Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins

Sun, Dec 5, 1971 · Boston Garden · 1971–72 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

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Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Sun, Dec 5, 1971 at Boston Garden. Phil Esposito led the way with 3 points. Gerry Cheevers made 18 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–33.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
PIT	3	21
BOS	5	33

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
27	Joe Noris	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0
19	Jean Pronovost	R	1	0	1	-1	2	2
22	Greg Polis	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2
25	Darryl Edestrand	D	0	1	1	0	2	2
10	Keith McCreary	R	1	0	1	0	2	3
12	Ken Schinkel	R	1	0	1	0	0	2
17	Ron Schock	C	0	1	1	0	0	3
23	Bobby Leiter	C	0	1	1	0	0	2
20	John Stewart	L	0	1	1	0	0	1
11	Nick Harbaruk	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Bob Woytowich	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0
4	Dave Burrows	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1
8	Val Fonteyne	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Sheldon Kannegiesser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Rick Kessell	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0
7	Bryan Hextall	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Les Binkley	L	32	28	4	.875	59:17

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
7	Phil Esposito	C	1	2	3	+3	0	9
8	Ken Hodge	R	2	1	3	+3	0	7
9	Johnny Bucyk	L	0	2	2	0	0	0
17	Fred Stanfield	L	0	2	2	-1	0	0
4	Bobby Orr	D	1	1	2	0	2	6
6	Ted Green	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0
19	John McKenzie	R	1	0	1	0	2	2
12	Wayne Cashman	L	0	1	1	+3	2	4
11	Mike Walton	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1
23	Matt Ravlich	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Derek Sanderson	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1
10	Rick Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
27	Reggie Leach	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0
20	Dallas Smith	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2
18	Ed Westfall	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Garnet Bailey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Gerry Cheevers	W	21	18	3	.857	60:00