The California Golden Seals were defeated by the Los Angeles Kings, 5 to 3, on December 24, 1972.

Final

Kings

16-16-4

5

Golden Seals

5-21-7

3

Team

LAK

CGS

1

0

2

0

3

2

3

Total

5

3

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

LAK

CGS

Serge Bernier (EV) assisted by Larry Brown and Real Lemieux

1

0

2nd period

LAK

CGS

Serge Bernier (EV) assisted by Ralph Backstrom

2

0

Serge Bernier (EV) assisted by Neil Komadoski

3

0

3rd period

LAK

CGS

Walt McKechnie (EV) assisted by Craig Patrick and Pete Laframboise

3

1

Serge Bernier (EV) unassisted

4

1

Craig Patrick (EV) assisted by Joey Johnston and Darryl Maggs

4

2

Reggie Leach (EV) assisted by Stan Gilbertson and Marshall Johnston

4

3

Juha Widing (EV) assisted by Mike Corrigan

5

3

Kings

Golden Seals

Goals

5

3

Shots

26

28

Penalty Minutes

16

20

Power-Play Goals

0

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Kings

Golden Seals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Rogie Vachon (W)		28	3	25	.893	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Ralph Backstrom	0	1	+4	0	1
Serge Bernier	4	0	+4	7	8
Bob Berry	0	0	-1	0	4
Larry Brown	0	1	+3	0	0
Mike Corrigan	0	1	-1	0	2
Paul Curtis	0	0	+1	0	0
Terry Harper	0	0	+3	0	2
Harry Howell	0	0	+1	0	1
Neil Komadoski	0	1	-2	4	0
Don Kozak	0	0	-2	5	1
Real Lemieux	0	1	+4	0	0
Bill Lesuk	0	0	0	0	2
Gilles Marotte	0	0	-2	0	0
Vic Venasky	0	0	-1	0	2
Juha Widing	1	0	-1	0	3

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Marv Edwards (L)		26	5	21	.808	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Gary Croteau	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Gilbertson	0	1	-3	0	2
Joey Johnston	0	1	0	0	1
Marshall Johnston	0	1	-3	0	3
Pete Laframboise	0	1	+1	0	1
Reggie Leach	1	0	-3	0	1
Darryl Maggs	0	1	-2	2	3
Bert Marshall	0	0	0	0	3
Ted McAneeley	0	0	-1	7	0
Walt McKechnie	1	0	+1	0	4
Craig Patrick	1	1	+1	0	6
Rick Smith	0	0	0	4	1
Bob Stewart	0	0	-1	7	2