Friday, January 21, 1972 · Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Rangers 5 at Golden Seals 0
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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6:14
Gene Carr (10) Walt Tkaczuk (23), Brad Park (32) NYR 1 – 0 CGS
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11:10
Bruce MacGregor (15) Pete Stemkowski (5), Glen Sather (6) NYR 2 – 0 CGS
2nd Period
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8:47
Vic Hadfield (30) PPG Jean Ratelle (49), Rod Gilbert (34) NYR 3 – 0 CGS
3rd Period
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16:11
Rod Gilbert (31) Unassisted NYR 4 – 0 CGS
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17:59
Walt Tkaczuk (17) Ab DeMarco (7) NYR 5 – 0 CGS
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 1 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 2.05 |
| Rod Gilbert R | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1.68 |
| Ab DeMarco D | 0 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 1.30 |
| Gene Carr C | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 1.20 |
| Brad Park D | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.15 |
| Vic Hadfield L | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.13 |
| Bruce MacGregor C | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Jean Ratelle C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Pete Stemkowski C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Bill Fairbairn R | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 0.60 |
| Glen Sather L | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.40 |
| Jim Neilson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Ted Irvine L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Pierre Jarry L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Rod Seiling D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Gary Doak D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Villemure | W | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 | 1.40 |
California Golden Seals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Croteau R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Joey Johnston L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Stan Gilbertson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Gary Jarrett L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Norm Ferguson R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ernie Hicke L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Bobby Sheehan C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Marshall Johnston D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Paul Shmyr D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Wayne Carleton L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Gerry Pinder L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Ivan Boldirev C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Dick Redmond D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | -0.30 |
| Bert Marshall D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Walt McKechnie C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kurt | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 60:00 | -1.15 |