The Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated by the Boston Bruins, 3 to 2, on December 19, 1972.

Final

Bruins

21-8-3

3

Penguins

15-14-3

2

Team

BOS

PIT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

PIT

Phil Esposito (PP) assisted by Fred Stanfield and Bobby Orr

Eddie Shack (EV) assisted by Syl Apps Jr.

2nd period

BOS

PIT

Mike Walton (EV) unassisted

Al McDonough (EV) assisted by Lowell MacDonald and Jack Lynch

3rd period

BOS

PIT

Phil Esposito (PP) assisted by Ken Hodge and Johnny Bucyk

Bruins

Penguins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Penguins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Eddie Johnston (W) E. Johnston	1	0	0	27	25	.926	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Garnet Bailey G. Bailey	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0.0
Nick Beverley N. Beverley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Wayne Cashman W. Cashman	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	2	0	2	-1	0	2	0	1	4	50.0
Ken Hodge K. Hodge	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Don Marcotte D. Marcotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Orr B. Orr	0	1	1	-1	24	0	1	0	2	0.0
Gregg Sheppard G. Sheppard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dallas Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Walton M. Walton	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Rutherford (L) J. Rutherford	0	1	0	27	24	.889	3	3.03	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Syl Apps Jr. S. Apps Jr.	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0.0
Robin Burns R. Burns	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Burrows D. Burrows	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0.0
Darryl Edestrand D. Edestrand	0	0	0	0	2	0
Nick Harbaruk N. Harbaruk	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bryan Hextall Jr. B. Hextall Jr.	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Jack Lynch J. Lynch	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0.0
Lowell MacDonald L. MacDonald	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0.0
Al McDonough A. McDonough	1	0	1	0	4	4	25.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Schinkel K. Schinkel	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Ron Schock R. Schock	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Eddie Shack E. Shack	1	0	1	+1	2	2	50.0
Bryan Watson B. Watson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0