Sunday, December 2, 1973 · Boston Garden
Islanders 3 at Bruins 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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7:54
Fred O'Donnell (5) Bobby Orr (29), Gregg Sheppard (11) NYI 0 – 1 BOS
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19:35
Bobby Orr (13) PPG Phil Esposito (27), Carol Vadnais (14) NYI 0 – 2 BOS
2nd Period
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3:12
Bobby Nystrom (4) Andre St. Laurent (5), Denis Potvin (7) NYI 1 – 2 BOS
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10:58
Don Marcotte (5) Al Sims (3), Terry O'Reilly (3) NYI 1 – 3 BOS
3rd Period
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2:06
Billy Harris (6) Lorne Henning (9), Denis Potvin (8) NYI 2 – 3 BOS
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2:47
Phil Esposito (25) Ken Hodge (20) NYI 2 – 4 BOS
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9:22
Jean Potvin (1) Unassisted NYI 3 – 4 BOS
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19:26
Ken Hodge (18) PPG Johnny Bucyk (15), Phil Esposito (28) NYI 3 – 5 BOS
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Potvin D | 0 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1.78 |
| Jean Potvin D | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Bobby Nystrom R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Andre St. Laurent C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Billy Harris R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Lorne Henning C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Ed Westfall R | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.45 |
| Germain Gagnon L | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Garry Howatt L | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.07 |
| Ralph Stewart C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Brian Spencer L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Dave Hudson C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gerry Hart D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bert Marshall D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Craig Cameron R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Billy MacMillan R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Dave Lewis D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Desjardins | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 60:00 | -0.55 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito C | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Bobby Orr D | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.75 |
| Ken Hodge R | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1.68 |
| Don Marcotte L | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.13 |
| Fred O'Donnell R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Al Sims D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Johnny Bucyk L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Gregg Sheppard C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.55 |
| Terry O'Reilly R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Chris Oddleifson C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Wayne Cashman L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Derek Sanderson C | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Andre Savard C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Gary Doak D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Darryl Edestrand D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Dallas Smith D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:00 | 0.35 |