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Sunday, October 15, 1972 · Boston Garden

Penguins 4 at Bruins 8

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins First Star 2G · 2A · 8 SOG D 80OVR Carol Vadnais Bruins Second Star 1G · 3A · 2 SOG R 90OVR Ken Hodge Bruins Third Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:23 Fred O'Donnell (2) Don Awrey (1), Mike Walton (2) PIT 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 11:07 Syl Apps (2) Nick Harbaruk (2), Lowell MacDonald (3) PIT 1 – 1 BOS
  3. 12:54 Ken Hodge (2) PPG Johnny Bucyk (5), Carol Vadnais (1) PIT 1 – 2 BOS
  4. 18:38 Wayne Cashman (2) Don Awrey (2), Phil Esposito (2) PIT 1 – 3 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 0:39 Carol Vadnais (2) PPG Fred Stanfield (6), Johnny Bucyk (6) PIT 1 – 4 BOS
  2. 4:50 Dave Burrows (1) Ron Schock (5) PIT 2 – 4 BOS
  3. 7:44 Phil Esposito (2) Carol Vadnais (2), Wayne Cashman (2) PIT 2 – 5 BOS
  4. 9:50 Ken Schinkel (3) Unassisted PIT 3 – 5 BOS
  5. 19:26 Wayne Cashman (3) Ken Hodge (3), Phil Esposito (3) PIT 3 – 6 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 3:09 Fred Stanfield (2) PPG Carol Vadnais (3), Johnny Bucyk (7) PIT 3 – 7 BOS
  2. 8:26 Lowell MacDonald (3) Nick Harbaruk (3), Rick Kessell (1) PIT 4 – 7 BOS
  3. 18:14 Phil Esposito (3) Ken Hodge (4), Johnny Bucyk (8) PIT 4 – 8 BOS

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Lowell MacDonald L 1 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 1.30
Nick Harbaruk R 0 2 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.25
Ken Schinkel R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Rick Kessell C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Ron Schock C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Syl Apps C 1 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.68
Dave Burrows D 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.68
Eddie Shack L 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Al McDonough R 0 0 7 0 0 -2 0:00 0.23
Duane Rupp D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.23
Steve Cardwell L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bryan Hextall C 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.08
Greg Polis R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Ron Lalonde C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bryan Watson D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jack Lynch D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Darryl Edestrand D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford L 33 25 8 .758 60:00 -3.50

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Phil Esposito C 2 2 8 0 0 +3 0:00 3.80
Carol Vadnais D 1 3 2 0 0 +3 0:00 3.23
Ken Hodge R 1 2 4 0 0 +4 0:00 2.90
Wayne Cashman L 2 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.65
Johnny Bucyk L 0 4 2 0 0 -2 0:00 2.35
Don Awrey D 0 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.48
Fred Stanfield L 1 1 5 0 0 -3 0:00 1.30
Fred O'Donnell R 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Mike Walton C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Terry O'Reilly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Nick Beverley D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.15
Matt Ravlich D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Don Marcotte L 0 0 4 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.30
Dallas Smith D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Eddie Johnston W 27 23 4 .852 60:00 -0.70