BOS @ DET - 1972-03-04

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Saturday, March 4, 1972 — Detroit Olympia

BOS

Boston Bruins

5—4

DET

Detroit Red Wings

Final

BOS: Tom JohnsonDET: Johnny Wilson

Notable

Wayne Cashman2G 2A 4P 4SOG

Phil Esposito0G 4A 4P 9SOG

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Penalties

Goals (9)

18:31

BOS

Wayne Cashman(19)

Assists: Phil Esposito

1-0

2:17

DET

Leon Rochefort(12)

Assists: Red Berenson, Tim Ecclestone

1-1

1:52

BOS

Mike Walton

Game Timeline

Penalties (8)

13:09

BOS

Phil Espositotripping

2 min

10:48

DET

Bill Collinsholding

2 min

0:27

DET

Gary Bergmantripping

2 min

Box Score

BOS Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
John McKenzieR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0:00	0
Don MarcotteL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0

On This Day (Mar 4)

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2026NJD 4 - TOR 3

2026SEA 2 - STL 3

2026ANA 5 - NYI 1

2026DET 3 - VGK 4

Healthy Scratches

BOS

Garry Peters(C)Nick Beverley(D)Ron Jones(D)Matt Ravlich(D)Ken Hodge(R)Terry O'Reilly(R)Doug Roberts(R)

DET

Al Karlander(C)Rick McCann(C)Bob Falkenberg(D)Gerry Hart(D)Serge Lajeunesse(D)Randy Manery(D)Jim Niekamp(D)Brian Conacher(L)Ab McDonald(L)

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15:27

DET

Alex Delvecchio(16)

Assists: Marcel Dionne

2-2

12:52

BOS

Wayne Cashman(20)

Assists: Phil Esposito

3-2

5:38

BOS

Dallas Smith(7)

Assists: Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman

4-2

2:23

BOS

Johnny Bucyk(26)

Assists: Fred Stanfield

5-2

1:45

DET

Gary Bergman(5)

Assists: Alex Delvecchio, Guy Charron

5-3

0:33

DET

Nick Libett(26)

Assists: Mickey Redmond, Bill Collins

5-4

6:36

BOS

Dallas Smithholding

2 min

2:41

DET

Gary Bergmandelaying-game

2 min

15:57

BOS

Derek Sandersonholding

2 min

0:37

BOS

Dallas Smithhooking

2 min

DET Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	PIM	FO	TOI
Ron StackhouseD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	-	0:00
Marcel DionneC	0	1	1	-2	4	0	-	0:00
Red BerensonC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	-	0:00
Alex DelvecchioC	1	1	2	-2	4	0	-	0:00
Leon RochefortR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	-	0:00
Henry BouchaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	0:00
Nick LibettL	1	0	1	-2	3	0	-	0:00
Tim EcclestoneL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	-	0:00
Mickey RedmondR	0	1	1	-2	5	0	-	0:00
Bill CollinsR	0	1	1	-2	5	2	-	0:00
Guy CharronC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	-	0:00
Gary BergmanD	1	0	1	-3	8	4	-	0:00
Arnie BrownD	0	0	0	0	3	0	-	0:00
Doug VolmarR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Larry JohnstonD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-	0:00
Ron HarrisD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Bob WallD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-	0:00

Goalies

Goalie	Team	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Gerry Cheevers	BOS	46	42	4	.913	60:00
Eddie Johnston	BOS	0	0	0	.0	0:00
Al Smith	DET	39	34	5	.872	59:55
Joe Daley	DET	0	0	0	.0	0:00

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Goals (9)

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Penalties (8)

Box Score

BOS Skaters

On This Day (Mar 4)

Healthy Scratches

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