The New York Rangers were decisively beaten by the Boston Bruins, 4 to 1, on January 2, 1972.

Final

Bruins

25-6-5

4

Rangers

25-6-6

1

Team

BOS

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

NYR

Bobby Orr (EV) assisted by Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman

2nd period

BOS

NYR

Derek Sanderson (EV) assisted by Mike Walton and Ed Westfall

Johnny Bucyk (PP) assisted by Fred Stanfield and Ken Hodge

3rd period

BOS

NYR

Johnny Bucyk (EV) assisted by John McKenzie and Fred Stanfield

Pete Stemkowski (EV) assisted by Ted Irvine and Jim Neilson

Bruins

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gerry Cheevers (W) G. Cheevers	1	0	0	41	40	.976	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	100.0
Wayne Cashman W. Cashman	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Green T. Green	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Hodge K. Hodge	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	0
Reggie Leach R. Leach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
John McKenzie J. McKenzie	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Orr B. Orr	1	0	1	+3	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Matt Ravlich M. Ravlich	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Sanderson D. Sanderson	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Dallas Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Rick Smith R. Smith	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Mike Walton M. Walton	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Villemure (L) G. Villemure	0	1	0	15	11	.733	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Ab Demarco Jr. A. Demarco Jr.	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0.0
Gary Doak G. Doak	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0
Bill Fairbairn B. Fairbairn	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Vic Hadfield V. Hadfield	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Ted Irvine T. Irvine	0	1	1	-1	2	4	0.0
Bruce MacGregor B. MacGregor	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jim Neilson J. Neilson	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0.0
Brad Park B. Park	0	0	0	-1	7	2	0.0
Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Bobby Rousseau B. Rousseau	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0
Glen Sather G. Sather	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rod Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Pete Stemkowski P. Stemkowski	1	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	0	0	0	2	6	0.0