Thursday, November 23, 1972 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Rangers 3 at Sabres 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
11:54
Jean Ratelle
(7)
Vic Hadfield (12)
NYR 1 – 0 BUF
2nd Period
-
13:08
Jean Ratelle
(8)
Rod Gilbert (17), Vic Hadfield (13)
NYR 2 – 0 BUF
-
14:08
Craig Ramsay
(4)
Don Luce (5), Jim Lorentz (10)
NYR 2 – 1 BUF
-
17:54
Don Luce
(1)
Larry Mickey (4), Larry Hillman (5)
NYR 2 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
-
2:05
Vic Hadfield
(8)
Rod Gilbert (18), Jean Ratelle (18)
NYR 3 – 2 BUF
-
6:27
Rene Robert
(7)
Rick Martin (6)
NYR 3 – 3 BUF
-
15:00
Gerry Meehan
(5)
Jim Lorentz (11)
NYR 3 – 4 BUF
-
19:24
Don Luce
(2)
Larry Mickey (5)
NYR 3 – 5 BUF
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Ratelle C | 2 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 2.28 |
| Vic Hadfield L | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2.00 |
| Rod Gilbert R | 0 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1.18 |
| Gene Carr C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Bill Fairbairn R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Dale Rolfe D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Rod Seiling D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Glen Sather L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bruce MacGregor C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Pete Stemkowski C | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Rousseau R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Heindl L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Randy Legge D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Curt Bennett R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ted Irvine L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Jim Neilson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 59:16 | -0.70 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Luce C | 2 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 2.88 |
| Jim Lorentz C | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 1.63 |
| Larry Mickey R | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.55 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1.28 |
| Rene Robert R | 1 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.98 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Rick Martin L | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0.70 |
| Larry Hillman D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Tracy Pratt D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 0.52 |
| Larry Carriere D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0.45 |
| Randy Wyrozub C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Mike Robitaille D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Butch Deadmarsh L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Hugh Harris C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Tim Horton D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Jim Schoenfeld D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Crozier | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 | 0.25 |