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Sunday, December 24, 1972 · Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena

Kings 5 at Golden Seals 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 80OVR Serge Bernier Kings First Star 4G · 8 SOG R 73OVR Craig Patrick Golden Seals Second Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG C 79OVR Ralph Backstrom Blackhawks Third Star 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:56 Serge Bernier (8) Larry Brown (2), Real Lemieux (3) LAK 1 – 0 CGS

2nd Period

  1. 3:45 Serge Bernier (9) Ralph Backstrom (18) LAK 2 – 0 CGS
  2. 19:59 Serge Bernier (10) Neil Komadoski (5) LAK 3 – 0 CGS

3rd Period

  1. 6:24 Walt McKechnie (10) Craig Patrick (16), Pete Laframboise (7) LAK 3 – 1 CGS
  2. 7:34 Serge Bernier (11) Unassisted LAK 4 – 1 CGS
  3. 11:48 Craig Patrick (8) Joey Johnston (11), Darryl Maggs (5) LAK 4 – 2 CGS
  4. 13:41 Reggie Leach (9) Stan Gilbertson (9), Marshall Johnston (11) LAK 4 – 3 CGS
  5. 15:19 Juha Widing (7) Mike Corrigan (16) LAK 5 – 3 CGS

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Serge Bernier C 4 0 8 0 0 +4 0:00 3.68
Ralph Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 0 +4 0:00 1.30
Real Lemieux L 0 1 0 0 0 +4 0:00 1.23
Larry Brown D 0 1 0 0 0 +3 0:00 1.08
Juha Widing C 1 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.83
Mike Corrigan L 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Terry Harper D 0 0 2 0 0 +3 0:00 0.60
Harry Howell D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Bill Lesuk R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bob Berry L 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Paul Curtis D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Neil Komadoski D 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.03
Vic Venasky C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Jimmy Peters C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Phil Hoene L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gilles Marotte D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Don Kozak R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon W 28 25 3 .893 60:00 0.25

California Golden Seals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Craig Patrick R 1 1 6 0 0 +1 0:00 1.98
Walt McKechnie C 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Pete Laframboise L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Joey Johnston L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Marshall Johnston D 0 1 3 0 0 -3 0:00 0.40
Darryl Maggs D 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Reggie Leach R 1 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.38
Stan Gilbertson L 0 1 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.33
Bert Marshall D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Gary Croteau R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Hilliard Graves R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Morris Mott R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Stan Weir C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rick Smith D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.22
Bob Stewart D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Ted McAneeley D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Marv Edwards L 26 21 5 .808 60:00 -1.65