NHL game summary from December 20, 1972
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Los Angeles Kings (14-15-4) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Detroit Red Wings (14-14-3) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | DET, | Mickey Redmond 16 (Alex Delvecchio, Al Karlander), 18:20 |
| 3: | DET, | Bill Collins 9 (Henry Boucha, Thommie Bergman), :21 |
| DET, | Thommie Bergman 4 (Al Karlander, Alex Delvecchio), 7:07 | |
| DET, | Mickey Redmond 17 (Al Karlander, Alex Delvecchio), 10:20 | |
| LA , | Bob Berry 19 (Neil Komadoski, Juha Widing), 17:19 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Thommie Bergman, DET [Interference] 3:31 |
| Bill Lesuk, LA [Holding] 18:10 | |
| 2: | Bill Lesuk, LA [Holding] 9:12 |
| 3: | Larry Johnston, DET [Interference] 2:57 |
Penalty time: LA : 4 minutes
DET: 4 minutes
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Brown | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Gilles Marotte | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Curtis | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Real Lemieux | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Volmar | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Ralph Backstrom | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Vic Venasky | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Corrigan | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Peters | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Juha Widing | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Lesuk | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Bob Berry | 18 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Butch Goring | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Barry Long | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Neil Komadoski | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Kozak | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rogie Vachon | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 23 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Edwards | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Johnston | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Marcel Dionne | 5 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Red Berenson | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Charron | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Alex Delvecchio | 10 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Al Karlander | 15 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Henry Boucha | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Len Fontaine | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gary Doak | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mickey Redmond | 20 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Bill Collins | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Serge Lajeunesse | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 35 | ||||||
Shots: LA : 4- 9-10-23
DET: 5-15-15-35
Goalies: LA : Rogie Vachon (L, 10-8-4)
DET: Roy Edwards (W, 12-8-3)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Ron Finn
Attendance: 11,209
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