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DET

TD GARDEN

6FINAL5

October 31, 1976

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

J.P. Leblanc (1)

Buster Harvey (2), Terry Harper (2)

1-0 DET

Score

15:18

Time

Dennis Polonich (5)

Walt McKechnie (6), Jean Hamel (3)

2-0 DET

Score

16:40

Time

Mike Bloom (2)

Danny Grant (2), Terry Harper (3)

3-0 DET

Score

17:17

Time

2nd Period

Steve Vickers (3)

Ron Greschner (7)

3-1 DET

Score

03:12

Time

Steve Vickers (4)

Walt Tkaczuk (8), Bill Fairbairn (1)

3-2 DET

Score

07:13

Time

Ken Hodge (6)

Dave Farrish (5)

3-3 Tied

Score

09:54

Time

Buster Harvey (4)

Danny Grant (3), J.P. Leblanc (2)

4-3 DET

Score

17:07

Time

Dan Maloney (5)

Walt McKechnie (7), Dennis Polonich (5)

5-3 DET

Score

18:19

Time

3rd Period

Walt Tkaczuk (4)

Steve Vickers (2), Don Murdoch (4)

5-4 DET

Score

15:40

Time

Rod Gilbert (5)

Mike McEwen (5), Ron Greschner (8)

5-5 Tied

Score

19:23

Time

J.P. Leblanc (2)

Mike Bloom (1), Danny Grant (4)

6-5 DET

Score

19:40

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:28	Walt McKechnie – hooking (2 min)
	05:08	Jean Hamel – holding (2 min)
	06:40	Carol Vadnais – roughing (2 min)
	08:54	Al Cameron – elbowing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:24	Buster Harvey – hooking (2 min)
	11:26	Michel Bergeron – hooking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	09:32	Nick Libett – hooking (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
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Bill Fairbairn	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson	★					14	19	5	5	0	0	.737	0.00	0:00
33	Gilles Gratton		L				11	12	1	1	0	0	.917	0.00	0:00

DET – 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	Terry Harper	D	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Rick Lapointe	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Jean Hamel	D	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Dan Maloney	L	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Dennis Polonich	C	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
11	Walt McKechnie	C	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	J.P. Leblanc	C	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Fred Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Michel Bergeron	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Rick Wilson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
21	Danny Grant	L	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
22	Dennis Hextall	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Bill Lochead	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
25	Mike Bloom	L	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Al Cameron	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Buster Harvey	R	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%

DET – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Jim Rutherford						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
31	Ed Giacomin	★	W				36	41	5	5	0	0	.878	0.00	0:00

NYR

DET

Game Stats

5	Goals	6
41	Shots	31
0.0% (0/6)	Power Play	0.0% (0/0)
2	Penalty Minutes	12
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	3	2	1	6
	0	3	2	5

Season Series: 3-1-0

DET 6

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreOCT 31

DET 0

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreNOV 27

DET 4

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreFEB 10

DET 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreFEB 20

As of October 31, 1976

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 162-212-84-2
At NYR: 103-77-50-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 5-4-1-0
At NYR: 6-2-2-0