The Boston Bruins easily beat the St. Louis Blues, 6 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1972 playoff series on April 18, 1972.

Final

Blues

0-1-0

1

Bruins

1-0-0

6

Team

STL

BOS

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

STL

BOS

Garry Unger (PP) assisted by Frank St. Marseille

Fred Stanfield (EV) assisted by Johnny Bucyk

Mike Walton (EV) assisted by Don Awrey

Johnny Bucyk (EV) assisted by John McKenzie and Dallas Smith

2nd period

STL

BOS

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

Fred Stanfield (EV) assisted by Johnny Bucyk and Bobby Orr

3rd period

STL

BOS

Phil Esposito (PP) assisted by John McKenzie and Fred Stanfield

Blues

Bruins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Blues

Bruins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jacques Caron (L) J. Caron	0	1	0	26	21	.808	5	7.50	0	40
Ernie Wakely E. Wakely				18	17	.944	1	3.00	0	20

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Curt Bennett C. Bennett	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Terry Crisp T. Crisp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Andre Dupont A. Dupont	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	3	0.0
Jack Egers J. Egers	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Evans C. Evans	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Hornung L. Hornung	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	0.0
Danny O'Shea D. O'Shea	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0.0
Gerry Odrowski G. Odrowski	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Barclay Plager B. Plager	0	0	0	-1	10	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Plager B. Plager	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Plager B. Plager	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Phil Roberto P. Roberto	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	4	0.0
Gary Sabourin G. Sabourin	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0
Frank St. Marseille F. St. Marseille	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Garry Unger G. Unger	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Eddie Johnston (W) E. Johnston	1	0	0	26	25	.962	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Don Awrey D. Awrey	0	1	1	+2	10	0	0	0	1	0.0
Garnet Bailey G. Bailey	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Johnny Bucyk J. Bucyk	1	3	4	+3	0	0	1	0	6	16.7
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	7	14.3
Ken Hodge K. Hodge	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	6	0.0
John McKenzie J. McKenzie	0	3	3	+3	6	0	2	0	1	0.0
Bobby Orr B. Orr	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dallas Smith D. Smith	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	3	1	4	+3	0	1	1	0	6	50.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	+2	9	0	0	0	4	0.0
Mike Walton M. Walton	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	7	14.3
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0