All NHL game summaries from May 11, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (66-16-11) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
 New York Rangers (58-23-13) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boston Bruins win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Bobby Orr 5 (Ken Hodge, Johnny Bucyk), 11:18 - PP |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | BOS, | Wayne Cashman 3 (Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito), 5:10 - PP |
| BOS, | Wayne Cashman 4 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 18:11 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | John McKenzie, BOS [Slashing] 2:32 |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Slashing] 5:44 | |
| Ken Hodge, BOS [Tripping] 7:07 | |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 10:25 | |
| Ken Hodge, BOS [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 13:06 | |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 13:06 | |
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Charging] 14:46 | |
| Gary Doak, NYR [Hi-sticking] 14:46 | |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Misconduct] 14:46 | |
| 2: | Carol Vadnais, BOS [Holding] 3:45 |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Roughing] 3:45 | |
| Don Marcotte, BOS [Boarding] 4:33 | |
| Rod Gilbert, NYR [Fighting] 4:33 | |
| Derek Sanderson, BOS [Kneeing, Fighting] 4:33 | |
| Gene Carr, NYR [Tripping] 9:16 | |
| Gary Doak, NYR [Hi-sticking] 12:05 | |
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking] 12:05 | |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Fighting] 16:01 | |
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Fighting] 16:01 | |
| 3: | Dale Rolfe, NYR [Holding] 3:20 |
| Dallas Smith, BOS [Tripping] 10:36 |
Penalty time: BOS: 43 minutes
NYR: 31 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Ted Green | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek Sanderson | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John McKenzie | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 27 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Gary Doak | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| Phil Goyette | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 3 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gene Carr | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -5 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -5 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 8- 9-10-27
NYR: 9-11-13-33
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 6-2-0)
NYR: Gilles Villemure (L, 4-2-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Neil Armstrong
Attendance: 17,250
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