NHL game summary from January 27, 1971
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (33-8-6) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 New York Rangers (30-9-9) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1: | BOS, | Wayne Cashman 14 (Phil Esposito, Dallas Smith), :23 |
| NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 5 (Dave Balon, Rod Seiling), 5:44 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | BOS, | Ken Hodge 29 (Phil Esposito), 1:57 |
| NYR, | Jean Ratelle 22 (Rod Gilbert, Ron Stewart), 14:59 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Derek Sanderson, BOS [Holding] 7:10 |
| Dave Balon, NYR [Holding] 14:40 | |
| 2: | Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 3:23 |
| Arnie Brown, NYR [Hooking] 9:18 | |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 14:11 | |
| 3: | Don Awrey, BOS [Holding] 3:42 |
| Ted Green, BOS [Hi-sticking] 14:19 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Hi-sticking] 14:19 |
Penalty time: BOS: 6 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Wayne Carleton | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Tim Horton | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arnie Brown | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Nevin | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Balon | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -1 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -1 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 7- 6- 8-21
NYR: 13- 7-10-30
Goalies: BOS: Eddie Johnston (T, 16-4-2)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (T, 16-7-5)
Referee: Bill Friday
Linesmen: Ron Ego, Neil Armstrong
Attendance: 17,250
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