New York Rangers at Boston Bruins

Thu, Dec 16, 1971 · Boston Garden · 1971–72 Regular Season

New York Rangers

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Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 8–1 on Thu, Dec 16, 1971 at Boston Garden. Phil Esposito led the way with 4 points. Gerry Cheevers made 37 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–28.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	1	38
BOS	8	28

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
10	Bill Fairbairn	R	0	1	1	-2	2	1
20	Gene Carr	C	0	1	1	-1	2	3
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	-1	0	5
8	Pierre Jarry	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
3	Gary Doak	D	0	0	0	-1	4	3
19	Jean Ratelle	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3
24	Ab DeMarco	D	0	0	0	-2	0	5
16	Rod Seiling	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3
11	Vic Hadfield	L	0	0	0	-2	10	2
27	Ted Irvine	L	0	0	0	-2	5	1
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	0	0	-3	15	0
14	Bruce MacGregor	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	Jim Neilson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3
5	Dale Rolfe	D	0	0	0	-4	2	2
22	Bobby Rousseau	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0
6	Glen Sather	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4
2	Brad Park	D	0	0	0	-3	15	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Gilles Villemure	L	16	12	4	.750	40:00
1	Ed Giacomin	L	12	8	4	.667	20:00

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
7	Phil Esposito	C	1	3	4	+2	2	7
17	Fred Stanfield	L	1	3	4	+4	0	4
8	Ken Hodge	R	1	1	2	+3	10	2
12	Wayne Cashman	L	0	2	2	+2	4	1
4	Bobby Orr	D	1	1	2	+3	0	3
20	Dallas Smith	D	1	0	1	+3	15	1
9	Johnny Bucyk	L	1	0	1	+2	0	4
19	John McKenzie	R	0	1	1	+2	5	2
27	Reggie Leach	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1
18	Ed Westfall	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1
11	Mike Walton	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2
10	Rick Smith	D	0	0	0	+3	2	0
23	Matt Ravlich	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0
16	Derek Sanderson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	Ted Green	D	0	0	0	+3	17	0
14	Garnet Bailey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Gerry Cheevers	W	38	37	1	.974	60:00