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VAN

TD GARDEN

3FINAL3

March 3, 1976

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Phil Esposito (27) (pp)

Steve Vickers (46), Rod Gilbert (40)

1-0 NYR

Score

04:17

Time

Rick Blight (23) (pp)

Dennis Kearns (37), Mike Walton (1)

1-1 Tied

Score

11:25

Time

2nd Period

Pete Stemkowski (12)

Carol Vadnais (29), Dave Maloney (3)

2-1 NYR

Score

08:57

Time

Greg Polis (8)

Rod Gilbert (41), Phil Esposito (43)

3-1 NYR

Score

12:39

Time

Mike Walton (1)

Harold Snepsts (13), Rick Blight (19)

3-2 NYR

Score

14:51

Time

3rd Period

Rick Blight (24)

Mike Walton (2), Bob Dailey (19)

3-3 Tied

Score

19:35

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:28	Tracy Pratt – hooking (2 min)
	11:00	Nick Beverley – tripping (2 min)
	11:10	Walt Tkaczuk – slashing (2 min)
	13:10	Mike Robitaille – hooking (2 min)
	19:24	John Gould – hooking (2 min)
	19:40	Rod Gilbert – high-sticking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:56	Tracy Pratt – tripping (2 min)
	07:25	Bob Dailey – interference (2 min)
	08:03	Rod Gilbert – high-sticking (2 min)
	08:03	Rod Gilbert – slashing (2 min)
	08:03	Ken Lockett – high-sticking (2 min)
	08:03	Ken Lockett – slashing (2 min)
	08:16	Ron Greschner – slashing (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:23	Ron Greschner – closing-hand-on-puck (2 min)
	08:36	Nick Beverley – hooking (2 min)
	08:36	Mike Walton – illegal-stick (2 min)

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	2	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
9	Rick Middleton	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Bill Fairbairn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
11	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Phil Esposito	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Bill Collins	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	John Bednarski	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
25	Nick Beverley	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
28	Doug Jarrett	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Dunc Wilson						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
35	John Davidson	★	T				31	34	3	2	1	0	.912	0.00	0:00

VAN – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Mike Robitaille	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
3	Bob Dailey	D	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
4	Mike Walton	C	1	2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
5	Tracy Pratt	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
6	Dennis Kearns	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Andre Boudrias	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Rick Blight	R	2	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
9	Don Lever	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Dennis Ververgaert	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Chris Oddleifson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Ron Sedlbauer	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
18	John Grisdale	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
20	Bobby Lalonde	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
21	John Gould	R	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Gerry O'Flaherty	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Garry Monahan	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
27	Harold Snepsts	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

VAN – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Gary Smith						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
30	Ken Lockett	★	T				34	37	3	2	1	0	.919	0.00	0:00

NYR

VAN

Game Stats

3	Goals	3
37	Shots	34
16.7% (1/6)	Power Play	20.0% (1/5)
16	Penalty Minutes	12
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	1	1	1	3
	1	2	0	3

Season Series: 3-1-1

VAN 1

NYR 8

FINALBoxscoreOCT 19

VAN 2

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreNOV 4

VAN 5

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreJAN 14

VAN 3

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreMAR 3

VAN 3

NYR 7

FINALBoxscoreMAR 13

As of March 3, 1976

All-Time vs VAN

Overall: 22-8-2-0
At NYR: 13-3-1-0

Last 10 vs VAN

Overall: 5-4-1-0
At NYR: 6-3-1-0