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Wednesday, December 20, 1972 · Montreal Forum

Islanders 2 at Canadiens 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 97OVR Guy Lapointe Canadiens First Star 3A · 2 SOG C 98OVR Jacques Lemaire Canadiens Second Star 2A · 5 SOG R 98OVR Yvan Cournoyer Canadiens Third Star 1G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:17 Arnie Brown (3) Terry Crisp (6), Brian Lavender (5) NYI 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 9:42 Claude Larose (4) Peter Mahovlich (21), Guy Lapointe (12) NYI 1 – 1 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 9:18 Chuck Lefley (9) Guy Lapointe (13), Jacques Lemaire (20) NYI 1 – 2 MTL
  2. 18:15 Guy Lafleur (7) PPG Guy Lapointe (14) NYI 1 – 3 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 3:57 Yvan Cournoyer (21) Jacques Lemaire (21) NYI 1 – 4 MTL
  2. 11:20 Lorne Henning (4) Brian Spencer (8), Don Blackburn (5) NYI 2 – 4 MTL

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Brian Spencer L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Lorne Henning C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Arnie Brown D 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Terry Crisp C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Don Blackburn L 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Brian Lavender L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Ed Westfall R 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Craig Cameron R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bryan Lefley D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gerry Hart D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Bill Mikkelson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Tom Miller C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Dave Hudson C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jim Mair D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Ken Murray D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Billy Harris R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith L 26 22 4 .846 60:00 -0.80

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Guy Lapointe D 0 3 2 0 0 +1 0:00 2.03
Jacques Lemaire C 0 2 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.78
Yvan Cournoyer R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Guy Lafleur R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Peter Mahovlich C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Claude Larose R 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Chuck Lefley R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.75
Marc Tardif L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Henri Richard C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Jimmy Roberts R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Pierre Bouchard D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Rejean Houle L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Murray Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dale Hoganson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Serge Savard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Frank Mahovlich L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Bob Murdoch D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Plasse W 23 21 2 .913 60:00 0.60