Thursday, March 2, 1972 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Rangers 4 at Sabres 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
0:55
Gerry Meehan
(14)
Tracy Pratt (5), Jim Lorentz (9)
NYR 0 – 1 BUF
-
9:57
Walt Tkaczuk
(19)
Unassisted
NYR 1 – 1 BUF
-
10:28
Jim Lorentz
(8)
Gerry Meehan (23), Larry Hillman (9)
NYR 1 – 2 BUF
-
15:03
Dale Rolfe
(2)
Bobby Rousseau (29)
NYR 2 – 2 BUF
-
18:17
Vic Hadfield
(42)
Rod Gilbert (53), Bobby Rousseau (30)
NYR 3 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
-
19:20
Bill Fairbairn
(18)
Rod Seiling (30)
NYR 4 – 2 BUF
-
19:52
Eddie Shack
(11)
Gerry Meehan (24), Jim Lorentz (10)
NYR 4 – 3 BUF
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 1 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 1.43 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.40 |
| Bill Fairbairn R | 1 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 1.28 |
| Dale Rolfe D | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Rod Gilbert R | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0.70 |
| Rod Seiling D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Vic Hadfield L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.53 |
| Brad Park D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Pete Stemkowski C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Gary Doak D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Glen Sather L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Ted Irvine L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Bruce MacGregor C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Norm Gratton L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jim Neilson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ab DeMarco D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gene Carr C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 60:00 | 0.15 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Meehan C | 1 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2.45 |
| Jim Lorentz C | 1 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 2.38 |
| Eddie Shack L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Tracy Pratt D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Larry Hillman D | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Steve Atkinson R | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0.38 |
| Randy Wyrozub C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.38 |
| Jim Watson D | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.23 |
| Danny Lawson R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Chris Evans D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Al Hamilton D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.07 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mike Byers R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Don Luce C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Mike Robitaille D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Butch Deadmarsh L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -0.37 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Crozier | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 59:36 | 0.35 |