The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the New York Rangers, 6 to 4, in Game 4 of the 1972 playoff series on April 9, 1972.

Final

Rangers

3-1-0

6

Canadiens

1-3-0

4

Team

NYR

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

MTL

Bill Fairbairn (PP) assisted by Bobby Rousseau and Brad Park

Bobby Rousseau (EV) assisted by Dale Rolfe

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur and Marc Tardif

Bobby Rousseau (EV) assisted by Bruce MacGregor and Jim Neilson

Marc Tardif (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur

Vic Hadfield (EV) assisted by Pete Stemkowski and Bill Fairbairn

2nd period

NYR

MTL

Yvan Cournoyer (EV) assisted by Frank Mahovlich and J.C. Tremblay

3rd period

NYR

MTL

Terry Harper (EV) assisted by Henri Richard and Guy Lapointe

Pete Stemkowski (EV) unassisted

Ted Irvine (EV-EN) assisted by Jim Neilson and Bruce MacGregor

Rangers

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ed Giacomin (W) E. Giacomin	1	0	0	33	29	.879	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Gene Carr G. Carr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Fairbairn B. Fairbairn	1	1	2	+1	7	1	0	0	2	50.0
Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Goyette P. Goyette	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Hadfield V. Hadfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Ted Irvine T. Irvine	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Bruce MacGregor B. MacGregor	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jim Neilson J. Neilson	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brad Park B. Park	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0
Dale Rolfe D. Rolfe	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Bobby Rousseau B. Rousseau	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	8	25.0
Glen Sather G. Sather	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0
Rod Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pete Stemkowski P. Stemkowski	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	5	20.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	4	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (L) K. Dryden	0	1	0	28	23	.821	5	5.04	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Pierre Bouchard P. Bouchard	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Terry Harper T. Harper	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0.0
Claude Larose C. Larose	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	1	0	1	-1	0	6	16.7
Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0.0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	0	0	-1	4	3	0.0
Bob Murdoch B. Murdoch	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Pleau L. Pleau	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Henri Richard H. Richard	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Jimmy Roberts J. Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0.0
Marc Tardif M. Tardif	1	1	2	+1	7	3	33.3
J.C. Tremblay	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0