NHL game summary from April 7, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (52-24-5) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
 New York Rangers (49-24-8) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Gregg Sheppard 1 (Derek Sanderson), 6:53 - SH |
| NYR, | Pete Stemkowski 3 (Bruce MacGregor), 18:35 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Fred Stanfield 1 (Fred O'Donnell, Johnny Bucyk), 3:13 |
| 3: | NYR, | Jean Ratelle 1 (Dale Rolfe, Bobby Rousseau), 6:12 |
| BOS, | Gregg Sheppard 2, 10:39 | |
| BOS, | Mike Walton 1, 19:08 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Carol Vadnais, BOS [Hooking] 4:00 |
| Gary Doak, BOS [Slashing] 5:53 | |
| Brad Park, NYR [Boarding] 13:56 | |
| 2: | Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Hooking] 15:29 |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Boarding, Fighting] 16:57 | |
| Derek Sanderson, BOS [Slashing, Fighting] 16:57 | |
| 3: | Doug Roberts, BOS [Boarding] 8:44 |
| Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Boarding] 9:41 |
Penalty time: BOS: 15 minutes
NYR: 11 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 | 0 | 4 |
| Nick Beverley | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Fred O'Donnell | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | 27 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Doug Roberts | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 8 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 8 | 27 | ||||||
| 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 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -10 | 37 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -10 | 37 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 11- 9- 7-27
NYR: 10-16-11-37
Goalies: BOS: Eddie Johnston (W, 1-0-0)
NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 2-1-0)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 17,500
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