The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the New York Rangers, 5 to 2, on January 13, 1972.

Final

Rangers

28-6-7

5

Sabres

8-25-10

2

Team

NYR

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

BUF

Bill Fairbairn (EV) assisted by Brad Park and Walt Tkaczuk

Bill Fairbairn (EV) assisted by Rod Seiling and Walt Tkaczuk

2nd period

NYR

BUF

Walt Tkaczuk (SH) assisted by Bill Fairbairn

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) assisted by Ab Demarco Jr. and Bill Fairbairn

Don Luce (EV) assisted by Danny Lawson

Steve Atkinson (EV) assisted by Chris Evans and Gerry Meehan

3rd period

NYR

BUF

Gene Carr (EV) assisted by Rod Seiling

Rangers

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Villemure (W) G. Villemure	1	0	0	25	23	.920	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Gene Carr G. Carr	1	0	1	+4	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ab Demarco Jr. A. Demarco Jr.	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gary Doak G. Doak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Fairbairn B. Fairbairn	2	2	4	+5	0	0	1	0	5	40.0
Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vic Hadfield V. Hadfield	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ted Irvine T. Irvine	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bruce MacGregor B. MacGregor	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jim Neilson J. Neilson	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Brad Park B. Park	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dale Rolfe D. Rolfe	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Rousseau B. Rousseau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Seiling R. Seiling	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pete Stemkowski P. Stemkowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	2	2	4	+5	0	1	0	1	5	40.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Roger Crozier (L) R. Crozier	0	1	0	37	32	.865	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Ron Anderson R. Anderson	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Steve Atkinson S. Atkinson	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Mike Byers M. Byers	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Chris Evans C. Evans	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0.0
Al Hamilton A. Hamilton	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Larry Hillman L. Hillman	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Danny Lawson D. Lawson	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Don Luce D. Luce	1	0	1	+1	0	4	25.0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	0	0	-4	0	5	0.0
Gerry Meehan G. Meehan	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0
Kevin O'Shea K. O'Shea	0	0	0	-3	0	0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0.0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Eddie Shack E. Shack	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Jim Watson J. Watson	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Randy Wyrozub R. Wyrozub	0	0	0	-1	0	0