The New York Islanders came up just a bit short against the Montreal Canadiens, 4 to 3, on October 24, 1972.

Final

Canadiens

5-0-3

4

Islanders

1-5-0

3

Team

MTL

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYI

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

Billy Harris (EV) assisted by Dave Hudson and Bill Mikkelson

2nd period

MTL

NYI

Ed Westfall (EV) assisted by Brian Spencer and Brian Marchinko

3rd period

MTL

NYI

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Henri Richard and Serge Savard

Yvan Cournoyer (EV) assisted by Bob Murdoch and Jacques Lemaire

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Henri Richard and Yvan Cournoyer

Germain Gagnon (EV) assisted by Dave Hudson

Canadiens

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	25	22	.880	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	GWG	S	S%
Chuck Arnason C. Arnason	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	1	2	3	+4	0	3	33.3
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Claude Larose C. Larose	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0.0
Chuck Lefley C. Lefley	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	3	1	4	+4	1	7	42.9
Frank Mahovlich F. Mahovlich	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Bob Murdoch B. Murdoch	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Henri Richard H. Richard	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0.0
Jimmy Roberts J. Roberts	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	1	1	+4	0	1	0.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Marc Tardif M. Tardif	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gerry Desjardins (L) G. Desjardins	0	1	0	33	29	.879	4	4.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Craig Cameron C. Cameron	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0.0
Terry Crisp T. Crisp	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Germain Gagnon G. Gagnon	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3
Billy Harris B. Harris	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Dave Hudson D. Hudson	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0.0
Brian Lavender B. Lavender	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0.0
Bryan Lefley B. Lefley	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Jim Mair J. Mair	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Brian Marchinko B. Marchinko	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Mikkelson B. Mikkelson	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Tom Miller T. Miller	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Murray K. Murray	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0.0
Brian Spencer B. Spencer	0	1	1	+1	2	0
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	1	0	1	+1	0	5	20.0