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Thursday, January 18, 1973 · Boston Garden

Islanders 9 at Bruins 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 96OVR Johnny Bucyk Bruins First Star 4G · 6 SOG L 84OVR Wayne Cashman Bruins Second Star 2G · 2A · 5 SOG R 78OVR Billy Harris Islanders Third Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:16 Don Blackburn (5) Craig Cameron (7), Tom Miller (7) NYI 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 10:36 Billy Harris (13) Jim Mair (9), Germain Gagnon (14) NYI 2 – 0 BOS
  3. 12:52 Lorne Henning (5) Arnie Brown (6), Brian Spencer (11) NYI 3 – 0 BOS
  4. 15:55 Ed Westfall (11) PPG Billy Harris (15), Bob Cook (2) NYI 4 – 0 BOS
  5. 17:46 Don Blackburn (6) Bob Cook (3) NYI 5 – 0 BOS
  6. 18:42 Johnny Bucyk (21) Bobby Orr (34), Wayne Cashman (22) NYI 5 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 1:31 Ed Westfall (12) Brian Spencer (12) NYI 6 – 1 BOS
  2. 4:16 Wayne Cashman (13) PPG Bobby Orr (35), Fred Stanfield (37) NYI 6 – 2 BOS
  3. 4:57 Johnny Bucyk (22) Phil Esposito (38), Carol Vadnais (16) NYI 6 – 3 BOS
  4. 9:29 Johnny Bucyk (23) Bobby Orr (36), Wayne Cashman (23) NYI 6 – 4 BOS
  5. 15:29 Bryan Lefley (1) Jim Mair (10) NYI 7 – 4 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 6:50 Wayne Cashman (14) Phil Esposito (39), Carol Vadnais (17) NYI 7 – 5 BOS
  2. 8:42 Terry O'Reilly (4) Garnet Bailey (8), Fred Stanfield (38) NYI 7 – 6 BOS
  3. 11:00 Tom Miller (7) Don Blackburn (7) NYI 8 – 6 BOS
  4. 12:37 Johnny Bucyk (24) Phil Esposito (40) NYI 8 – 7 BOS
  5. 17:24 Billy Harris (14) Ralph Stewart (1), Gerry Hart (4) NYI 9 – 7 BOS

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Billy Harris R 2 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.73
Don Blackburn L 2 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 2.28
Tom Miller C 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.60
Ed Westfall R 2 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 1.50
Jim Mair D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.40
Germain Gagnon L 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.15
Bob Cook R 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.10
Craig Cameron R 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Arnie Brown D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Brian Spencer L 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.88
Ralph Stewart C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Lorne Henning C 1 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.68
Bryan Lefley D 1 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.68
Gerry Hart D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.17
Dave Hudson C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bill Mikkelson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 38 31 7 .816 60:00 -2.15

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Johnny Bucyk L 4 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 3.45
Wayne Cashman L 2 2 5 0 0 -1 0:00 2.98
Bobby Orr D 0 3 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.33
Phil Esposito C 0 3 3 0 0 0 0:00 2.10
Carol Vadnais D 0 2 6 0 0 -3 0:00 1.25
Fred Stanfield L 0 2 3 0 0 -2 0:00 1.18
Terry O'Reilly R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.60
Garnet Bailey L 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Dallas Smith D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Gregg Sheppard C 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Ken Hodge R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rich Leduc C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Nick Beverley D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Don Awrey D 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Don Marcotte L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Fred O'Donnell R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Eddie Johnston L 15 11 4 .733 40:00 -1.90
John Adams — 13 8 5 .615 20:00 -2.95