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Saturday, February 12, 1972 · Boston Garden

Sabres 1 at Bruins 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins First Star 1G · 2A · 10 SOG R 80OVR John McKenzie Bruins Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG D 99OVR Bobby Orr Bruins Third Star 1G · 1A · 7 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:54 Rick Smith (2) Garnet Bailey (7), Reggie Leach (13) BUF 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 17:23 Bobby Orr (25) PPG Phil Esposito (46), John McKenzie (33) BUF 0 – 2 BOS
  3. 18:47 Gilbert Perreault (22) PPG Mike Robitaille (5), Jim Lorentz (8) BUF 1 – 2 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 5:48 Phil Esposito (46) PPG John McKenzie (34), Johnny Bucyk (31) BUF 1 – 3 BOS
  2. 16:51 John McKenzie (14) PPG Phil Esposito (47), Bobby Orr (58) BUF 1 – 4 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 14:08 Mike Walton (19) Wayne Cashman (20) BUF 1 – 5 BOS

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Gilbert Perreault C 1 0 6 0 1.20
Mike Robitaille D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Jim Lorentz C 0 1 3 -1 0.55
Chris Evans D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Rick Martin L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Don Luce C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Randy Wyrozub C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Byers R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Eddie Shack L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Craig Ramsay L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tracy Pratt D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Danny Lawson R 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Al Hamilton D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Jim Watson D 0 0 0 -2 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Roger Crozier L 55 50 5 .909 60:00 1.25

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Esposito C 1 2 10 +1 2.90
John McKenzie R 1 2 3 0 2.08
Bobby Orr D 1 1 7 +1 2.05
Rick Smith D 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Wayne Cashman L 0 1 4 +1 1.08
Mike Walton C 1 0 3 +1 0.98
Johnny Bucyk L 0 1 4 0 0.93
Garnet Bailey L 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Reggie Leach R 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Ted Green D 0 0 5 +1 0.53
Dallas Smith D 0 0 5 +1 0.38
Don Marcotte L 0 0 4 0 0.30
Fred Stanfield L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Matt Ravlich D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Derek Sanderson C 0 0 0 +1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Eddie Johnston W 28 27 1 .964 60:00 1.95