The Montreal Canadiens decisively defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6 to 3, on December 23, 1972.

Final

Penguins

15-15-3

3

Canadiens

21-5-8

6

Team

PIT

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

MTL

Guy Lapointe (EV) assisted by Pierre Bouchard and Frank Mahovlich

Marc Tardif (EV) assisted by Rejean Houle and Henri Richard

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Peter Mahovlich

2nd period

PIT

MTL

Frank Mahovlich (EV) assisted by Guy Lapointe and Guy Lafleur

Guy Lapointe (EV) assisted by Jacques Lemaire and Chuck Lefley

Frank Mahovlich (EV) assisted by Serge Savard and Peter Mahovlich

3rd period

PIT

MTL

Steve Cardwell (EV) assisted by Ron Schock and Nick Harbaruk

Steve Cardwell (EV) assisted by Ron Schock and Duane Rupp

Syl Apps Jr. (EV) assisted by Lowell MacDonald and Duane Rupp

Penguins

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Penguins

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Rutherford (L) J. Rutherford	0	1	0	32	26	.813	6	6.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Syl Apps Jr. S. Apps Jr.	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Robin Burns R. Burns	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Dave Burrows D. Burrows	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Steve Cardwell S. Cardwell	2	0	2	+1	0	5	40.0
Darryl Edestrand D. Edestrand	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Nick Harbaruk N. Harbaruk	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Bryan Hextall Jr. B. Hextall Jr.	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Rick Kessell R. Kessell	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Jack Lynch J. Lynch	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Lowell MacDonald L. MacDonald	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Al McDonough A. McDonough	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Duane Rupp D. Rupp	0	2	2	-1	0	4	0.0
Ken Schinkel K. Schinkel	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Ron Schock R. Schock	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0.0
Eddie Shack E. Shack	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0.0
Bryan Watson B. Watson	0	0	0	-2	6	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	26	23	.885	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Pierre Bouchard P. Bouchard	0	1	1	+2	4	0	3	0.0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	1	2	+1	2	0	2	50.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	2	1	3	+2	2	0	5	40.0
Claude Larose C. Larose	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chuck Lefley C. Lefley	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	2	1	3	+3	0	1	3	66.7
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0
Henri Richard H. Richard	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jimmy Roberts J. Roberts	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Marc Tardif M. Tardif	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3