The 1973 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1972–73 season, and the culmination of the 1973 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens, a rematch of the 1971 Final. The Canadiens won the best-of-seven series, four games to two to win their 18th Stanley Cup championship.

Paths to the Finals Chicago defeated the St. Louis Blues 4–1 and the New York Rangers 4–1 to advance to the final.

Montreal defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 to set up an "Original Six" final.

Game summaries Yvan Cournoyer and Jacques Lemaire both had 12 points in the finals for the Canadiens. The Conn Smythe Trophy went to Cournoyer, who had six goals. It was Henri Richard's eleventh and last win of the Stanley Cup and Scotty Bowman's first.

Game one

Jacques Lemaire recorded 4 points in game one for Montreal in an 8–3 victory over Chicago to take a 1–0 series lead. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CHI Pit Martin (6) Pat Stapleton (8) and Dennis Hull (12) 00:35 1–0 CHI CHI Ralph Backstrom (5) Pat Stapleton (9) 01:02 2–0 CHI MTL Jacques Laperriere (1) Unassisted 02:28 2–1 CHI MTL Marc Tardif (4) Guy Lafleur (4) and Rejean Houle (5) 08:07 2–2 CHI Pit Martin (7) Pat Stapleton (10) and Bill White (3) 12:07 3–2 CHI 2nd MTL Chuck Lefley (1) Yvan Cournoyer (5) and Jacques Lemaire (5) 03:01 3–3 MTL Jacques Lemaire (5) – pp Henri Richard (4) and Marc Tardif (4) 16:23 4–3 MTL 3rd MTL Jacques Lemaire (6) – pp Frank Mahovlich (9) and Pete Mahovlich (5) 08:38 5–3 MTL MTL Pete Mahovlich (2) – sh Unassisted 12:36 6–3 MTL MTL Frank Mahovlich (5) Guy Lafleur (5) and Rejean Houle (6) 13:34 7–3 MTL MTL Chuck Lefley (2) Jacques Lemaire (6) and Yvan Cournoyer (6) 14:35 8–3 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI John Marks Tripping 06:05 2:00 MTL Chuck Lefley Tripping 11:51 2:00 2nd CHI Phil Russell Slashing 03:31 2:00 CHI Cliff Koroll Slashing 14:36 2:00 3rd CHI Phil Russell High-sticking 02:11 2:00 MTL Marc Tardif Slashing 05:09 2:00 CHI Phil Russell Interference 07:29 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe Interference 10:45 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 9 14 7 30 9 13 16 38

Game two

In game two, Yvan Cournoyer scored twice, the Ken Dryden and the Montreal defense stood tall, and the Canadiens won the game 4–1. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Pierre Bouchard (1) Claude Larose (1) and Pete Mahovlich (6) 05:36 1–0 MTL 2nd CHI Cliff Koroll (4) Dick Redmond (3) and Lou Angotti (4) 07:28 1–1 MTL Yvan Cournoyer (10) Frank Mahovlich (10) 12:08 2–1 MTL 3rd MTL Yvan Cournoyer (11) – pp Guy Lapointe (5) and Jacques Lemaire (7) 05:01 3–1 MTL MTL Frank Mahovlich (6) – en Unassisted 19:26 4–1 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI Phil Russell Tripping 11:55 2:00 CHI Phil Russell High-sticking 15:57 2:00 2nd MTL Guy Lapointe Tripping 17:01 2:00 3rd CHI Dennis Hull Tripping 04:47 2:00 CHI Phil Russell Holding 07:05 2:00 MTL Serge Savard Elbowing 13:10 2:00 MTL Larry Robinson Interference 13:55 2:00 CHI Pit Martin Hooking 14:21 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 5 8 6 19 9 11 10 30

Game three

The Black Hawks took a commanding 5–0 lead in game three before Montreal scored 4 unanswered goals to cut the deficit, but Chicago sealed their victory with two empty net goals from Dennis Hull and Jim Pappin. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CHI Dennis Hull (7) – pp Jim Pappin (6) and Pat Stapleton (11) 01:59 1–0 CHI CHI J.P. Bordeleau (1) – pp Stan Mikita (9) and Cliff Koroll (5) 11:44 2–0 CHI CHI Bill White (1) – sh Pat Stapleton (12) and Ralph Backstrom (4) 13:20 3–0 CHI CHI Stan Mikita (5) – sh Cliff Koroll (6) and Bill White (4) 14:20 4–0 CHI 2nd CHI John Marks (1) – pp Len Frig (1) and Stan Mikita (10) 02:08 5–0 CHI MTL Frank Mahovlich (7) Pete Mahovlich (7) and Larry Robinson (3) 10:25 5–1 CHI 3rd MTL Yvan Cournoyer (12) Jacques Lemaire (8) and Chuck Lefley (3) 01:20 5–2 CHI MTL Guy Lapointe (6) Frank Mahovlich (11) and Claude Larose (2) 07:15 5–3 CHI MTL Jacques Lemaire (7) Yvan Cournoyer (7) and Marc Tardif (5) 08:01 5–4 CHI CHI Dennis Hull (8) – en Unassisted 19:29 6–4 CHI CHI Jim Pappin (6) – en Dennis Hull (13) 19:49 7–4 CHI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Claude Larose High-sticking 00:45 2:00 CHI J.P. Bordeleau Tripping 09:37 2:00 MTL Pete Mahovlich Holding 10:31 2:00 MTL Pete Mahovlich Misconduct 10:31 10:00 CHI Dennis Hull Slashing 12:39 2:00 2nd MTL Serge Savard Hooking 01:08 2:00 CHI Jerry Korab Elbowing 02:50 2:00 MTL Serge Savard Hooking 06:12 2:00 CHI Pat Stapleton Holding 07:38 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe Tripping 13:42 2:00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 8 14 11 33 16 13 8 37

Game four

In game four, Ken Dryden made 19 saves to record his first career playoff shutout, and the Canadiens won the game 4–0. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Marc Tardif (5) Yvan Cournoyer (8) and Jacques Lemaire (9) 01:08 1–0 MTL 2nd MTL Yvan Cournoyer (13) Marc Tardif (6) 14:13 2–0 MTL MTL Chuck Lefley (3) Pete Mahovlich (8) and Claude Larose (3) 15:43 3–0 MTL 3rd MTL Claude Larose (1) Jacques Lemaire (10) 03:45 4–0 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Bob Murdoch Charging 02:05 2:00 CHI Pat Stapleton Holding 13:32 2:00 2nd MTL Marc Tardif Interference 02:27 2:00 MTL Guy Lapointe Tripping 11:08 2:00 3rd MTL Pierre Bouchard Interference 15:26 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 10 14 6 30 5 7 7 19

Game five

In game five, Claude Larose recorded three points for Montreal. For Chicago, Jim Pappin scored twice, Stan Mikita recorded 4 points, and the Black Hawks took down the Canadiens by a score of 8–7. With both teams combining for a total 15 goals, this was the highest scoring game in Stanley Cup Final history. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Frank Mahovlich (8) Unassisted 02:47 1–0 MTL CHI Dennis Hull (9) Doug Jarrett (3) and Phil Russell (3) 09:34 1–1 CHI Stan Mikita (6) Pat Stapleton (13) 11:24 2–1 CHI MTL Pete Mahovlich (3) – pp Frank Mahovlich (12) and Larry Robinson (4) 14:52 2–2 2nd MTL Claude Larose (2) Unassisted 00:37 3–2 MTL CHI Dave Kryskow (1) Ralph Backstrom (5) and Chico Maki (7) 03:10 3–3 MTL Claude Larose (3) Murray Wilson (3) 04:23 4–3 MTL CHI Stan Mikita (7) Pat Stapleton (14) and John Marks (2) 06:21 4–4 MTL Yvan Cournoyer (14) Jacques Lemaire (11) and Guy Lapointe (6) 07:09 5–4 MTL CHI Jim Pappin (7) Unassisted 11:24 5–5 CHI Len Frig (1) – pp Stan Mikita (11) 16:21 6–5 CHI CHI Jim Pappin (8) Stan Mikita (12) and Dennis Hull (14) 19:03 7–5 CHI 3rd MTL Serge Savard (3) Murray Wilson (4) and Claude Larose (4) 01:15 7–6 MTL CHI Lou Angotti (3) Bill White (5) 09:34 8–6 CHI MTL Henri Richard (5) Frank Mahovlich (13) 11:43 8–7 CHI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI J.P. Bordeleau Tripping 12:52 2:00 CHI Jim Pappin Misconduct 15:57 10:00 2nd MTL Pierre Bouchard Interference 15:14 2:00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 11 11 7 29 6 17 8 31

Game six

Pit Martin recorded a hat trick in game six for Chicago. However, it would be the Canadiens that emerge victorious, winning their second Stanley Cup in two years. Yvan Cournoyer, who scored the game-winning goal in the third period, would be awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoffs MVP. Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st CHI Pit Martin (8) Stan Mikita (13) and Pat Stapleton (15) 10:35 1–0 CHI CHI Pit Martin (9) – pp Jim Pappin (7) 11:31 2–0 CHI MTL Henri Richard (6) Frank Mahovlich (14) 19:48 2–1 CHI 2nd MTL Pete Mahovlich (4) Jacques Laperriere (3) and Chuck Lefley (4) 05:05 2–2 MTL Rejean Houle (3) Pete Mahovlich (9) and Chuck Lefley (5) 06:37 3–2 MTL CHI Dave Kryskow (2) Chico Maki (8) and Ralph Backstrom (6) 08:32 3–3 MTL Frank Mahovlich (9) – pp Guy Lapointe (7) and Yvan Cournoyer (9) 10:54 4–3 MTL CHI Pit Martin (10) – pp Dennis Hull (15) 17:05 4–4 3rd MTL Yvan Cournoyer (15) Jacques Lemaire (12) 08:13 5–4 MTL MTL Marc Tardif (6) – pp Yvan Cournoyer (10) and Jacques Lemaire (13) 12:42 6–4 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st CHI Jerry Korab Roughing 03:40 2:00 MTL Jim Roberts Roughing 03:40 2:00 CHI Pit Martin Holding 08:21 2:00 MTL Jim Roberts Hooking 10:35 2:00 MTL Murray Wilson Elbowing 12:29 2:00 2nd CHI Bill White Interference 02:25 2:00 CHI Phil Russell Holding 10:20 2:00 CHI Jerry Korab Hooking 12:26 2:00 MTL Jim Roberts Tripping 16:58 2:00 3rd CHI Phil Russell Hooking 11:29 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total 7 15 11 33 9 14 4 27

Team rosters Montreal Canadiens

Chicago Black Hawks

Stanley Cup engraving The 1973 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Henri Richard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 6–4 win over the Black Hawks in game six.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1972–73 Montreal Canadiens

See also 1972–73 NHL season 1972–73 Chicago Black Hawks season 1972–73 Montreal Canadiens season

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