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season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">October 8, 1971 – May 11, 1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of games</th><td class="infobox-data">78</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hockey_Night_in_Canada" title="Hockey Night in Canada">CBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_CTV" title="NHL on CTV">CTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Soir%C3%A9e_du_hockey" title="La Soirée du hockey">SRC</a> (Canada)<br /><a href="/wiki/NHL_on_CBS" title="NHL on CBS">CBS</a> (United States)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1971_NHL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 NHL Draft">Draft</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NHL_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NHL draft picks">Top draft pick</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lafleur" title="Guy Lafleur">Guy Lafleur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Picked by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD">Regular season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season <a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Bruins</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Art_Ross_Trophy" title="Art Ross Trophy">Top scorer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> (Bruins)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1972_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Stanley Cup playoffs">Playoffs</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Playoffs <a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bobby Orr (Bruins)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1972_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1972 Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a></td></tr><tr class="noprint"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_seasons" title="List of NHL seasons">NHL</a> seasons</th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NHL_season" title="1970–71 NHL season">1970–71</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NHL_season" title="1972–73 NHL season">1972–73</a> →</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1971–72 NHL season</b> was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_seasons" title="List of NHL seasons">55th</a> <a href="/wiki/Season_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Season (sport)">season</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>. Fourteen teams each played 78 games. The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> four games to two for their second <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> in three seasons in the finals. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amateur_draft">Amateur draft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Amateur draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1971_NHL_Amateur_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 NHL Amateur Draft">1971 NHL Amateur Draft</a> was held on June 10 at the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Hotel" title="Queen Elizabeth Hotel">Queen Elizabeth Hotel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>. <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lafleur" title="Guy Lafleur">Guy Lafleur</a> was selected first overall by the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among notable first year players this season were Montreal's <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lafleur" title="Guy Lafleur">Guy Lafleur</a>, who despite scoring 29 goals was felt lacking in comparison to newly retired superstar <a href="/wiki/Jean_B%C3%A9liveau" title="Jean Béliveau">Jean Beliveau</a> by the Canadiens' faithful; Buffalo's <a href="/wiki/Rick_Martin" title="Rick Martin">Rick Martin</a>, who set a new record for goals by a rookie with 44; <a href="/wiki/Gilles_Meloche" title="Gilles Meloche">Gilles Meloche</a>, goaltender for the <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Seals" title="California Golden Seals">California Golden Seals</a> who acquired him from Chicago; and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a>, the sensational new goalie for the Canadiens, who despite winning the <a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">Conn Smythe Trophy</a> as playoff MVP the previous season was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Memorial_Trophy" title="Calder Memorial Trophy">Calder Memorial Trophy</a> as rookie of the year, on the grounds that he had only played six prior regular season games. </p><p>43-year-old <a href="/wiki/Gump_Worsley" title="Gump Worsley">Gump Worsley</a>, left unprotected (and unclaimed) in the waiver draft by the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">Minnesota North Stars</a>, led the league with a 2.12 goals against average. Less fortunately, Philadelphia goaltender <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Gamble" title="Bruce Gamble">Bruce Gamble</a> suffered a heart attack during a 3–1 win in Vancouver in February and was forced to retire from hockey. </p><p>In what was widely seen as a preemptive move to help forestall the incipient <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a>, the NHL announced that Atlanta and Long Island had been granted expansion franchises to begin play in the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NHL_season" title="1972–73 NHL season">1972–73 season</a>. The bids had been hastily put together in comparison with the <a href="/wiki/1967_NHL_Expansion" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 NHL Expansion">1967</a> and <a href="/wiki/1970_NHL_Expansion_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 NHL Expansion Draft">1970</a> expansions. </p><p>Milestones this season included <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> setting an NHL record for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> (which has yet to be surpassed) with 33 straight undefeated games. On February 12, it was <a href="/wiki/Gordie_Howe" title="Gordie Howe">Gordie Howe</a> Day in Detroit as his famous #9 was retired. On March 25, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a> scored his 600th NHL goal in a 5–5 tie with Boston at the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>. </p><p>An exciting scoring race in which Ranger <a href="/wiki/Jean_Ratelle" title="Jean Ratelle">Jean Ratelle</a> had been leading Bruin <a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> was shortcircuited when Ratelle broke his ankle in a game against California, putting him out for over a month of play. Ratelle still ended up third in scoring behind Esposito and Bruin <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a>, while his teammates <a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbert" title="Rod Gilbert">Rod Gilbert</a> – all three linemates on the renowned <a href="/wiki/GAG_line" title="GAG line">GAG line</a>—finished fourth and fifth. A resurgent <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mahovlich" title="Frank Mahovlich">Frank Mahovlich</a>, rejuvenated by a trade to Montreal, finished sixth, while <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a>, in his final year in Chicago, finished seventh in points and second to Esposito in goals. </p><p>Although they had fallen somewhat from their overwhelming offensive dominance from the previous season, once again the Boston Bruins had the best record in the league, while the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Black Hawks</a> topped the West Division. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_standings">Final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption><a 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style="width:4em;"><abbr title="Losses">L</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em;"><abbr title="Ties">T</abbr> </th> <th style="width:5em;"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th style="width:5em;"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th style="width:4em;"><abbr title="Goal Differential">DIFF</abbr> </th> <th style="width:5em;"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Chicago_Black_Hawks_season" title="1971–72 Chicago Black Hawks season">Chicago Black Hawks</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>46</td> <td>17</td> <td>15</td> <td>256</td> <td>166</td> <td>+90</td> <td>107 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> <td>2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Minnesota_North_Stars_season" title="1971–72 Minnesota North Stars season">Minnesota North Stars</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>37</td> <td>29</td> <td>12</td> <td>212</td> <td>191</td> <td>+21</td> <td>86 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_St._Louis_Blues_season" title="1971–72 St. Louis Blues season">St. Louis Blues</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>28</td> <td>39</td> <td>11</td> <td>208</td> <td>247</td> <td>−39</td> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> <td>4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Pittsburgh_Penguins_season" title="1971–72 Pittsburgh Penguins season">Pittsburgh Penguins</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>26</td> <td>38</td> <td>14</td> <td>220</td> <td>258</td> <td>−38</td> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;text-align:center;"> <td>5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers season">Philadelphia Flyers</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>26</td> <td>38</td> <td>14</td> <td>200</td> <td>236</td> <td>−36</td> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_California_Golden_Seals_season" title="1971–72 California Golden Seals season">California Golden Seals</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>21</td> <td>39</td> <td>18</td> <td>216</td> <td>288</td> <td>−72</td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Kings_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season">Los Angeles Kings</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>20</td> <td>49</td> <td>9</td> <td>206</td> <td>305</td> <td>−99</td> <td>49 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Format_change">Format change</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Format change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In response to the prior year when the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">Minnesota North Stars</a> appeared to intentionally lose games to finish fourth in the West instead of third and avoid a tougher match-up with first-place Chicago, and also the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> were "rewarded" for finishing first in the East with a tough series against eventual Stanley Cup Champion Montreal, the first round match-ups were changed so that the first-place team played the fourth-place team and second played third. Previously, the first-place team played the third-place team and the second-place team played the fourth-place team. </p><p>This change necessitated a change to the way the semi-final match-ups were determined. Instead of having the winner of the series between the first and third-place East Division teams play the winner of the second and fourth-place West Division teams and the winner of the first versus third-place West Division teams against the winner of the second and fourth-place East Division teams, the semi-final pitted the highest remaining seed in the East Division play the lowest remaining seed from the West and vice versa. </p><p>Despite injuries to several key players, notably leading scorer Jean Ratelle, the New York Rangers beat the defending champions Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs, with strong play from unheralded players such as <a href="/wiki/Walt_Tkaczuk" title="Walt Tkaczuk">Walt Tkaczuk</a>. The Rangers went on the sweep the Chicago Black Hawks in four straight games during the semi-final. Chicago had beaten the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> in four straight games. </p><p>Boston easily handled the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a> in five games, facing a <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a> team that had eked out a hard-fought seven-game victory against the North Stars in the quarter-final. The powerful Bruins set a record for the most goals in a four-game series by pounding the Blues 28–8 over a four-game sweep. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoff_bracket">Playoff bracket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Playoff bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Quarterfinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Stanley Cup Finals </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Boston</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Toronto </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Boston</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">St. Louis </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Minnesota </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>St. Louis</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Boston</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">New York </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Chicago</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Pittsburgh </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Chicago </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>New York</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>New York</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Montreal </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quarterfinals">Quarterfinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Quarterfinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(E1)_Boston_Bruins_vs._(E4)_Toronto_Maple_Leafs"><span id=".28E1.29_Boston_Bruins_vs._.28E4.29_Toronto_Maple_Leafs"></span>(E1) Boston Bruins vs. (E4) Toronto Maple Leafs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: (E1) Boston Bruins vs. (E4) Toronto Maple Leafs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Boston Bruins finished first in the league with 119 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs finished fourth in the East Division with 80 points. This was the twelfth playoff series between these two teams with Toronto winning eight of the eleven previous series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/1969_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Stanley Cup playoffs">1969 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals</a> which Boston won in four games. Boston won this year's six-game regular season series earning nine of twelve points. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 5 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Toronto Maple Leafs </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-bos/1972/04/05/1971030111#game=1971030111,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:24 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> (1)<br />19:41 – Phil Esposito (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:47 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Marcotte" title="Don Marcotte">Don Marcotte</a> (1)<br />15:27 – <a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(ice_hockey)" title="John McKenzie (ice hockey)">John McKenzie</a> (1)<br />15:38 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Stanfield" title="Fred Stanfield">Fred Stanfield</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Plante" title="Jacques Plante">Jacques Plante</a> 24 saves / 29 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> 27 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 6 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Toronto Maple Leafs</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>4–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Boston Bruins </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-bos/1972/04/06/1971030112#game=1971030112,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:23 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Stanfield" title="Fred Stanfield">Fred Stanfield</a> (2)<br />14:01 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Keon" title="Dave Keon">Dave Keon</a> (1) – 01:23<br /><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKenny" title="Jim McKenny">Jim McKenny</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 03:47 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:27 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bucyk" title="Johnny Bucyk">Johnny Bucyk</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Trottier" title="Guy Trottier">Guy Trottier</a> (1) – 08:42 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Harrison_(ice_hockey)" title="Jim Harrison (ice hockey)">Jim Harrison</a> (1) – 02:58 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Parent" title="Bernie Parent">Bernie Parent</a> 37 saves / 40 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> 18 saves / 22 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 8 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–0</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Toronto Maple Leafs </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Gardens" title="Maple Leaf Gardens">Maple Leaf Gardens</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-tor/1972/04/08/1971030113#game=1971030113,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Walton" title="Mike Walton">Mike Walton</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 18:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 01:24 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnston" title="Eddie Johnston">Eddie Johnston</a> 30 saves / 30 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Parent" title="Bernie Parent">Bernie Parent</a> 33 saves / 35 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 9 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Toronto Maple Leafs </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Gardens" title="Maple Leaf Gardens">Maple Leaf Gardens</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-tor/1972/04/09/1971030114#game=1971030114,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bucyk" title="Johnny Bucyk">Johnny Bucyk</a> (2) – 16:36 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:45 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Keon" title="Dave Keon">Dave Keon</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:11 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Ellis" title="Ron Ellis">Ron Ellis</a> (1)<br />17:57 – <i>sh</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jim_McKenny" title="Jim McKenny">Jim McKenny</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hodge" title="Ken Hodge">Ken Hodge</a> (1) – 01:15<br /><a href="/wiki/Ed_Westfall" title="Ed Westfall">Ed Westfall</a> (1) – <i>sh</i> – 08:03<br /><a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> (4) – 09:49<br />Ken Hodge (2) – 16:11 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:50 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Henderson" title="Paul Henderson">Paul Henderson</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnston" title="Eddie Johnston">Eddie Johnston</a> 38 saves / 42 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Parent" title="Bernie Parent">Bernie Parent</a> 31 saves / 36 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 11 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Toronto Maple Leafs </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-bos/1972/04/11/1971030115#game=1971030115,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKenny" title="Jim McKenny">Jim McKenny</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 11:12 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:42 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Stanfield" title="Fred Stanfield">Fred Stanfield</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:18 – <a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(ice_hockey)" title="John McKenzie (ice hockey)">John McKenzie</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Ullman" title="Norm Ullman">Norm Ullman</a> (1) – 06:09 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:38 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hodge" title="Ken Hodge">Ken Hodge</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Parent" title="Bernie Parent">Bernie Parent</a> 34 saves / 37 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> 26 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Boston won series 4–1</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(E2)_New_York_Rangers_vs._(E3)_Montreal_Canadiens"><span id=".28E2.29_New_York_Rangers_vs._.28E3.29_Montreal_Canadiens"></span>(E2) New York Rangers vs. (E3) Montreal Canadiens</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: (E2) New York Rangers vs. (E3) Montreal Canadiens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The New York Rangers finished second in the East Division with 109 points. The Montreal Canadiens finished third with 108 points. This was the tenth playoff series between these two teams with Montreal winning five of the nine previous series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/1969_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Stanley Cup playoffs">1969 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals</a> which Montreal won in four games. New York won this year's six-game regular season series earning eight of twelve points. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 5 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Montreal Canadiens </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-nyr/1972/04/05/1971030121#game=1971030121,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Larose_(ice_hockey,_born_1942)" title="Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942)">Claude Larose</a> (1) – 18:55 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">16:30 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fairbairn" title="Bill Fairbairn">Bill Fairbairn</a> (1)<br />19:32 – <a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Mahovlich" title="Frank Mahovlich">Frank Mahovlich</a> (1) – 07:48 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:43 – <a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a> 34 saves / 37 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 17 saves / 19 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 6 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Montreal Canadiens </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-nyr/1972/04/06/1971030122#game=1971030122,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lafleur" title="Guy Lafleur">Guy Lafleur</a> (1) – 06:05 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:45 – <a href="/wiki/Dale_Rolfe" title="Dale Rolfe">Dale Rolfe</a> (1)<br />10:26 – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Stewart" title="Ron Stewart">Ron Stewart</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Larose_(ice_hockey,_born_1942)" title="Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942)">Claude Larose</a> (2) – 02:29 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:20 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fairbairn" title="Bill Fairbairn">Bill Fairbairn</a> (2)<br />15:34 – <a href="/wiki/Walt_Tkaczuk" title="Walt Tkaczuk">Walt Tkaczuk</a> (1)<br />18:57 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Irvine" title="Ted Irvine">Ted Irvine</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a> 31 saves / 35 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 26 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 8 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Montreal Canadiens</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Forum" title="Montreal Forum">Montreal Forum</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-mtl/1972/04/08/1971030123#game=1971030123,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:18 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mahovlich" title="Frank Mahovlich">Frank Mahovlich</a> (2)<br />18:13 – <a href="/wiki/Marc_Tardif" title="Marc Tardif">Marc Tardif</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Stewart" title="Ron Stewart">Ron Stewart</a> (2) – 07:21 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 24 saves / 26 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a> 22 saves / 23 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 9 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>6–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Montreal Canadiens </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Forum" title="Montreal Forum">Montreal Forum</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-mtl/1972/04/09/1971030124#game=1971030124,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fairbairn" title="Bill Fairbairn">Bill Fairbairn</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 04:47<br /><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rousseau" title="Bobby Rousseau">Bobby Rousseau</a> (1) – 07:24<br />Bobby Rousseau (2) – 13:48<br /><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a> (3) – 19:41 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:22 – <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Lemaire" title="Jacques Lemaire">Jacques Lemaire</a> (1)<br />18:15 – <a href="/wiki/Marc_Tardif" title="Marc Tardif">Marc Tardif</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">13:21 – <a href="/wiki/Yvan_Cournoyer" title="Yvan Cournoyer">Yvan Cournoyer</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Stemkowski" title="Pete Stemkowski">Pete Stemkowski</a> (1) – 14:55<br /><a href="/wiki/Ted_Irvine" title="Ted Irvine">Ted Irvine</a> (2) – 19:26 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:48 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Harper" title="Terry Harper">Terry Harper</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 29 saves / 33 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a> 23 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 11 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Montreal Canadiens</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-nyr/1972/04/11/1971030125#game=1971030125,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Mahovlich" title="Frank Mahovlich">Frank Mahovlich</a> (3) – 06:53 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:24 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Roberts" title="Jimmy Roberts">Jimmy Roberts</a> (1) – 03:12 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a> 33 saves / 34 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 30 saves / 32 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 13 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Montreal Canadiens </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Forum" title="Montreal Forum">Montreal Forum</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-mtl/1972/04/13/1971030126#game=1971030126,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fairbairn" title="Bill Fairbairn">Bill Fairbairn</a> (4) – 09:31 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:32 – <a href="/wiki/Yvan_Cournoyer" title="Yvan Cournoyer">Yvan Cournoyer</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Bill Fairbairn (5) – 09:33 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:48 – <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Lemaire" title="Jacques Lemaire">Jacques Lemaire</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Walt_Tkaczuk" title="Walt Tkaczuk">Walt Tkaczuk</a> (2) – 00:29 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 23 saves / 25 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a> 32 saves / 35 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>New York won series 4–2</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(W1)_Chicago_Black_Hawks_vs._(W4)_Pittsburgh_Penguins"><span id=".28W1.29_Chicago_Black_Hawks_vs._.28W4.29_Pittsburgh_Penguins"></span>(W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (W4) Pittsburgh Penguins</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: (W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (W4) Pittsburgh Penguins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chicago Black Hawks finished first in the West Division with 107 points. The Pittsburgh Penguins finished fourth in the West Division with 66 points (winning the tiebreaker with Philadelphia in head-to-head season series 3–2–1). This was the first playoff series between these two teams. Chicago won this year's six-game regular season series earning eleven of twelve points. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 5 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Chicago Black Hawks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/pit-vs-chi/1972/04/05/1971030131#game=1971030131,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leiter" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobby Leiter">Bobby Leiter</a> (1) – 01:25 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">15:09 – <a href="/wiki/Pit_Martin" title="Pit Martin">Pit Martin</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:25 – <i>sh</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Pappin" title="Jim Pappin">Jim Pappin</a> (1)<br />16:37 – Pit Martin (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rutherford" title="Jim Rutherford">Jim Rutherford</a> 35 saves / 38 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Esposito" title="Tony Esposito">Tony Esposito</a> 28 saves / 29 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 6 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Chicago Black Hawks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/pit-vs-chi/1972/04/06/1971030132#game=1971030132,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:35 – <a href="/wiki/Pit_Martin" title="Pit Martin">Pit Martin</a> (3)<br />05:52 – <a href="/wiki/J.P._Bordeleau" class="mw-redirect" title="J.P. Bordeleau">J.P. Bordeleau</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Pronovost" title="Jean Pronovost">Jean Pronovost</a> (1) – <i>sh</i> – 10:51 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leiter" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobby Leiter">Bobby Leiter</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 12:45 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:17 – <a href="/wiki/Chico_Maki" title="Chico Maki">Chico Maki</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rutherford" title="Jim Rutherford">Jim Rutherford</a> 32 saves / 35 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Esposito" title="Tony Esposito">Tony Esposito</a> 26 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 8 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Chicago Black Hawks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–0</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Civic_Arena_(Pittsburgh)" title="Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)">Civic Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-pit/1972/04/08/1971030133#game=1971030133,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/J.P._Bordeleau" class="mw-redirect" title="J.P. Bordeleau">J.P. Bordeleau</a> (2) – 05:33 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mikita" title="Stan Mikita">Stan Mikita</a> (1) – 12:41 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Smith_(ice_hockey)" title="Gary Smith (ice hockey)">Gary Smith</a> 31 saves / 31 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rutherford" title="Jim Rutherford">Jim Rutherford</a> 38 saves / 40 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 9 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Chicago Black Hawks</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>6–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Pittsburgh Penguins </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Civic_Arena_(Pittsburgh)" title="Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)">Civic Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-pit/1972/04/09/1971030134#game=1971030134,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pappin" title="Jim Pappin">Jim Pappin</a> (2) – 03:08 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a> (1) – 16:40 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:13 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Schinkel" title="Ken Schinkel">Ken Schinkel</a> (1)<br />14:10 – <a href="/wiki/Syl_Apps_Jr." title="Syl Apps Jr.">Syl Apps Jr.</a> (1)<br />17:19 – Ken Schinkel (2)<br />19:30 – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Schock" title="Ron Schock">Ron Schock</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Bobby Hull (2) – 01:22<br />Bobby Hull (3) – 11:28<br /><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hull" title="Dennis Hull">Dennis Hull</a> (1) – 15:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:52 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leiter" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobby Leiter">Bobby Leiter</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pit_Martin" title="Pit Martin">Pit Martin</a> (4) – 00:12 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Desjardins" title="Gerry Desjardins">Gerry Desjardins</a> 29 saves / 34 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rutherford" title="Jim Rutherford">Jim Rutherford</a> 26 saves / 32 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Chicago won series 4–0</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(W2)_Minnesota_North_Stars_vs._(W3)_St._Louis_Blues"><span id=".28W2.29_Minnesota_North_Stars_vs._.28W3.29_St._Louis_Blues"></span>(W2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: (W2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Minnesota North Stars finished second in the West Division with 86 points. The St. Louis Blues finished third with 67 points. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams with St. Louis winning two of the three previous series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/1971_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 Stanley Cup playoffs">previous year's Quarterfinals</a> which the North Stars won in six games. Minnesota won four of the six games in this year's regular season series. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kevin_O%27Shea" title="Kevin O'Shea">Kevin O'Shea</a>'s series-winning goal in overtime of Game 7 was the first time in Stanley Cup Playoff history that the road team won Game 7 in overtime. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 5 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>0–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Minnesota North Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Met_Center" title="Met Center">Met Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1972/04/05/1971030141#game=1971030141,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:25 – <a href="/wiki/Dean_Prentice" title="Dean Prentice">Dean Prentice</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:19 – Dean Prentice (2)<br />12:01 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Nevin" title="Bob Nevin">Bob Nevin</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 41 saves / 44 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gump_Worsley" title="Gump Worsley">Gump Worsley</a> 27 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 6 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–6</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Minnesota North Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Met_Center" title="Met Center">Met Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1972/04/06/1971030142#game=1971030142,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frank_St._Marseille" title="Frank St. Marseille">Frank St. Marseille</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 12:14 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:51 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Mohns" title="Doug Mohns">Doug Mohns</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Frank St. Marseille (2) – 02:00<br />Frank St. Marseille (3) – 05:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:27 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/J._P._Paris%C3%A9" title="J. P. Parisé">J. P. Parise</a> (1)<br />07:38 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Grant_(ice_hockey)" title="Danny Grant (ice hockey)">Danny Grant</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Unger" title="Garry Unger">Garry Unger</a> (1) – 08:05<br /><a href="/wiki/Phil_Roberto" title="Phil Roberto">Phil Roberto</a> (1) – 10:59 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:45 – <a href="/wiki/Jude_Drouin" title="Jude Drouin">Jude Drouin</a> (1)<br />11:32 – <a href="/wiki/Dean_Prentice" title="Dean Prentice">Dean Prentice</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:36 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Goldsworthy" title="Bill Goldsworthy">Bill Goldsworthy</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Wakely" title="Ernie Wakely">Ernie Wakely</a> 23 saves / 29 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Maniago" title="Cesare Maniago">Cesare Maniago</a> 33 saves / 38 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 8 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Minnesota North Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Arena" title="St. Louis Arena">St. Louis Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1972/04/08/1971030143#game=1971030143,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:28 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Roberto" title="Phil Roberto">Phil Roberto</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:07 – <i>pp</i> – Phil Roberto (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jude_Drouin" title="Jude Drouin">Jude Drouin</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 00:40 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gump_Worsley" title="Gump Worsley">Gump Worsley</a> 33 saves / 35 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 29 saves / 30 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 9 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Minnesota North Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Arena" title="St. Louis Arena">St. Louis Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1972/04/09/1971030144#game=1971030144,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jude_Drouin" title="Jude Drouin">Jude Drouin</a> (3) – 10:56 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Grant_(ice_hockey)" title="Danny Grant (ice hockey)">Danny Grant</a> (2) – 00:21 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:12 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Roberto" title="Phil Roberto">Phil Roberto</a> (4)<br />13:45 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_O%27Shea" title="Kevin O'Shea">Kevin O'Shea</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:50 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Barclay_Plager" title="Barclay Plager">Barclay Plager</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Maniago" title="Cesare Maniago">Cesare Maniago</a> 35 saves / 38 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 28 saves / 30 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 11 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Minnesota North Stars</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Met_Center" title="Met Center">Met Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1972/04/11/1971030145#game=1971030145,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Sabourin" title="Gary Sabourin">Gary Sabourin</a> (1) – 16:34<br /><a href="/wiki/Phil_Roberto" title="Phil Roberto">Phil Roberto</a> (5) – <i>pp</i> – 19:59 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:42 – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Gibbs" title="Barry Gibbs">Barry Gibbs</a> (1)<br />17:55 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Reid_(ice_hockey)" title="Tom Reid (ice hockey)">Tom Reid</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Unger" title="Garry Unger">Garry Unger</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 19:34 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:55 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/J._P._Paris%C3%A9" title="J. P. Parisé">J. P. Parise</a> (2)<br />05:45 – <a href="/wiki/Jude_Drouin" title="Jude Drouin">Jude Drouin</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 23 saves / 27 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gump_Worsley" title="Gump Worsley">Gump Worsley</a> 30 saves / 33 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 13 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Minnesota North Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–4</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Arena" title="St. Louis Arena">St. Louis Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mns-vs-stl/1972/04/13/1971030146#game=1971030146,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Goldsworthy" title="Bill Goldsworthy">Bill Goldsworthy</a> (2) – 04:03 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:04 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Roberto" title="Phil Roberto">Phil Roberto</a> (6)<br />06:21 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Plager" title="Bob Plager">Bob Plager</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:07 – <a href="/wiki/Garry_Unger" title="Garry Unger">Garry Unger</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/J._P._Paris%C3%A9" title="J. P. Parisé">J. P. Parise</a> (3) – 15:01 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">16:13 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Egers" title="Jack Egers">Jack Egers</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gump_Worsley" title="Gump Worsley">Gump Worsley</a> 11 saves / 13 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Maniago" title="Cesare Maniago">Cesare Maniago</a> 23 saves / 25 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 28 saves / 30 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 16 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>St. Louis Blues</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–1</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><b>OT</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Minnesota North Stars </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Met_Center" title="Met Center">Met Center</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-mns/1972/04/16/1971030147#game=1971030147,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Sabourin" title="Gary Sabourin">Gary Sabourin</a> (2) – 12:04 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">00:15 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Burns" title="Charlie Burns">Charlie Burns</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_O%27Shea" title="Kevin O'Shea">Kevin O'Shea</a> (2) – 10:07 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First overtime period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 28 saves / 29 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Maniago" title="Cesare Maniago">Cesare Maniago</a> 25 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>St. Louis won series 4–3</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semifinals">Semifinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(E1)_Boston_Bruins_vs._(W3)_St._Louis_Blues"><span id=".28E1.29_Boston_Bruins_vs._.28W3.29_St._Louis_Blues"></span>(E1) Boston Bruins vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: (E1) Boston Bruins vs. (W3) St. Louis Blues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous series came in the <a href="/wiki/1970_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1970 Stanley Cup Finals">1970 Stanley Cup Finals</a> which Boston won in four games. Boston won this year's six-game regular season series earning nine of twelve points. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 18 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–6</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-bos/1972/04/18/1971030211#game=1971030211,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Unger" title="Garry Unger">Garry Unger</a> (4) – <i>pp</i> – 03:18 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:22 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Stanfield" title="Fred Stanfield">Fred Stanfield</a> (4)<br />11:03 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Walton" title="Mike Walton">Mike Walton</a> (2)<br />17:27 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bucyk" title="Johnny Bucyk">Johnny Bucyk</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:48 – <i>pp</i> – Fred Stanfield (5)<br />19:32 – Fred Stanfield (6) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:55 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> (5) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 21 saves / 26 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Wakely" title="Ernie Wakely">Ernie Wakely</a> 17 saves / 18 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnston" title="Eddie Johnston">Eddie Johnston</a> 25 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 20 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–10</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-bos/1972/04/20/1971030212#game=1971030212,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">07:17 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bucyk" title="Johnny Bucyk">Johnny Bucyk</a> (4)<br />08:39 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> (6)<br />09:54 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Westfall" title="Ed Westfall">Ed Westfall</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:33 – <a href="/wiki/Garnet_Bailey" title="Garnet Bailey">Garnet Bailey</a> (1)<br />09:27 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(ice_hockey)" title="John McKenzie (ice hockey)">John McKenzie</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Murphy_(ice_hockey,_born_1950)" title="Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950)">Mike Murphy</a> (1) – 04:37<br /><a href="/wiki/Phil_Roberto" title="Phil Roberto">Phil Roberto</a> (7) – 05:26 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:47 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bucyk" title="Johnny Bucyk">Johnny Bucyk</a> (5)<br />10:34 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Walton" title="Mike Walton">Mike Walton</a> (3)<br />14:29 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Marcotte" title="Don Marcotte">Don Marcotte</a> (2)<br />16:07 – Johnny Bucyk (6)<br />16:47 – Ed Westfall (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 9 saves / 13 shots<br /><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Wakely" title="Ernie Wakely">Ernie Wakely</a> 12 saves / 18 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> 31 saves / 33 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 23 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>7–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Arena" title="St. Louis Arena">St. Louis Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-stl/1972/04/23/1971030213#game=1971030213,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Westfall" title="Ed Westfall">Ed Westfall</a> (4) – <i>sh</i> – 08:40<br /><a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(ice_hockey)" title="John McKenzie (ice hockey)">John McKenzie</a> (4) – <i>pp</i> – 10:36<br /><a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> (7) – 19:42 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">02:05 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Murphy_(ice_hockey,_born_1950)" title="Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950)">Mike Murphy</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Walton" title="Mike Walton">Mike Walton</a> (4) – 02:58<br /><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hodge" title="Ken Hodge">Ken Hodge</a> (4) – 06:28<br />John McKenzie (5) – <i>pp</i> – 11:12 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Mike Walton (5) – 11:09 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">18:15 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Sabourin" title="Gary Sabourin">Gary Sabourin</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnston" title="Eddie Johnston">Eddie Johnston</a> 27 saves / 29 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Peter_McDuffe" title="Peter McDuffe">Peter McDuffe</a> 31 saves / 38 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 25 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">St. Louis Blues </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Arena" title="St. Louis Arena">St. Louis Arena</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-stl/1972/04/25/1971030214#game=1971030214,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a> (8) – 01:29<br /><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bucyk" title="Johnny Bucyk">Johnny Bucyk</a> (7) – <i>pp</i> – 09:27 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">18:16 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Crisp" title="Terry Crisp">Terry Crisp</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Johnny Bucyk (8) – <i>pp</i> – 04:44<br />Phil Esposito (9) – <i>pp</i> – 17:53 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Cashman" title="Wayne Cashman">Wayne Cashman</a> (1) – 19:22 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">08:50 – <a href="/wiki/Andre_Dupont" class="mw-redirect" title="Andre Dupont">Andre Dupont</a> (1)<br />15:25 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(ice_hockey)" title="Chris Evans (ice hockey)">Chris Evans</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> 33 saves / 36 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a> 22 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Boston won series 4–0</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="(W1)_Chicago_Black_Hawks_vs._(E2)_New_York_Rangers"><span id=".28W1.29_Chicago_Black_Hawks_vs._.28E2.29_New_York_Rangers"></span>(W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (E2) New York Rangers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: (W1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (E2) New York Rangers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams with Chicago winning all three previous series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/1971_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 Stanley Cup playoffs">previous year's Semifinals</a> which the Black Hawks won in seven games. New York won this year's six-game regular season series earning seven of twelve points. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 16 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Chicago Black Hawks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-chi/1972/04/16/1971030221#game=1971030221,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Irvine" title="Ted Irvine">Ted Irvine</a> (3) – 12:51 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brad_Park" title="Brad Park">Brad Park</a> (1) – 16:07<br /><a href="/wiki/Walt_Tkaczuk" title="Walt Tkaczuk">Walt Tkaczuk</a> (3) – 16:42 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">12:30 – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Mikita" title="Stan Mikita">Stan Mikita</a> (2)<br />14:40 – <a href="/wiki/J._P._Bordeleau" title="J. P. Bordeleau">J. P. Bordeleau</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 25 saves / 27 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Esposito" title="Tony Esposito">Tony Esposito</a> 25 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 18 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Chicago Black Hawks </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-chi/1972/04/18/1971030222#game=1971030222,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a> (5) – 14:38 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">09:46 – <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hull" title="Dennis Hull">Dennis Hull</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">14:15 – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Mikita" title="Stan Mikita">Stan Mikita</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbert" title="Rod Gilbert">Rod Gilbert</a> (1) – <i>pp</i> – 00:54<br /><a href="/wiki/Brad_Park" title="Brad Park">Brad Park</a> (2) – 08:15<br />Rod Gilbert (2) – 12:36<br /><a href="/wiki/Pete_Stemkowski" title="Pete Stemkowski">Pete Stemkowski</a> (2) – 19:51 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:17 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Stapleton_(ice_hockey)" title="Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)">Pat Stapleton</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villemure" title="Gilles Villemure">Gilles Villemure</a> 32 saves / 35 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Esposito" title="Tony Esposito">Tony Esposito</a> 27 saves / 31 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 20 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Chicago Black Hawks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–3</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-nyr/1972/04/20/1971030223#game=1971030223,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hull" title="Dennis Hull">Dennis Hull</a> (3) – 05:12 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:31 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Stemkowski" title="Pete Stemkowski">Pete Stemkowski</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2">Dennis Hull (4) – <i>pp</i> – 09:49 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">06:20 – <i>sh</i> – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_MacGregor" title="Bruce MacGregor">Bruce MacGregor</a> (1)<br />10:56 – <a href="/wiki/Dale_Rolfe" title="Dale Rolfe">Dale Rolfe</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Smith_(ice_hockey)" title="Gary Smith (ice hockey)">Gary Smith</a> 36 saves / 39 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villemure" title="Gilles Villemure">Gilles Villemure</a> 21 saves / 23 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 23 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Chicago Black Hawks </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–6</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-nyr/1972/04/23/1971030224#game=1971030224,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a> (4) – <i>sh</i> – 05:37 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:49 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Goyette" title="Phil Goyette">Phil Goyette</a> (1)<br />15:32 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rousseau" title="Bobby Rousseau">Bobby Rousseau</a> (3) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Stapleton_(ice_hockey)" title="Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)">Pat Stapleton</a> (2) – <i>pp</i> – 12:10 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">04:37 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbert" title="Rod Gilbert">Rod Gilbert</a> (3)<br />16:25 – <a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a> (6)<br />18:22 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Carr_(ice_hockey)" title="Gene Carr (ice hockey)">Gene Carr</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:40 – Bobby Rousseau (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Esposito" title="Tony Esposito">Tony Esposito</a> 31 saves / 37 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villemure" title="Gilles Villemure">Gilles Villemure</a> 23 saves / 25 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>New York won series 4–0</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stanley_Cup_Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Stanley Cup Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1972_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1972 Stanley Cup Finals">1972 Stanley Cup Finals</a></div> <p>This was the eighth series between these two teams with Boston winning five of the seven previous series. They last met in the <a href="/wiki/1970_Stanley_Cup_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 Stanley Cup playoffs">1970 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals</a> which the Bruins won in six games. The Bruins made their twelfth appearance in the Finals; they most recently made the Finals in <a href="/wiki/1970_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1970 Stanley Cup Finals">1970</a> where they defeated the St. Louis Blues in four games. This was the New York Rangers eighth Finals appearance and first since <a href="/wiki/1950_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1950 Stanley Cup Finals">1950</a> where they lost to the Detroit Red Wings in seven games. Boston won five of the six games in this year's regular season series. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">April 30 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>5–6</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-bos/1972/04/30/1971030311#game=1971030311,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dale_Rolfe" title="Dale Rolfe">Dale Rolfe</a> (3) – 03:52 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">05:07 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Stanfield" title="Fred Stanfield">Fred Stanfield</a> (7)<br />15:48 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hodge" title="Ken Hodge">Ken Hodge</a> (5)<br />17:29 – <i>sh</i> – <a href="/wiki/Derek_Sanderson" title="Derek Sanderson">Derek Sanderson</a> (1)<br />18:14 – <i>sh</i> – Ken Hodge (6) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbert" title="Rod Gilbert">Rod Gilbert</a> (4) – <i>pp</i> – 11:54 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">10:46 – Ken Hodge (7) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a> (7) – <i>pp</i> – 01:56<br /><a href="/wiki/Walt_Tkaczuk" title="Walt Tkaczuk">Walt Tkaczuk</a> (4) – 07:48<br /><a href="/wiki/Bruce_MacGregor" title="Bruce MacGregor">Bruce MacGregor</a> (2) – 09:17 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">17:44 – <a href="/wiki/Garnet_Bailey" title="Garnet Bailey">Garnet Bailey</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 22 saves / 28 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> 24 saves / 29 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 2 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>1–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-bos/1972/05/02/1971030312#game=1971030312,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">16:15 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bucyk" title="Johnny Bucyk">Johnny Bucyk</a> (9) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbert" title="Rod Gilbert">Rod Gilbert</a> (5) – 07:23 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">11:53 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hodge" title="Ken Hodge">Ken Hodge</a> (8) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villemure" title="Gilles Villemure">Gilles Villemure</a> 23 saves / 25 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnston" title="Eddie Johnston">Eddie Johnston</a> 27 saves / 28 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 4 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;">Boston Bruins </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>2–5</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-nyr/1972/05/04/1971030313#game=1971030313,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Walton" title="Mike Walton">Mike Walton</a> (6) – 14:04 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">01:22 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Park" title="Brad Park">Brad Park</a> (3)<br />11:19 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbert" title="Rod Gilbert">Rod Gilbert</a> (6)<br />13:00 – <i>pp</i> – Brad Park (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a> (2) – 01:10 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:46 – Rod Gilbert (7)<br />19:23 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Stemkowski" title="Pete Stemkowski">Pete Stemkowski</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> 34 saves / 39 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 32 saves / 34 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 7 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-nyr/1972/05/07/1971030314#game=1971030314,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a> (3) – 05:26<br />Bobby Orr (4) – <i>pp</i> – 08:17 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Don_Marcotte" title="Don Marcotte">Don Marcotte</a> (3) – <i>sh</i> – 16:33 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">18:38 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Irvine" title="Ted Irvine">Ted Irvine</a> (4) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">18:35 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Seiling" title="Rod Seiling">Rod Seiling</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnston" title="Eddie Johnston">Eddie Johnston</a> 21 saves / 23 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Giacomin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Giacomin">Ed Giacomin</a> 21 saves / 24 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 9 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>New York Rangers</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–2</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">Boston Bruins </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-bos/1972/05/09/1971030315#game=1971030315,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dale_Rolfe" title="Dale Rolfe">Dale Rolfe</a> (4) – 13:45 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3">03:55 – <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Cashman" title="Wayne Cashman">Wayne Cashman</a> (2)<br />16:07 – <i>pp</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hodge" title="Ken Hodge">Ken Hodge</a> (9) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rousseau" title="Bobby Rousseau">Bobby Rousseau</a> (5) – 02:56<br />Bobby Rousseau (6) – 12:45 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villemure" title="Gilles Villemure">Gilles Villemure</a> 36 saves / 38 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnston" title="Eddie Johnston">Eddie Johnston</a> 23 saves / 26 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%" style="background: #FFFFFF;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="12%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">May 11 </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;"><b>Boston Bruins</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="7%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>3–0</b> </td> <td colspan="1" width="4%" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"> </td> <td colspan="1" width="20%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;">New York Rangers </td> <td colspan="1" width="15%" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td colspan="1" width="9%" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-nyr/1972/05/11/1971030316#game=1971030316,game_state=final">Recap</a> </td> <th style="font-size:85%">  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a> (5) – <i>pp</i> – 11:18 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>First period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><i>No scoring</i> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Second period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Cashman" title="Wayne Cashman">Wayne Cashman</a> (3) – <i>pp</i> – 05:10<br />Wayne Cashman (4) – 18:11 </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Third period</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><i>No scoring</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> 33 saves / 33 shots </td> <td style="font-size:85%;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><b>Goalie stats</b> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villemure" title="Gilles Villemure">Gilles Villemure</a> 24 saves / 27 shots </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; background: #EEEEEE;" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" width="81%" style="text-align:center;"><i><b>Boston won series 4–2</b></i> </td> <td colspan="1" width="19%" style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2">1972 NHL awards </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_Trophy" title="Prince of Wales Trophy">Prince of Wales Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(East Division champion, regular season)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clarence_S._Campbell_Bowl" title="Clarence S. Campbell Bowl">Clarence S. Campbell Bowl</a>:<br /><small>(West Division champion, regular season)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Black_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Black Hawks">Chicago Black Hawks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_Ross_Trophy" title="Art Ross Trophy">Art Ross Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(Top scorer, regular season)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a>, Boston Bruins </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Masterton_Memorial_Trophy" title="Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy">Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(Perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Clarke" title="Bobby Clarke">Bobby Clarke</a>, Philadelphia Flyers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Calder_Memorial_Trophy" title="Calder Memorial Trophy">Calder Memorial Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(Top first-year player)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a>, Montreal Canadiens </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">Conn Smythe Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(Most valuable player, playoffs)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a>, Boston Bruins </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">Hart Memorial Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(Most valuable player, regular season)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a>, Boston Bruins </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Norris_Memorial_Trophy" title="James Norris Memorial Trophy">James Norris Memorial Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(Best defenceman)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a>, Boston Bruins </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lady_Byng_Memorial_Trophy" title="Lady Byng Memorial Trophy">Lady Byng Memorial Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(Excellence and sportsmanship)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Ratelle" title="Jean Ratelle">Jean Ratelle</a>, New York Rangers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Lester B. Pearson Award">Lester B. Pearson Award</a>:<br /><small>(Outstanding player, regular season)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Ratelle" title="Jean Ratelle">Jean Ratelle</a>, New York Rangers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vezina_Trophy" title="Vezina Trophy">Vezina Trophy</a>:<br /><small>(Goaltender(s) of team with best goaltending record)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Esposito" title="Tony Esposito">Tony Esposito</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gary_Smith_(hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gary Smith (hockey)">Gary Smith</a>, Chicago Black Hawks </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-Star_teams">All-Star teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: All-Star teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>First Team</th> <th>  Position  </th> <th>Second Team </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Esposito" title="Tony Esposito">Tony Esposito</a>, Chicago Black Hawks </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Goaltender" title="Goaltender">G</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a>, Montreal Canadiens </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a>, Boston Bruins </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Defenceman" title="Defenceman">D</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_White_(ice_hockey)" title="Bill White (ice hockey)">Bill White</a>, Chicago Black Hawks </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Park" title="Brad Park">Brad Park</a>, New York Rangers </td> <td align="center">D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Stapleton_(ice_hockey)" title="Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)">Pat Stapleton</a>, Chicago Black Hawks </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a>, Boston Bruins </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Centre_(ice_hockey)" title="Centre (ice hockey)">C</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Ratelle" title="Jean Ratelle">Jean Ratelle</a>, New York Rangers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbert" title="Rod Gilbert">Rod Gilbert</a>, New York Rangers </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Winger_(ice_hockey)" title="Winger (ice hockey)">RW</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yvan_Cournoyer" title="Yvan Cournoyer">Yvan Cournoyer</a>, Montreal Canadiens </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a>, Chicago Black Hawks </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Winger_(ice_hockey)" title="Winger (ice hockey)">LW</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a>, New York Rangers </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit 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<td>133</td> <td>76 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orr" title="Bobby Orr">Bobby Orr</a></td> <td>Boston Bruins</td> <td>76</td> <td>37</td> <td>80</td> <td>117</td> <td>106 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Ratelle" title="Jean Ratelle">Jean Ratelle</a></td> <td>New York Rangers</td> <td>63</td> <td>46</td> <td>63</td> <td>109</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hadfield" title="Vic Hadfield">Vic Hadfield</a></td> <td>New York Rangers</td> <td>78</td> <td>50</td> <td>56</td> <td>106</td> <td>142 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbert" title="Rod Gilbert">Rod Gilbert</a></td> <td>New York Rangers</td> <td>73</td> <td>43</td> <td>54</td> <td>97</td> <td>64 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Mahovlich" title="Frank Mahovlich">Frank Mahovlich</a></td> <td>Montreal Canadiens</td> <td>76</td> <td>43</td> <td>53</td> <td>96</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a></td> <td>Chicago Black Hawks</td> <td>78</td> <td>50</td> <td>43</td> <td>93</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yvan_Cournoyer" title="Yvan Cournoyer">Yvan Cournoyer</a></td> <td>Montreal Canadiens</td> <td>73</td> <td>47</td> <td>36</td> <td>83</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bucyk" title="Johnny Bucyk">Johnny Bucyk</a></td> <td>Boston Bruins</td> <td>78</td> <td>32</td> <td>51</td> <td>83</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Clarke" title="Bobby Clarke">Bobby Clarke</a></td> <td>Philadelphia Flyers</td> <td>78</td> <td>35</td> <td>46</td> <td>81</td> <td>87 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Lemaire" title="Jacques Lemaire">Jacques Lemaire</a></td> <td>Montreal Canadiens</td> <td>77</td> <td>32</td> <td>49</td> <td>81</td> <td>26 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Source:</b> NHL.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDinger2011150_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDinger2011150-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leading_goaltenders">Leading goaltenders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Leading goaltenders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ddf; width:20%;">Player </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:20%;">Team </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:6%;">GP </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:6%;">MIN </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:6%;">GA </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:6%;">GAA </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:6%;">W </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:6%;">L </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:6%;">T </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:6%;">SO </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Esposito" title="Tony Esposito">Tony Esposito</a></td> <td>Chicago Black Hawks</td> <td>48</td> <td>2780</td> <td>82</td> <td>1.77</td> <td>31</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Villemure" title="Gilles Villemure">Gilles Villemure</a></td> <td>New York Rangers</td> <td>37</td> <td>2129</td> <td>74</td> <td>2.09</td> <td>24</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gump_Worsley" title="Gump Worsley">Lorne Worsley</a></td> <td>Minnesota North Stars</td> <td>34</td> <td>1923</td> <td>68</td> <td>2.12</td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a></td> <td>Montreal Canadiens</td> <td>64</td> <td>3800</td> <td>142</td> <td>2.24</td> <td>39</td> <td>8</td> <td>15</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Smith_(ice_hockey)" title="Gary Smith (ice hockey)">Gary Smith</a></td> <td>Chicago Black Hawks</td> <td>28</td> <td>1540</td> <td>62</td> <td>2.42</td> <td>14</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a></td> <td>Boston Bruins</td> <td>41</td> <td>2420</td> <td>101</td> <td>2.50</td> <td>27</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Caron" title="Jacques Caron">Jacques Caron</a></td> <td>St. Louis Blues</td> <td>28</td> <td>1619</td> <td>68</td> <td>2.52</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Parent" title="Bernie Parent">Bernie Parent</a></td> <td>Toronto Maple Leafs</td> <td>47</td> <td>2715</td> <td>116</td> <td>2.56</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>9</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Plante" title="Jacques Plante">Jacques Plante</a></td> <td>Toronto Maple Leafs</td> <td>34</td> <td>1965</td> <td>86</td> <td>2.63</td> <td>16</td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Maniago" title="Cesare Maniago">Cesare Maniago</a></td> <td>Minnesota North Stars</td> <td>43</td> <td>2539</td> <td>112</td> <td>2.65</td> <td>20</td> <td>17</td> <td>4</td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_statistics">Other statistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHL_Plus/Minus_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL Plus/Minus Award">Plus/Minus leader</a>: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaches">Coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East">East</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Boston Bruins: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Tom Johnson (ice hockey)">Tom Johnson</a></li> <li>Buffalo Sabres: <a href="/wiki/George_%22Punch%22_Imlach" class="mw-redirect" title="George "Punch" Imlach">George "Punch" Imlach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Crozier" title="Joe Crozier">Joe Crozier</a></li> <li>Detroit Red Wings: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Wilson_(ice_hockey)" title="Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)">Johnny Wilson</a></li> <li>Montreal Canadiens: <a href="/wiki/Scotty_Bowman" title="Scotty Bowman">Scotty Bowman</a></li> <li>New York Rangers: <a href="/wiki/Emile_Francis" title="Emile Francis">Emile Francis</a></li> <li>Toronto Maple Leafs: <a href="/wiki/John_McLellan_(ice_hockey)" title="John McLellan (ice hockey)">John McLellan</a></li> <li>Vancouver Canucks: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Laycoe" title="Hal Laycoe">Hal Laycoe</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West">West</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>California Golden Seals: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Stasiuk" title="Vic Stasiuk">Vic Stasiuk</a></li> <li>Chicago Black Hawks: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Reay" title="Billy Reay">Billy Reay</a></li> <li>Los Angeles Kings: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Glover_(ice_hockey)" title="Fred Glover (ice hockey)">Fred Glover</a></li> <li>Minnesota North Stars: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gordon_(ice_hockey)" title="Jack Gordon (ice hockey)">Jack Gordon</a></li> <li>Philadelphia Flyers: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Shero" title="Fred Shero">Fred Shero</a></li> <li>Pittsburgh Penguins: <a href="/wiki/Red_Kelly" title="Red Kelly">Red Kelly</a></li> <li>St. Louis Blues: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Abel" title="Sid Abel">Sid Abel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_McCreary_Sr." title="Bill McCreary Sr.">Bill McCreary Sr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Arbour" title="Al Arbour">Al Arbour</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Debuts">Debuts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Debuts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1971–72 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_O%27Reilly" title="Terry O'Reilly">Terry O'Reilly</a>, Boston Bruins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Martin" title="Rick Martin">Rick Martin</a>, Buffalo Sabres</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Ramsay" title="Craig Ramsay">Craig Ramsay</a>, Buffalo Sabres</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Dionne" title="Marcel Dionne">Marcel Dionne</a>, Detroit Red Wings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Smith_(ice_hockey)" title="Billy Smith (ice hockey)">Billy Smith</a>, Los Angeles Kings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lafleur" title="Guy Lafleur">Guy Lafleur</a>, Montreal Canadiens</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clement" title="Bill Clement">Bill Clement</a>, Philadelphia Flyers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Schultz_(ice_hockey)" title="Dave Schultz (ice hockey)">Dave Schultz</a>, Philadelphia Flyers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Murphy_(ice_hockey_b._1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Murphy (ice hockey b. 1950)">Mike Murphy</a>, St. Louis Blues</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Stephenson" title="Wayne Stephenson">Wayne Stephenson</a>, St. Louis Blues</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Kehoe" title="Rick Kehoe">Rick Kehoe</a>, Toronto Maple Leafs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Guevremont" title="Jocelyn Guevremont">Jocelyn Guevremont</a>, Vancouver Canucks</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kearns" title="Dennis Kearns">Dennis Kearns</a>, Vancouver Canucks</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Last_games">Last games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Last games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1971–72 listed with their last team: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(ice_hockey)" title="John McKenzie (ice hockey)">John McKenzie</a>, Boston Bruins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Green" title="Ted Green">Ted Green</a>, Boston Bruins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Duff" title="Dick Duff">Dick Duff</a>, Buffalo Sabres</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Nesterenko" title="Eric Nesterenko">Eric Nesterenko</a>, Chicago Black Hawks</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ab_McDonald" title="Ab McDonald">Ab McDonald</a>, Detroit Red Wings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pulford" title="Bob Pulford">Bob Pulford</a>, Los Angeles Kings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.C._Tremblay" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Tremblay">J.C. Tremblay</a>, Montreal Canadiens</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Goyette" title="Phil Goyette">Phil Goyette</a>, New York Rangers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Fonteyne" title="Val Fonteyne">Val Fonteyne</a>, Pittsburgh Penguins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hicke" title="Bill Hicke">Bill Hicke</a>, Pittsburgh Penguins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brit_Selby" title="Brit Selby">Brit Selby</a>, St. Louis Blues</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Marshall" title="Donnie Marshall">Don Marshall</a>, Toronto Maple Leafs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosaire_Paiement" title="Rosaire Paiement">Rosaire Paiement</a>, Vancouver Canucks</li></ul> <p><i>NOTE: McKenzie, Green, Tremblay, Fonteyne, Selby, Nesterenko, McDonald, Hicke and Paiement would continue their careers in the <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a>.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Hockey_Night_in_Canada" title="Hockey Night in Canada">Hockey Night in Canada</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC Television</a> televised Saturday night regular season games. <i>HNIC</i> also produced Wednesday night regular season game telecasts for <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_CTV" title="NHL on CTV">CTV</a>. Due to a <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Broadcast_Employees_and_Technicians" title="National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians">National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians</a> strike that affected the CBC, this season's Stanley Cup playoff games aired instead on CTV. </p><p>This was the sixth and final season under the U.S. rights agreement with <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_CBS" title="NHL on CBS">CBS</a>, airing Sunday afternoon regular season and playoff games. CBS also televised Game 6 of the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals on a Thursday night. <a href="/wiki/NHL_on_NBC" title="NHL on NBC">NBC</a> then signed a new contract to broadcast games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stanley_Cup_champions" title="List of Stanley Cup champions">List of Stanley Cup champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NHL_Amateur_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 NHL Amateur Draft">1971 NHL Amateur Draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_transactions" title="1971–72 NHL transactions">1971–72 NHL transactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="25th National Hockey League All-Star Game">25th National Hockey League All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="National Hockey League All-Star Game">National Hockey League All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester_Patrick_Trophy" title="Lester Patrick Trophy">Lester Patrick Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics">Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_sports" title="1971 in sports">1971 in sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_sports" title="1972 in sports">1972 in sports</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDiamond,_Dan2000" class="citation book cs1">Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). <i>Total Hockey</i>. Kingston, New York: Total Sports. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-892129-85-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-892129-85-X"><bdi>1-892129-85-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Total+Hockey&rft.place=Kingston%2C+New+York&rft.pub=Total+Sports&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1-892129-85-X&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1971%E2%80%9372+NHL+season" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDinger2011" class="citation book cs1">Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5"><i>The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012</i></a></span>. Toronto, ON: Dan Diamond & Associates. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-894801-22-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-894801-22-5"><bdi>978-1-894801-22-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+National+Hockey+League+Official+Guide+%26+Record+Book+2012&rft.place=Toronto%2C+ON&rft.pub=Dan+Diamond+%26+Associates&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-894801-22-5&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1971%E2%80%9372+NHL+season" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDryden2000" class="citation book cs1">Dryden, Steve, ed. (2000). <i>Century of hockey</i>. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7710-4179-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7710-4179-9"><bdi>0-7710-4179-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Century+of+hockey&rft.place=Toronto%2C+ON&rft.pub=McClelland+%26+Stewart+Ltd.&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-7710-4179-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1971%E2%80%9372+NHL+season" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFischler2003" class="citation book cs1">Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley; Hughes, Morgan; Romain, Joseph; Duplacey, James (2003). <i>The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League</i>. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7853-9624-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7853-9624-1"><bdi>0-7853-9624-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hockey+Chronicle%3A+Year-by-Year+History+of+the+National+Hockey+League&rft.place=Lincolnwood%2C+Illinois&rft.pub=Publications+International+Inc.&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-7853-9624-1&rft.aulast=Fischler&rft.aufirst=Stan&rft.au=Fischler%2C+Shirley&rft.au=Hughes%2C+Morgan&rft.au=Romain%2C+Joseph&rft.au=Duplacey%2C+James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1971%E2%80%9372+NHL+season" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-standings-div-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-standings-div_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-standings-div_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?season=19711972&type=DIV">"1971–1972 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings"</a>. National Hockey League.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1971%E2%80%931972+Division+Standings+Standings+-+NHL.com+-+Standings&rft.pub=National+Hockey+League&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhl.com%2Fice%2Fstandings.htm%3Fseason%3D19711972%26type%3DDIV&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1971%E2%80%9372+NHL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDinger2011150-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDinger2011150_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDinger2011">Dinger 2011</a>, p. 150.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_NHL_season&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="width:1%">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Boston_Bruins_season" title="1971–72 Boston Bruins season">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Buffalo_Sabres_season" title="1971–72 Buffalo Sabres season">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Detroit_Red_Wings_season" title="1971–72 Detroit Red Wings season">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Montreal_Canadiens_season" title="1971–72 Montreal Canadiens season">Montreal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_New_York_Rangers_season" title="1971–72 New York Rangers season">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Toronto_Maple_Leafs_season" title="1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs season">Toronto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Vancouver_Canucks_season" title="1971–72 Vancouver Canucks season">Vancouver</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_California_Golden_Seals_season" title="1971–72 California Golden Seals season">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Chicago_Black_Hawks_season" title="1971–72 Chicago Black Hawks season">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Kings_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Minnesota_North_Stars_season" title="1971–72 Minnesota North Stars season">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Philadelphia_Flyers_season" title="1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers season">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Pittsburgh_Penguins_season" title="1971–72 Pittsburgh Penguins season">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_St._Louis_Blues_season" title="1971–72 St. Louis Blues season">St. Louis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1971_NHL_amateur_draft" title="1971 NHL amateur draft">Amateur draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NHL_intra-league_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1971 NHL intra-league draft">Intra-league draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="25th National Hockey League All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1972 Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues%E2%80%93Philadelphia_Flyers_brawl" title="St. Louis Blues–Philadelphia Flyers brawl">Blues–Flyers brawl</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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season">1917–18</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1918%E2%80%9319_NHL_season" title="1918–19 NHL season">1918–19</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_NHL_season" title="1919–20 NHL season">1919–20</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_NHL_season" title="1920–21 NHL season">1920–21</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_NHL_season" title="1921–22 NHL season">1921–22</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_NHL_season" title="1922–23 NHL season">1922–23</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_NHL_season" title="1923–24 NHL season">1923–24</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_NHL_season" title="1924–25 NHL season">1924–25</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_NHL_season" title="1925–26 NHL season">1925–26</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_NHL_season" title="1926–27 NHL season">1926–27</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1927%E2%80%9328_NHL_season" title="1927–28 NHL season">1927–28</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1928%E2%80%9329_NHL_season" title="1928–29 NHL season">1928–29</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_NHL_season" title="1929–30 NHL season">1929–30</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_NHL_season" title="1930–31 NHL season">1930–31</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_NHL_season" title="1931–32 NHL season">1931–32</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_NHL_season" title="1932–33 NHL season">1932–33</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_NHL_season" title="1933–34 NHL season">1933–34</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_NHL_season" title="1934–35 NHL season">1934–35</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_NHL_season" title="1935–36 NHL season">1935–36</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_NHL_season" title="1936–37 NHL season">1936–37</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_NHL_season" title="1937–38 NHL season">1937–38</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_NHL_season" title="1938–39 NHL season">1938–39</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_NHL_season" title="1939–40 NHL season">1939–40</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1940%E2%80%9341_NHL_season" title="1940–41 NHL season">1940–41</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_NHL_season" title="1941–42 NHL season">1941–42</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1942%E2%80%9343_NHL_season" title="1942–43 NHL season">1942–43</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1943%E2%80%9344_NHL_season" title="1943–44 NHL season">1943–44</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1944%E2%80%9345_NHL_season" title="1944–45 NHL season">1944–45</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_NHL_season" title="1945–46 NHL season">1945–46</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_NHL_season" title="1946–47 NHL season">1946–47</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_NHL_season" title="1947–48 NHL season">1947–48</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_NHL_season" title="1948–49 NHL season">1948–49</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_NHL_season" title="1949–50 NHL season">1949–50</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_NHL_season" title="1950–51 NHL season">1950–51</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_NHL_season" title="1951–52 NHL season">1951–52</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_NHL_season" title="1952–53 NHL season">1952–53</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_NHL_season" title="1953–54 NHL season">1953–54</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_NHL_season" title="1954–55 NHL season">1954–55</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_NHL_season" title="1955–56 NHL season">1955–56</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_NHL_season" title="1956–57 NHL season">1956–57</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_NHL_season" title="1957–58 NHL season">1957–58</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_NHL_season" title="1958–59 NHL season">1958–59</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_NHL_season" title="1959–60 NHL season">1959–60</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_NHL_season" title="1960–61 NHL season">1960–61</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_NHL_season" title="1961–62 NHL season">1961–62</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_NHL_season" title="1962–63 NHL season">1962–63</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_NHL_season" title="1963–64 NHL season">1963–64</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_NHL_season" title="1964–65 NHL season">1964–65</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_NHL_season" title="1965–66 NHL season">1965–66</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_NHL_season" title="1966–67 NHL season">1966–67</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NHL_season" title="1967–68 NHL season">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_NHL_season" title="1968–69 NHL season">1968–69</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NHL_season" title="1969–70 NHL season">1969–70</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NHL_season" title="1970–71 NHL season">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NHL_season" title="1972–73 NHL season">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NHL_season" title="1973–74 NHL season">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NHL_season" title="1974–75 NHL season">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NHL_season" title="1975–76 NHL season">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NHL_season" title="1976–77 NHL season">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NHL_season" title="1977–78 NHL season">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NHL_season" title="1978–79 NHL season">1978–79</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season" title="1979–80 NHL season">1979–80</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NHL_season" title="1980–81 NHL season">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NHL_season" title="1981–82 NHL season">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NHL_season" title="1982–83 NHL season">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NHL_season" title="1983–84 NHL season">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NHL_season" title="1984–85 NHL season">1984–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NHL_season" title="1985–86 NHL season">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NHL_season" title="1986–87 NHL season">1986–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NHL_season" title="1987–88 NHL season">1987–88</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season" title="1988–89 NHL season">1988–89</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NHL_season" title="1989–90 NHL season">1989–90</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NHL_season" title="1990–91 NHL season">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NHL_season" title="1991–92 NHL season">1991–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NHL_season" title="1992–93 NHL season">1992–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NHL_season" title="1993–94 NHL season">1993–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NHL_season" title="1994–95 NHL season">1994–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NHL_season" title="1995–96 NHL season">1995–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NHL_season" title="1996–97 NHL season">1996–97</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NHL_season" title="1997–98 NHL season">1997–98</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NHL_season" title="1998–99 NHL season">1998–99</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NHL_season" title="1999–2000 NHL season">1999–00</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NHL_season" title="2000–01 NHL season">2000–01</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NHL_season" title="2001–02 NHL season">2001–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NHL_season" title="2002–03 NHL season">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NHL_season" title="2003–04 NHL season">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <s><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NHL_season" title="2004–05 NHL season">2004–05</a></s> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NHL_season" title="2005–06 NHL season">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NHL_season" title="2006–07 NHL season">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NHL_season" title="2007–08 NHL season">2007–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NHL_season" title="2008–09 NHL season">2008–09</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NHL_season" title="2009–10 NHL season">2009–10</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NHL_season" title="2010–11 NHL season">2010–11</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NHL_season" title="2011–12 NHL season">2011–12</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NHL_season" title="2012–13 NHL season">2012–13</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NHL_season" title="2013–14 NHL season">2013–14</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NHL_season" title="2014–15 NHL season">2014–15</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NHL_season" title="2015–16 NHL season">2015–16</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NHL_season" title="2016–17 NHL season">2016–17</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NHL_season" title="2017–18 NHL season">2017–18</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NHL_season" title="2018–19 NHL season">2018–19</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NHL_season" title="2019–20 NHL season">2019–20</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NHL_season" title="2020–21 NHL season">2020–21</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NHL_season" title="2021–22 NHL season">2021–22</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_NHL_season" title="2022–23 NHL season">2022–23</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_NHL_season" title="2023–24 NHL season">2023–24</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_NHL_season" title="2024–25 NHL season">2024–25</a> 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