Thursday, March 23, 1972 · Boston Garden
Rangers 1 at Bruins 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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4:51
Johnny Bucyk (30) Fred Stanfield (51), John McKenzie (43) NYR 0 – 1 BOS
2nd Period
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16:48
Ted Irvine (15) PPG Pete Stemkowski (16), Ron Stewart (3) NYR 1 – 1 BOS
3rd Period
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0:55
Johnny Bucyk (31) Fred Stanfield (52), John McKenzie (44) NYR 1 – 2 BOS
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13:41
Carol Vadnais (18) Fred Stanfield (53), John McKenzie (45) NYR 1 – 3 BOS
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18:13
Bobby Orr (35) SHG Gerry Cheevers (2) NYR 1 – 4 BOS
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Stemkowski C | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.70 |
| Ron Stewart R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.40 |
| Ted Irvine L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.38 |
| Ab DeMarco D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Dale Rolfe D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Glen Sather L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Bill Fairbairn R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Rod Seiling D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Phil Goyette C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Vic Hadfield L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Norm Gratton L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Gene Carr C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Gary Doak D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Jim Neilson D | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Brad Park D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:54 | 0.05 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Stanfield L | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 2.33 |
| Johnny Bucyk L | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 2.25 |
| John McKenzie R | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 1.80 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.35 |
| Bobby Orr D | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.13 |
| Derek Sanderson C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.38 |
| Don Awrey D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Mike Walton C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Ed Westfall R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Dallas Smith D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Ted Green D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Don Marcotte L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Garnet Bailey L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Ken Hodge R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Phil Esposito C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.68 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Cheevers | W | 38 | 37 | 1 | .974 | 60:00 | 2.95 |