NHL game summary from October 18, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (2-3-0) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 New York Rangers (3-3-0) |
3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1: | NYR, | Vic Hadfield 2 (Jean Ratelle), 7:35 |
| NYR, | Rod Seiling 1 (Rod Gilbert), 9:56 | |
| NYR, | Jean Ratelle 3 (Rod Gilbert, Brad Park), 19:37 - PP | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 3 (Gene Carr), :21 |
| NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 4 (Brad Park, Dale Rolfe), 1:46 - PP | |
| BOS, | Fred Stanfield 3 (Johnny Bucyk), 2:38 | |
| NYR, | Rod Seiling 2 (Glen Sather, Ron Stewart), 9:06 | |
| NYR, | Gene Carr 1 (Bill Fairbairn, Bobby Rousseau), 10:16 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Fred O'Donnell, BOS [Fighting] 8:38 |
| Glen Sather, NYR [Fighting] 8:38 | |
| Mike Walton, BOS [Game misconduct] 8:38 | |
| Gene Carr, NYR [Cross checking] 16:38 | |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Holding] 17:43 | |
| 2: | Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 4:36 |
| Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Tripping] 4:36 | |
| Rod Seiling, NYR [Holding] 4:54 | |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Roughing] 8:53 | |
| Gene Carr, NYR [Charging, Slashing, Fighting] 9:27 | |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey, BOS [Fighting] 9:27 | |
| 3: | Ken Hodge, BOS [Hooking] 0:37 |
| Rod Seiling, NYR [Holding] 16:36 |
Penalty time: BOS: 28 minutes
NYR: 22 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Beverley | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Fred O'Donnell | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Matt Ravlich | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 23 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Carr | 9 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ron Stewart | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Curt Bennett | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Gilles Villemure | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 20 | 40 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 20 | 40 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 6- 9- 8-23
NYR: 17-10-14-41
Goalies: BOS: Eddie Johnston (L, 2-3-0)
NYR: Gilles Villemure (W, 2-0-0)
Referee: Art Skov
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Mclaren
Attendance: 17,500
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