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Sunday, December 17, 1972 · Spectrum

Bruins 5 at Flyers 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins First Star 1G · 2A · 6 SOG D 99OVR Bobby Orr Bruins Second Star 2A · 8 SOG R 90OVR Ken Hodge Bruins Third Star 2G · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:28 Gregg Sheppard (12) Bobby Orr (17), Don Marcotte (18) BOS 1 – 0 PHI
  2. 6:12 Ken Hodge (17) Wayne Cashman (14), Phil Esposito (29) BOS 2 – 0 PHI
  3. 15:01 Gregg Sheppard (13) Carol Vadnais (12), Don Awrey (13) BOS 3 – 0 PHI

2nd Period

  1. 2:07 Phil Esposito (18) Bobby Orr (18), Dallas Smith (10) BOS 4 – 0 PHI
  2. 6:26 Ken Hodge (18) PPG Phil Esposito (30), Johnny Bucyk (24) BOS 5 – 0 PHI
  3. 8:51 Tom Bladon (4) PPG Andre Dupont (8), Rick MacLeish (18) BOS 5 – 1 PHI
  4. 17:07 Gary Dornhoefer (18) Rick MacLeish (19), Dave Schultz (5) BOS 5 – 2 PHI

3rd Period

  1. 7:13 Bill Barber (8) PPG Bill Flett (5), Rick MacLeish (20) BOS 5 – 3 PHI

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Esposito C 1 2 6 +2 2.75
Bobby Orr D 0 2 8 +3 2.30
Ken Hodge R 2 0 6 +2 2.25
Gregg Sheppard C 2 0 3 +2 2.03
Don Marcotte L 0 1 2 +3 1.22
Wayne Cashman L 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Johnny Bucyk L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Don Awrey D 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 2 0 0.63
Dallas Smith D 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Terry O'Reilly R 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Fred O'Donnell R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Nick Beverley D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Mike Walton C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Doug Roberts R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Fred Stanfield L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Adams W 35 32 3 .914 60:00 0.95

Philadelphia Flyers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick MacLeish C 0 3 4 -2 1.88
Tom Bladon D 1 0 2 0 0.90
Bill Flett R 0 1 3 0 0.85
Bill Barber L 1 0 4 -2 0.75
Dave Schultz L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Gary Dornhoefer R 1 0 2 -2 0.45
Simon Nolet R 0 0 4 0 0.30
Andre Dupont D 0 1 2 -3 0.18
Bob Kelly L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ed Van Impe D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bill Clement C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Don Saleski R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Bobby Clarke C 0 0 3 0 0.07
Wayne Hillman D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Joe Watson D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Ross Lonsberry L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Barry Ashbee D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Favell — 19 19 0 1.000 33:34 1.90
Michel Belhumeur L 21 16 5 .762 26:26 -2.15