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Saturday, January 22, 1972 · Montreal Forum

Bruins 8 at Canadiens 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 83OVR John McKenzie Bruins First Star 1G · 3A · 4 SOG R 97OVR Yvan Cournoyer Canadiens Second Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG D 99OVR Bobby Orr Bruins Third Star 1G · 1A · 8 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:58 Claude Larose (15) Jimmy Roberts (12) BOS 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 16:41 Yvan Cournoyer (22) Peter Mahovlich (13), Jacques Laperriere (15) BOS 0 – 2 MTL
  3. 18:11 Johnny Bucyk (20) PPG John McKenzie (27), Phil Esposito (40) BOS 1 – 2 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 0:20 Mike Walton (14) Derek Sanderson (19), Bobby Orr (46) BOS 2 – 2 MTL
  2. 3:19 Phil Esposito (39) Ken Hodge (30) BOS 3 – 2 MTL
  3. 4:36 Fred Stanfield (11) John McKenzie (28) BOS 4 – 2 MTL
  4. 7:28 Fred Stanfield (12) PPG Johnny Bucyk (23), John McKenzie (29) BOS 5 – 2 MTL
  5. 10:52 Peter Mahovlich (16) Frank Mahovlich (28), Jacques Laperriere (16) BOS 5 – 3 MTL
  6. 15:43 Ed Westfall (11) SHG Unassisted BOS 6 – 3 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 1:11 Bobby Orr (20) Ed Westfall (11), Derek Sanderson (20) BOS 7 – 3 MTL
  2. 2:47 Marc Tardif (24) Yvan Cournoyer (17), Jacques Lemaire (27) BOS 7 – 4 MTL
  3. 4:23 John McKenzie (13) Johnny Bucyk (24), Fred Stanfield (39) BOS 8 – 4 MTL
  4. 6:24 Yvan Cournoyer (23) Unassisted BOS 8 – 5 MTL

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John McKenzie R 1 3 4 0 0 +2 0:00 3.08
Bobby Orr D 1 1 8 0 0 +4 0:00 2.58
Fred Stanfield L 2 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 2.43
Johnny Bucyk L 1 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 2.23
Ed Westfall R 1 1 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.98
Derek Sanderson C 0 2 3 0 0 +3 0:00 1.92
Phil Esposito C 1 1 5 0 0 -2 0:00 1.30
Mike Walton C 1 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.28
Rick Smith D 0 0 1 0 0 +4 0:00 0.68
Ken Hodge R 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.32
Wayne Cashman L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Matt Ravlich D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Reggie Leach R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Don Marcotte L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Ted Green D 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Dallas Smith D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Eddie Johnston W 19 16 3 .842 40:00 -0.65
Gerry Cheevers — 9 7 2 .778 20:00 -0.80

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Yvan Cournoyer R 2 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.58
Peter Mahovlich C 1 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Jacques Laperriere D 0 2 0 0 0 +2 0:00 1.55
Frank Mahovlich L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Marc Tardif L 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.98
Claude Larose R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Jacques Lemaire C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Terry Harper D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Rejean Houle L 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Chuck Lefley R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Chuck Arnason R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
J.C. Tremblay D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Guy Lafleur R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Henri Richard C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Pierre Bouchard D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Guy Lapointe D 0 0 2 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.45
Jimmy Roberts R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.87
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ken Dryden L 37 29 8 .784 60:00 -3.10