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Saturday, January 5, 1974 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Bruins 6 at Islanders 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 91OVR Johnny Bucyk Bruins First Star 4G · 7 SOG C 99OVR Phil Esposito Bruins Second Star 1G · 3A · 8 SOG D 99OVR Bobby Orr Bruins Third Star 3A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:09 Johnny Bucyk (11) Phil Esposito (39), Bobby Orr (42) BOS 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 12:32 Johnny Bucyk (12) PPG Bobby Orr (43), Phil Esposito (40) BOS 2 – 0 NYI
  3. 18:19 Craig Cameron (8) Ralph Stewart (9), Brian Spencer (9) BOS 2 – 1 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 6:32 Phil Esposito (37) Ken Hodge (28) BOS 3 – 1 NYI
  2. 11:05 Johnny Bucyk (13) PPG Phil Esposito (41), Ken Hodge (29) BOS 4 – 1 NYI
  3. 11:55 Craig Cameron (9) Brian Spencer (10), Ralph Stewart (10) BOS 4 – 2 NYI
  4. 16:26 Johnny Bucyk (14) Bobby Orr (44), Al Sims (4) BOS 5 – 2 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 5:56 Don Marcotte (8) Dallas Smith (15), Gregg Sheppard (15) BOS 6 – 2 NYI

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Johnny Bucyk L 4 0 7 0 0 +1 0:00 3.53
Phil Esposito C 1 3 8 0 0 +1 0:00 3.38
Bobby Orr D 0 3 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.48
Ken Hodge R 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.48
Don Marcotte L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Gregg Sheppard C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Al Sims D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Dallas Smith D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Derek Sanderson C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Wayne Cashman L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Darryl Edestrand D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Andre Savard C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dave Forbes R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Terry O'Reilly R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Gary Doak D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ross Brooks W 29 27 2 .931 60:00 1.20

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Craig Cameron R 2 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 1.73
Brian Spencer L 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.25
Ralph Stewart C 0 2 1 0 0 -1 0:00 1.18
Dave Hudson C 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Germain Gagnon L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Billy Harris R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Lorne Henning C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Brian Marchinko C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Billy MacMillan R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Jean Potvin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Denis Potvin D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Garry Howatt L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.83
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith L 39 33 6 .846 60:00 -1.20