NHL game summary from December 10, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (3-21-2) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 New York Rangers (18-8-3) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1: | NYI, | Billy Harris 7 (Germain Gagnon, Bryan Lefley), 10:42 |
| NYR, | Bill Fairbairn 14 (Bobby Rousseau, Vic Hadfield), 14:46 - PP | |
| 2: | NYR, | Vic Hadfield 13 (Jean Ratelle, Rod Gilbert), 7:19 |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 9 (Pete Stemkowski, Bobby Rousseau), 13:18 - PP | |
| NYR, | Ron Harris 3 (Ted Irvine, Walt Tkaczuk), 15:06 - PP | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Billy Harris, NYI [Cross checking] 11:01 |
| Vic Hadfield, NYR [Hooking] 17:03 | |
| Ken Murray, NYI [Tripping] 19:56 | |
| 2: | Bryan Lefley, NYI [Hooking] 8:55 |
| Germain Gagnon, NYI [Hooking] 11:24 | |
| Dave Hudson, NYI [Hooking] 13:37 | |
| 3: | Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Tripping] 4:25 |
Penalty time: NYI: 10 minutes
NYR: 4 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Lefley | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Mair | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ken Murray | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Mikkelson | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Germain Gagnon | 7 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Don Blackburn | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Spencer | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hudson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Crisp | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Brian Lavender | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Tom Miller | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Craig Cameron | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Neil Nicholson | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gerry Desjardins | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Randy Legge | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gene Carr | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ab Demarco | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Sacharuk | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter McDuffe | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 39 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 39 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 8- 8-10-26
NYR: 7-22-10-39
Goalies: NYI: Gerry Desjardins (L, 2-12-1)
NYR: Peter McDuffe (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Jim Christison
Attendance: 17,500
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