All NHL game summaries from April 15, 1971
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (36-29-19) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Minnesota North Stars (32-36-16) |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Minnesota North Stars win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | STL, | Frank St. Marseille 2 (Garry Unger, Carl Brewer), 4:45 - PP |
| MIN, | Ted Hampson 1 (Bobby Rousseau, Ted Harris), 10:36 | |
| MIN, | Lou Nanne 2 (Murray Oliver, Doug Mohns), 10:58 | |
| MIN, | Bobby Rousseau 2 (Ted Hampson, J.P. Parise), 14:15 - PP | |
| MIN, | Doug Mohns 1, 19:29 - PP | |
| 3: | MIN, | Doug Mohns 2 (J.P. Parise, Bobby Rousseau), 7:01 |
| STL, | Garry Unger 3 (Bob Plager), 17:20 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Garry Unger, STL [Hi-sticking] 0:07 |
| Tom Reid, MIN [Holding] 0:07 | |
| Ted Harris, MIN [Holding] 1:56 | |
| Bob Plager, STL [Tripping] 5:20 | |
| Carl Brewer, STL [Hi-sticking] 5:45 | |
| Lou Nanne, MIN [Hi-sticking] 5:45 | |
| Barry Gibbs, MIN [Interference] 11:36 | |
| Carl Brewer, STL [Elbowing] 13:30 | |
| Tom Reid, MIN [Elbowing] 13:30 | |
| Craig Cameron, STL [Slashing] 15:54 | |
| 2: | Fred "Buster" Harvey, MIN [Hooking] 3:41 |
| Jimmy Roberts, STL [Holding] 7:42 | |
| Jim Lorentz, STL [Hooking] 13:35 | |
| Lou Nanne, MIN [Hooking] 15:33 | |
| Frank St. Marseille, STL [Tripping] 18:15 | |
| Al Arbour, STL [Tripping] 19:25 | |
| 3: | J.P. Parise, MIN [Holding] 0:33 |
| Noel Picard, STL [Holding] 10:03 | |
| Barclay Plager, STL [Slashing] 10:26 | |
| Carl Brewer, STL [Elbowing] 18:43 |
Penalty time: STL: 24 minutes
MIN: 16 minutes
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Brewer | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
| Al Arbour | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noel Picard | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| Barclay Plager | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 9 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Connelly | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill McCreary | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Cameron | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brit Selby | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jim Lorentz | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Terry Gray | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Curt Bennett | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Norm Dennis | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Huck | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Wakely | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 21 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gump Worsley | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ted Harris | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Mohns | 6 | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Charlie Burns | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Murray Oliver | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 11 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ted Hampson | 12 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 15 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jude Drouin | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred "Buster" Harvey | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Danny Grant | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Danny Lawson | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Muloin | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 7- 8- 6-21
MIN: 8-14- 8-30
Goalies: STL: Ernie Wakely (L, 2-1-0)
MIN: Gump Worsley (W, 3-0-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Willard Norris
Attendance: 15,370
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (60-17-7) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (45-26-13) |
2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Series tied, 3-3 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Pete Mahovlich 1 (J.C. Tremblay), 6:36 |
| BOS, | Phil Esposito 3 (Johnny Bucyk), 9:51 - PP | |
| MTL, | Henri Richard 2 (Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lapointe), 11:12 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Fred Stanfield 3 (Johnny Bucyk, John McKenzie), 5:57 - PP |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 2 (Frank Mahovlich, J.C. Tremblay), 10:34 - PP | |
| MTL, | J.C. Tremblay 1 (Jean Beliveau, Pierre Bouchard), 14:39 | |
| 3: | MTL, | Henri Richard 3 (Frank Mahovlich), 5:14 |
| MTL, | Pete Mahovlich 2 (Ken Dryden), 14:46 | |
| BOS, | Derek Sanderson 2 (Dallas Smith, Ed Westfall), 16:52 | |
| MTL, | Marc Tardif 1 (Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer), 17:15 | |
| MTL, | Jacques Laperriere 2 (Rejean Houle), 19:34 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Marc Tardif, MTL [Holding] 8:35 |
| Marc Tardif, MTL [Fighting] 12:39 | |
| Mike Walton, BOS [Roughing, Fighting] 12:39 | |
| 2: | Ed Westfall, BOS [Interference] 2:34 |
| Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Interference] 5:25 | |
| Gerry Cheevers, BOS [Tripping] 8:50 | |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Closing hand on puck] 9:10 | |
| Jean Beliveau, MTL [Tripping] 11:52 | |
| Derek Sanderson, BOS [Elbowing] 15:07 | |
| Jean Beliveau, MTL [Roughing] 17:05 | |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Roughing] 17:05 | |
| 3: | Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Charging, Fighting] 5:23 |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Fighting] 5:23 | |
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Tripping] 12:40 | |
| Terry Harper, MTL [Slashing] 14:00 | |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Slashing] 14:00 | |
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Slashing] 17:55 |
Penalty time: BOS: 26 minutes
MTL: 24 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 5 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 7 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Smith | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Carleton | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Walton | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -24 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -24 | 32 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Laperriere | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jean Beliveau | 4 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Terry Harper | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Leon Rochefort | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ferguson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 24 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 27 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 23 | 43 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 23 | 43 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 5-14-13-32
MTL: 11-20-12-43
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (L, 3-2-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 3-3-0)
Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, George Ashley
Attendance: 17,491
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (53-20-11) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Toronto Maple Leafs (39-37-8) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| New York Rangers win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYR, | Bob Nevin 4 (Walt Tkaczuk, Vic Hadfield), 12:39 |
| 3: | TOR, | Jim McKenny 2, 17:26 |
| 4: | NYR, | Bob Nevin 5, 9:07 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Vic Hadfield, NYR [Holding] 3:22 | |
| Jim Harrison, TOR [Slashing] 3:22 | ||
| Dale Rolfe, NYR [Delay of game - smothering puck] 5:14 | ||
| Norm Ullman, TOR [Holding] 7:09 | ||
| Rod Gilbert, NYR [Slashing] 8:29 | ||
| Mike Pelyk, TOR [Slashing] 8:29 | ||
| Jean Ratelle, NYR [Tripping] 10:34 | ||
| Bob Baun, TOR [Fighting] 12:58 | ||
| Glen Sather, NYR [Fighting] 12:58 | ||
| Brad Park, NYR [Tripping] 16:44 | ||
| 2: | Jim Harrison, TOR [Fighting] 5:33 | |
| Brad Park, NYR [Fighting] 5:33 | ||
| Rod Gilbert, NYR [Roughing] 5:33 | ||
| Rick Ley, TOR [Roughing] 5:33 | ||
| 3: | none | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 22 minutes
TOR: 18 minutes
| 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 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Tim Horton | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Brown | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Nevin | 8 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Balon | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 38 | ||||||
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Ley | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Pelyk | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Dorey | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Norm Ullman | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| George Armstrong | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Trottier | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Keon | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Brian Spencer | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Denis Dupere | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McKenny | 18 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Henderson | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Garry Monahan | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Baun | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| Billy MacMillan | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darryl Sittler | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 10- 9-14- 5-38
TOR: 9- 8- 9- 2-28
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 4-1-0)
TOR: Jacques Plante (L, 0-2-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Ego
Attendance: 16,485
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