The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Chicago Black Hawks, 8 to 3, in Game 1 of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals on April 29, 1973.

Final

Black Hawks

0-1-0

3

Canadiens

1-0-0

8

Team

CHI

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CHI

MTL

Pit Martin (EV) assisted by Pat Stapleton and Dennis Hull

Ralph Backstrom (EV) assisted by Pat Stapleton

Jacques Laperriere (EV) unassisted

Marc Tardif (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Rejean Houle

Pit Martin (EV) assisted by Pat Stapleton and Bill White

2nd period

CHI

MTL

Chuck Lefley (EV) assisted by Yvan Cournoyer and Jacques Lemaire

Jacques Lemaire (PP) assisted by Henri Richard and Marc Tardif

3rd period

CHI

MTL

Jacques Lemaire (PP) assisted by Frank Mahovlich and Peter Mahovlich

Peter Mahovlich (SH) unassisted

Frank Mahovlich (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Rejean Houle

Chuck Lefley (EV) assisted by Jacques Lemaire and Yvan Cournoyer

Black Hawks

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Black Hawks

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tony Esposito (L) T. Esposito	0	1	0	33	25	.758	8	8.81	0	54
Gary Smith G. Smith				5	5	1.000	0	0.00	0	5

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Lou Angotti L. Angotti	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Ralph Backstrom R. Backstrom	1	0	1	-1	0	5	20.0
J.P. Bordeleau	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Dennis Hull D. Hull	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0.0
Doug Jarrett D. Jarrett	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Cliff Koroll C. Koroll	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0.0
Chico Maki C. Maki	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
John Marks J. Marks	0	0	0	-4	2	0
Pit Martin P. Martin	2	0	2	+2	0	3	66.7
Stan Mikita S. Mikita	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Jim Pappin J. Pappin	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0.0
Dick Redmond D. Redmond	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Phil Russell P. Russell	0	0	0	-2	6	4	0.0
Pat Stapleton P. Stapleton	0	3	3	-1	0	2	0.0
Bill White B. White	0	1	1	-1	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	30	27	.900	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	S	S%
Pierre Bouchard P. Bouchard	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacques Laperriere J. Laperriere	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Claude Larose C. Larose	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Chuck Lefley C. Lefley	2	0	2	+3	2	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	2	2	4	+3	0	2	0	0	1	7	28.6
Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	1	1	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	1	0	5	20.0
Henri Richard H. Richard	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Roberts J. Roberts	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Tardif M. Tardif	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Murray Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0