All NHL game summaries from December 16, 1971
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (20-5-5) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Boston Bruins (20-6-2) |
4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 1: | BOS, | Bobby Orr 14 (Phil Esposito), 1:47 - PP |
| BOS, | Phil Esposito 24 (Wayne Cashman, Ken Hodge), 12:01 | |
| BOS, | Dallas Smith 5 (Phil Esposito), 14:51 | |
| BOS, | Ken Hodge 8 (Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman), 19:15 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Johnny Bucyk 14 (Fred Stanfield, John McKenzie), :23 |
| BOS, | Ed Westfall 7 (Fred Stanfield, Bobby Orr), 17:34 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Fred Stanfield 8, 9:59 - SH |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 8 (Gene Carr, Bill Fairbairn), 10:38 | |
| BOS, | Reggie Leach 5 (Fred Stanfield, Mike Walton), 19:17 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bobby Rousseau, NYR 1:10 |
| John McKenzie, BOS [major] 4:52 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [major] 4:52 | |
| Ted Green, BOS 5:06 | |
| 2: | Derek Sanderson, BOS 8:26 |
| Gary Doak, NYR 10:54 | |
| Phil Esposito, BOS 14:26 | |
| Ken Hodge, BOS [Game misconduct] 18:37 | |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Game misconduct] 18:37 | |
| Brad Park, NYR [major, misconduct] 18:37 | |
| Rod Gilbert, NYR [major, misconduct] 18:37 | |
| Dallas Smith, BOS [major, misconduct] 18:37 | |
| Ted Green, BOS [major, misconduct] 18:37 | |
| Gary Doak, NYR 18:54 | |
| 3: | Wayne Cashman, BOS 1:17 |
| Dale Rolfe, NYR 5:29 | |
| Rick Smith, BOS 7:59 | |
| Gene Carr, NYR 15:15 | |
| Wayne Cashman, BOS 16:43 | |
| Bill Fairbairn, NYR 16:43 |
Penalty time: NYR: 57 minutes
BOS: 57 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 | 15 | -3 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -3 | 0 |
| Pierre Jarry | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 2 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -30 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -30 | 38 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rick Smith | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| Matt Ravlich | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 30 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 30 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 11-10-17-38
BOS: 12- 7-10-29
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 9-4-3),
Gilles Villemure BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 9-3-1) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Kilger Attendance: 14,995
Gilles Villemure BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 9-3-1) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Kilger Attendance: 14,995
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buffalo Sabres (6-20-6) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Philadelphia Flyers (10-15-5) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1: | PHI, | Serge Bernier 5, 14:14 |
| 2: | PHI, | Dick Sarrazin 2 (Bill Clement, Rick Foley), 3:54 - PP |
| PHI, | Serge Bernier 6 (Simon Nolet, Jim Johnson), 4:27 - PP | |
| 3: | PHI, | Bill Clement 2, 8:49 |
| PHI, | Gary Dornhoefer 6 (Serge Bernier), 15:54 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Lew Morrison, PHI [Tripping] 10:49 |
| Al Hamilton, BUF [Hooking] 18:03 | |
| Jean-Guy Gendron, PHI [Hooking] 19:26 | |
| Lew Morrison, PHI [Tripping] 19:43 | |
| 2: | Steve Atkinson, BUF [Holding] 2:32 |
| Chris Evans, BUF [Tripping] 3:26 | |
| Bill Clement, PHI [Holding] 6:08 | |
| Bobby Clarke, PHI [Slashing] 7:03 | |
| 3: | Al Hamilton, BUF [Tripping] 2:57 |
| Bill Clement, PHI [Hooking] 9:09 | |
| Rick Foley, PHI [Holding] 13:29 | |
| Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Hi-sticking] 19:55 |
Penalty time: BUF: 8 minutes
PHI: 16 minutes
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Crozier | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Watson | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Terbenche | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Al Hamilton | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Butch Deadmarsh | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Danny Lawson | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Goyette | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9 |
| Gerry Meehan | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Anderson | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8 |
| Kevin O'Shea | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Atkinson | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Ray McKay | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Eddie Shack | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Evans | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Ramsay | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 35 | ||||||
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Favell | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Van Impe | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Barry Ashbee | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Hughes | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lew Morrison | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Joe Watson | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Clement | 15 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Simon Nolet | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bill Lesuk | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jim Johnson | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Serge Bernier | 21 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rick Foley | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Larry Keenan | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Sarrazin | 24 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 42 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 42 | ||||||
Shots: BUF: 17-11- 7-35
PHI: 16-16-10-42
Goalies: BUF: Roger Crozier (L, 6-16-6)
PHI: Doug Favell (W, 8-11-5)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Willard Norris, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 13,763
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