The Chicago Black Hawks were defeated by the New York Rangers, 3 to 2, in Game 1 of the 1972 playoff series on April 16, 1972.

Final

Rangers

1-0-0

3

Black Hawks

0-1-0

2

Team

NYR

CHI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

CHI

Ted Irvine (EV) assisted by Bruce MacGregor and Pete Stemkowski

2nd period

NYR

CHI

Brad Park (EV) assisted by Bobby Rousseau

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) assisted by Gene Carr and Bill Fairbairn

3rd period

NYR

CHI

Stan Mikita (EV) assisted by Jerry Korab

J.P. Bordeleau (EV) assisted by Doug Jarrett and Chico Maki

Rangers

Black Hawks

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Black Hawks

Goalies

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

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Gene Carr G. Carr	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Gary Doak G. Doak	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0
Bill Fairbairn B. Fairbairn	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Vic Hadfield V. Hadfield	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0.0
Ted Irvine T. Irvine	1	0	1	-1	0	0	1	100.0
Bruce MacGregor B. MacGregor	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Jim Neilson J. Neilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brad Park B. Park	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	100.0
Dale Rolfe D. Rolfe	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Rousseau B. Rousseau	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Rod Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Pete Stemkowski P. Stemkowski	0	1	1	-1	2	0	4	0.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tony Esposito (L) T. Esposito	0	1	0	28	25	.893	3	3.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
J.P. Bordeleau	1	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Bobby Hull B. Hull	0	0	0	0	2	7	0.0
Dennis Hull D. Hull	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0
Doug Jarrett D. Jarrett	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Cliff Koroll C. Koroll	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Keith Magnuson K. Magnuson	0	0	0	0	4	0
Chico Maki C. Maki	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Pit Martin P. Martin	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Stan Mikita S. Mikita	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3
Eric Nesterenko E. Nesterenko	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Jim Pappin J. Pappin	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pat Stapleton P. Stapleton	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Bill White B. White	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0