:00 1.53
Stan Gilbertson L 1 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.28
Ernie Hicke L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Bert Marshall D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Paul Shmyr D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Ivan Boldirev C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Craig Patrick R 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Gary Croteau R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Joey Johnston L 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Marshall Johnston D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Wayne Carleton L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Bobby Sheehan C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Gerry Pinder L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche W 19 17 2 .895 60:00 0.20