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Thursday, January 18, 1973 · Civic Arena

Canadiens 5 at Penguins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 95OVR Frank Mahovlich Canadiens First Star 2G · 4 SOG L 68OVR Rejean Houle Canadiens Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG C 86OVR Peter Mahovlich Canadiens Third Star 1G · 8 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 11:49 Peter Mahovlich (10) Jacques Laperriere (6), Claude Larose (13) MTL 1 – 0 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 3:26 Frank Mahovlich (22) SHG Unassisted MTL 2 – 0 PIT
  2. 10:29 Guy Lapointe (11) PPG Jacques Lemaire (31), Rejean Houle (20) MTL 3 – 0 PIT
  3. 15:08 Al McDonough (23) PPG Bryan Hextall (21) MTL 3 – 1 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 7:41 Frank Mahovlich (23) Henri Richard (17) MTL 4 – 1 PIT
  2. 17:36 Greg Polis (14) PPG Jean Pronovost (15), Bryan Hextall (22) MTL 4 – 2 PIT
  3. 19:59 Rejean Houle (9) Chuck Lefley (20) MTL 5 – 2 PIT

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Frank Mahovlich L 2 0 4 +2 2.10
Rejean Houle L 1 1 1 +1 1.60
Peter Mahovlich C 1 0 8 +1 1.50
Jacques Lemaire C 0 1 5 +1 1.15
Chuck Lefley R 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Claude Larose R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Henri Richard C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Jacques Laperriere D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Guy Lapointe D 1 0 1 +1 0.68
Serge Savard D 0 0 2 +3 0.60
Steve Shutt L 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Jimmy Roberts R 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Larry Robinson D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Bob Murdoch D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Marc Tardif L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Yvon Lambert L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Guy Lafleur R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Thomas W 30 28 2 .933 60:00 1.30

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bryan Hextall C 0 2 3 -1 1.33
Jean Pronovost R 0 1 4 0 0.93
Al McDonough R 1 0 6 -3 0.75
Greg Polis R 1 0 4 -1 0.75
Rick Kessell C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Nick Harbaruk R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ron Schock C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Steve Cardwell L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Eddie Shack L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Jim Shires L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jack Lynch D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Duane Rupp D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Syl Apps C 0 0 3 -3 -0.22
Jean-Guy Lagace D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Dave Burrows D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Lowell MacDonald L 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Darryl Edestrand D 0 0 1 -2 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford L 22 19 3 .864 40:00 -0.35
Cam Newton — 8 7 1 .875 19:32 -0.05