Thursday, March 1, 1973 · Boston Garden
Blues 4 at Bruins 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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1:36
Jack Egers (22) Fran Huck (16), Mike Murphy (27) STL 1 – 0 BOS
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3:27
Bobby Orr (19) Gregg Sheppard (20) STL 1 – 1 BOS
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5:49
Floyd Thomson (12) PPG Phil Roberto (20) STL 2 – 1 BOS
2nd Period
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17:35
Phil Esposito (41) PPG Fred Stanfield (51), Johnny Bucyk (43) STL 2 – 2 BOS
3rd Period
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0:49
Bob Plager (2) Floyd Thomson (14), Garry Unger (31) STL 3 – 2 BOS
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1:13
Garry Unger (32) Floyd Thomson (15) STL 4 – 2 BOS
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4:24
Phil Esposito (42) PPG Ken Hodge (33), Fred Stanfield (52) STL 4 – 3 BOS
St. Louis Blues
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Thomson L | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 2.23 |
| Garry Unger C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.98 |
| Mike Murphy R | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.00 |
| Phil Roberto R | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.00 |
| Bob Plager D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 0.97 |
| Jack Egers R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.90 |
| Fran Huck C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.70 |
| Connie Madigan D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 0.45 |
| Pierre Plante R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Gary Sabourin R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Chris Evans D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Wayne Merrick C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Danny O'Shea C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Bob McCord D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Paul Curtis D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Jean Hamel D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Steve Durbano D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Stephenson | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 | 0.25 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito C | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | 1.58 |
| Fred Stanfield L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.40 |
| Gregg Sheppard C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.00 |
| Bobby Orr D | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.83 |
| Johnny Bucyk L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Don Marcotte L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Derek Sanderson C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Ken Hodge R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | 0.10 |
| Mike Walton C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Fred O'Donnell R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Terry O'Reilly R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Nick Beverley D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Dallas Smith D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Doug Roberts R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Don Awrey D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Wayne Cashman L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 59:32 | -0.90 |