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Sunday, January 23, 1972 · Boston Garden

Sabres 3 at Bruins 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins First Star 2A · 10 SOG G 85OVR Roger Crozier Sabres Second Star 44 SV · .936 L 93OVR Rick Martin Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:20 Derek Sanderson (12) Ted Green (8), Ed Westfall (12) BUF 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 8:33 Gerry Meehan (9) Al Hamilton (16), Larry Hillman (6) BUF 1 – 1 BOS
  3. 11:59 Steve Atkinson (9) Gerry Meehan (17), Rick Martin (22) BUF 2 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 7:53 Wayne Cashman (11) Phil Esposito (41), Dallas Smith (14) BUF 2 – 2 BOS
  2. 9:21 Rick Martin (33) PPG Gilbert Perreault (32), Jim Lorentz (4) BUF 3 – 2 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 9:13 Dallas Smith (6) Phil Esposito (42) BUF 3 – 3 BOS

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Martin L 1 1 4 +2 1.83
Gerry Meehan C 1 1 3 +2 1.75
Steve Atkinson R 1 0 1 +2 1.13
Al Hamilton D 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Larry Hillman D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Jim Lorentz C 0 1 3 -3 0.40
Gilbert Perreault C 0 1 2 -3 0.33
Danny Lawson R 0 0 5 0 0.23
Don Luce C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Terry Ball D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ron Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Randy Wyrozub C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Watson D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Chris Evans D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Byers R 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier T 47 44 3 .936 60:00 2.15

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Esposito C 0 2 10 +1 2.15
Dallas Smith D 1 1 2 +2 1.68
Wayne Cashman L 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Ed Westfall R 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Ted Green D 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Derek Sanderson C 1 0 3 +1 0.98
Mike Walton C 0 0 6 +1 0.60
Bobby Orr D 0 0 7 -1 0.38
Johnny Bucyk L 0 0 5 -1 0.23
Ken Hodge R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Fred Stanfield L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Don Marcotte L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Reggie Leach R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Matt Ravlich D 0 0 0 0 0.00
John McKenzie R 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Rick Smith D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers T 27 24 3 .889 60:00 0.15