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Thursday, March 2, 1972 · Boston Garden

Canucks 3 at Bruins 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins First Star 3G · 2A · 9 SOG L 93OVR Fred Stanfield Bruins Second Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG C 76OVR Wayne Connelly Canucks Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:01 Dale Tallon (15) PPG Wayne Connelly (18), Orland Kurtenbach (30) VAN 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 15:52 Phil Esposito (56) Carol Vadnais (21), Eddie Johnston (4) VAN 1 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 3:28 John McKenzie (18) PPG Johnny Bucyk (38), Phil Esposito (56) VAN 1 – 2 BOS
  2. 6:25 Phil Esposito (57) PPG Johnny Bucyk (39), Carol Vadnais (22) VAN 1 – 3 BOS
  3. 16:27 Fred Stanfield (21) Dallas Smith (20), Don Marcotte (4) VAN 1 – 4 BOS
  4. 19:14 Phil Esposito (58) PPG Fred Stanfield (46), Bobby Orr (71) VAN 1 – 5 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 4:47 Derek Sanderson (23) Don Awrey (5) VAN 1 – 6 BOS
  2. 5:03 Wayne Connelly (19) Unassisted VAN 2 – 6 BOS
  3. 11:10 Bobby Orr (30) PPG Phil Esposito (57) VAN 2 – 7 BOS
  4. 14:58 Rich Lemieux (4) Barry Wilkins (3), Ron Stewart (1) VAN 3 – 7 BOS

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wayne Connelly C 1 1 4 -1 1.53
Dale Tallon D 1 0 3 0 0.98
Rich Lemieux C 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Orland Kurtenbach C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Barry Wilkins D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Ron Stewart R 0 1 1 0 0.55
Wayne Maki L 0 0 5 0 0.38
Dave Balon L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
John Schella D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Pat Quinn D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Ron Ward C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Andre Boudrias L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Poul Popiel D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Jocelyn Guevremont D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Rosaire Paiement C 0 0 1 0 -0.45
Ted Taylor L 0 0 0 -2 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dunc Wilson L 38 31 7 .816 60:00 -2.15

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Esposito C 3 2 9 0 4.18
Fred Stanfield L 1 1 6 +1 1.98
Johnny Bucyk L 0 2 1 0 1.33
Carol Vadnais D 0 2 1 +1 1.33
Bobby Orr D 1 1 4 0 1.15
Derek Sanderson C 1 0 5 0 1.13
John McKenzie R 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Don Marcotte L 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Dallas Smith D 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Don Awrey D 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Wayne Cashman L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ted Green D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Walton C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Eddie Johnston W 25 22 3 .880 60:00 -0.05