NHL game summary from April 30, 1972

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (56-20-13)	1	1	3	5
Boston Bruins (63-14-11)	4	1	1	6
Boston Bruins lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7)

1:	NYR,	Dale Rolfe 3 (Rod Gilbert, Brad Park), 3:52
	BOS,	Fred Stanfield 7 (John McKenzie), 5:07
	BOS,	Ken Hodge 5 (Phil Esposito, Mike Walton), 15:48
	BOS,	Derek Sanderson 1 (Ed Westfall), 17:29 - SH
	BOS,	Ken Hodge 6 (Phil Esposito), 18:14 - SH
2:	BOS,	Ken Hodge 7 (Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr), 10:46
	NYR,	Rod Gilbert 4 (Vic Hadfield, Jean Ratelle), 11:54 - PP
3:	NYR,	Vic Hadfield 7 (Walt Tkaczuk, Rod Gilbert), 1:46 - PP
	NYR,	Walt Tkaczuk 4, 7:48
	NYR,	Bruce MacGregor 2 (Ted Irvine, Pete Stemkowski), 9:17
	BOS,	Garnet "Ace" Bailey 2 (Mike Walton, Ed Westfall), 17:44

Penalties:

1:	John McKenzie, BOS [Elbowing] 0:38
	Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking] 3:17
	Ted Irvine, NYR [Hi-sticking] 3:17
	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 5:24
	John McKenzie, BOS [Roughing] 5:49
	Glen Sather, NYR [Roughing] 5:49
	Wayne Cashman, BOS [Slashing] 9:28
	Don Awrey, BOS [Elbowing] 16:44
	Gary Doak, NYR [Elbowing, Misconduct, Game Misconduct] 18:45
	Phil Esposito, BOS [Hi-sticking] 19:30
	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hi-sticking] 19:30
2:	Ken Hodge, BOS [Hooking] 3:57
	Johnny Bucyk, BOS [Tripping] 8:22
	Phil Esposito, BOS [Hooking] 11:49
	Phil Esposito, BOS [Elbowing] 19:21
3:	Derek Sanderson, BOS [Hooking] 1:12
	Brad Park, NYR [Tripping] 3:38

Penalty time: NYR: 32 minutes BOS: 22 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	1	1	2	0	2
Gary Doak	3	D	0	0	0	22	0	0
Dale Rolfe	5	D	1	0	1	0	1	1
Glen Sather	6	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	1	2	3	0	-2	2
Bill Fairbairn	10	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Hadfield	11	LW	1	1	2	0	-4	9
Ron Stewart	12	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce MacGregor	14	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Neilson	15	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Rod Seiling	16	D	0	0	0	0	-3	4
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	1	2	4	-2	3
Jean Ratelle	19	C	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Gene Carr	20	C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Bobby Rousseau	22	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Ted Irvine	27	LW	0	1	1	2	-1	1
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-15	29
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-15	29

BOS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bobby Orr	4	D	0	1	1	0	4	2
Ted Green	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	7	C	0	3	3	6	3	6
Ken Hodge	8	RW	3	0	3	2	2	3
Johnny Bucyk	9	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Carol Vadnais	10	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Mike Walton	11	C	0	2	2	0	1	1
Wayne Cashman	12	LW	0	0	0	4	0	1
Garnet "Ace" Bailey	14	LW	1	0	1	0	0	1
Derek Sanderson	16	C	1	0	1	2	0	1
Fred Stanfield	17	LW	1	0	1	0	0	2
Ed Westfall	18	RW	0	2	2	0	2	2
John McKenzie	19	RW	0	1	1	4	0	0
Dallas Smith	20	D	0	0	0	0	3	3
Don Marcotte	21	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Awrey	26	D	0	0	0	2	0	2
Gerry Cheevers	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							13	28
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					13	28

Shots: NYR: 7-11-11-29 BOS: 12- 7- 9-28 Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 5-3-0) BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 5-1-0) Referee: Bill Friday Linesmen: Claude Bechard, John D'Amico Attendance: 14,995

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