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Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Kings 6 at Islanders 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 50OVR Don Kozak Kings First Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG RC C 80OVR Ralph Backstrom Blackhawks Second Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG C 56OVR Vic Venasky Kings Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:19 Vic Venasky (4) Bill Lesuk (4), Don Kozak (2) LAK 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 11:55 Bob Berry (17) Mike Corrigan (13), Gilles Marotte (10) LAK 2 – 0 NYI
  3. 14:08 Billy Harris (6) Germain Gagnon (11), Lorne Henning (2) LAK 2 – 1 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 13:22 Ralph Backstrom (14) Butch Goring (18), Serge Bernier (20) LAK 3 – 1 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 3:20 Bob Berry (18) Juha Widing (23), Mike Corrigan (14) LAK 4 – 1 NYI
  2. 6:15 Don Kozak (7) PPG Ralph Backstrom (16), Butch Goring (19) LAK 5 – 1 NYI
  3. 7:44 Don Kozak (8) Vic Venasky (8), Bill Lesuk (5) LAK 6 – 1 NYI

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Don Kozak R 2 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.43
Ralph Backstrom C 1 1 6 0 0 0 0:00 1.83
Vic Venasky C 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Bob Berry L 2 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.65
Bill Lesuk R 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Mike Corrigan L 0 2 0 0 0 +2 0:00 1.55
Butch Goring C 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.40
Juha Widing C 0 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.15
Gilles Marotte D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Serge Bernier C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Larry Brown D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Terry Harper D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Harry Howell D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Barry Long D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Real Lemieux L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jimmy Peters C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Neil Komadoski D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon W 16 15 1 .938 60:00 0.75

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Billy Harris R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Lorne Henning C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Germain Gagnon L 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Jim Mair D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Arnie Brown D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Terry Crisp C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Brian Lavender L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Bryan Lefley D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bill Mikkelson D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dave Hudson C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Tom Miller C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Ken Murray D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Neil Nicholson D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Don Blackburn L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Brian Spencer L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.60
Craig Cameron R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Desjardins L 26 20 6 .769 60:00 -2.50