NHL game summary from April 4, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (48-23-8) |
1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
 Boston Bruins (51-23-5) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Doug Roberts 1 (Gregg Sheppard, Don Marcotte), 14:21 |
| NYR, | Brad Park 1 (Jean Ratelle), 15:59 - PP | |
| 2: | NYR, | Bruce MacGregor 1 (Pete Stemkowski, Ron Harris), 7:25 |
| NYR, | Brad Park 2 (Rod Gilbert), 8:53 | |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 1 (Jean Ratelle, Bill Fairbairn), 11:48 | |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 2 (Bill Fairbairn, Brad Park), 15:55 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Pete Stemkowski 1 (Dale Rolfe), 3:11 |
| BOS, | Derek Sanderson 1 (Johnny Bucyk), 11:17 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Don Awrey, BOS [Charging] 1:13 |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hi-sticking] 1:13 | |
| Carol Vadnais, BOS [Slashing] 1:39 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Charging, Fighting] 3:54 | |
| Ken Hodge, BOS [Fighting] 3:54 | |
| Carol Vadnais, BOS [Cross checking] 14:56 | |
| Ted Irvine, NYR [Butt ending] 17:42 | |
| Ken Hodge, BOS [Holding] 18:32 | |
| Dale Rolfe, NYR [Holding] 19:42 | |
| 2: | Ted Irvine, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 8:35 |
| Bobby Orr, BOS [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 8:35 | |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Elbowing] 9:41 | |
| 3: | Phil Esposito, BOS [Tripping] 1:09 |
| Fred O'Donnell, BOS [Fighting] 4:59 | |
| Glen Sather, NYR [Fighting] 4:59 |
Penalty time: NYR: 27 minutes
BOS: 27 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Glen Sather | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Murphy | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 15 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 15 | 31 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
| Nick Beverley | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 0 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Walton | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Fred O'Donnell | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Derek Sanderson | 27 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Roberts | 28 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacques Plante | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 24 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 7-13-11-31
BOS: 13- 3- 8-24
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (W, 1-0-0)
BOS: Jacques Plante (L, 0-1-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 15,003
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