NHL game summary from April 23, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (61-14-11) |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
 St. Louis Blues (32-45-11) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | STL, | Mike Murphy 2 (Barclay Plager, Phil Roberto), 2:05 - PP |
| BOS, | Ed Westfall 4, 8:40 - SH | |
| BOS, | John McKenzie 4 (Bobby Orr, Johnny Bucyk), 10:36 - PP | |
| BOS, | Phil Esposito 7 (Ken Hodge), 19:42 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Mike Walton 4 (Dallas Smith, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), 2:58 |
| BOS, | Ken Hodge 4 (Wayne Cashman), 6:28 | |
| BOS, | John McKenzie 5 (Johnny Bucyk, Fred Stanfield), 11:12 - PP | |
| 3: | BOS, | Mike Walton 5, 11:09 |
| STL, | Gary Sabourin 3 (Frank St. Marseille, Larry Hornung), 18:15 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dallas Smith, BOS [Holding] 0:55 |
| Barclay Plager, STL [Holding] 5:07 | |
| Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 7:25 | |
| Chris Evans, STL [Holding] 10:27 | |
| Frank St. Marseille, STL [Holding] 13:52 | |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Holding] 15:34 | |
| 2: | Carol Vadnais, BOS [Cross checking] 7:31 |
| Andre Dupont, STL [Hooking] 10:51 | |
| Don Awrey, BOS [Hooking] 18:48 | |
| 3: | Curt Bennett, STL [Holding] 5:50 |
| John McKenzie, BOS [Interference] 5:59 |
Penalty time: BOS: 12 minutes
STL: 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Hayes | 29 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 19 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 19 | 38 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McDuffe | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Dupont | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Chris Evans | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gary Sabourin | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Jack Egers | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Phil Roberto | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Odrowski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Danny O'Shea | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bill Plager | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Hornung | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -20 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -20 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 17-10-11-38
STL: 8-11-10-29
Goalies: BOS: Eddie Johnston (W, 4-0-0)
STL: Peter McDuffe (L, 0-1-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Kilger
Attendance: 17,941
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