NHL game summary from March 17, 1974
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (37-19-12) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Boston Bruins (47-13-9) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1: | NYR, | Brad Park 23 (Steve Vickers, Pete Stemkowski), 7:51 |
| BOS, | Terry O'Reilly 10 (Don Marcotte, Bobby Orr), 19:56 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Phil Esposito 64 (Wayne Cashman, Carol Vadnais), 7:17 - PP |
| BOS, | Ken Hodge 46 (Wayne Cashman, Phil Esposito), 12:14 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Don Marcotte 22 (Terry O'Reilly), 2:17 |
| NYR, | Steve Vickers 31 (Bobby Rousseau), 9:57 | |
| BOS, | Phil Esposito 65 (Bobby Orr), 19:59 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gilles Marotte, NYR [Holding] 15:04 | |
| 2: | Rod Seiling, NYR [Hooking] 6:29 | |
| Phil Esposito, BOS [Slashing] 16:23 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 4 minutes
BOS: 2 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ron Harris | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dale Rolfe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gilles Marotte | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Bruce MacGregor | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jean Ratelle | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jack Egers | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Bobby Rousseau | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -11 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -11 | 32 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Darryl Edestrand | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 7 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 10 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andre Savard | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Forbes | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Al Sims | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 40 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 40 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 11- 7-14-32
BOS: 19-11-10-40
Goalies: NYR: Ed Giacomin (L, 27-13-8)
BOS: Gilles Gilbert (W, 31-9-8)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Willard Norris, John D'Amico
Attendance: 15,003
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