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NYR

TD GARDEN

4FINAL4

December 14, 1976

NYI

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Clark Gillies (14)

Jean Potvin (16), Andre St. Laurent (4)

1-0 NYI

Score

15:21

Time

Phil Esposito (13) (pp)

Carol Vadnais (19), Ken Hodge (20)

1-1 Tied

Score

18:35

Time

2nd Period

Lorne Henning (5) (sh)

Denis Potvin (22)

2-1 NYI

Score

05:51

Time

Clark Gillies (15) (pp)

Billy Harris (13)

3-1 NYI

Score

08:06

Time

Don Murdoch (24) (pp)

Wayne Dillon (14), Mike McEwen (13)

3-2 NYI

Score

10:52

Time

Bryan Trottier (8)

Garry Howatt (5), Ed Westfall (16)

4-2 NYI

Score

19:11

Time

Don Murdoch (25)

Walt Tkaczuk (18), Carol Vadnais (20)

4-3 NYI

Score

19:59

Time

3rd Period

Phil Esposito (14)

Ken Hodge (21), Dave Maloney (4)

4-4 Tied

Score

06:24

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:30	Billy MacMillan – roughing (2 min)
	01:30	Carol Vadnais – roughing (2 min)
	03:04	Ron Greschner – slashing (2 min)
	05:56	Andre St. Laurent – high-sticking (2 min)
	05:56	Dave Farrish – high-sticking (2 min)
	06:36	Garry Howatt – charging (2 min)
	07:22	Phil Esposito – hooking (2 min)
	09:42	J.P. Parise – slashing (2 min)
	13:58	Bert Marshall – roughing (2 min)
	13:58	Bert Marshall – fighting (5 min)
	13:58	Bill Goldsworthy – roughing (2 min)
	13:58	Bill Goldsworthy – fighting (5 min)
	16:49	Dave Lewis – cross-checking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:55	Gerry Hart – high-sticking (2 min)
	03:55	Carol Vadnais – slashing (2 min)
	04:56	Bob Bourne – tripping (2 min)
	06:30	Don Murdoch – tripping (2 min)
	06:55	Phil Esposito – slashing (2 min)
	10:00	Bryan Trottier – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	07:25	Bobby Nystrom – fighting (5 min)
	07:25	Ron Greschner – fighting (5 min)
	09:50	Garry Howatt – fighting (5 min)
	09:50	Steve Vickers – fighting (5 min)

NYI – 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	Gerry Hart	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Jean Potvin	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
5	Denis Potvin	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
6	Bert Marshall	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Garry Howatt	L	0	1	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Clark Gillies	L	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
10	Lorne Henning	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	Billy MacMillan	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
12	J.P. Parise	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
14	Bob Bourne	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
15	Billy Harris	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Jude Drouin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Ed Westfall	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
19	Bryan Trottier	C	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
21	Andre St. Laurent	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Bobby Nystrom	R	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
25	Dave Lewis	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

NYI – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Glenn Resch	★	T				32	36	4	2	2	0	.889	0.00	0:00
31	Billy Smith						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

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	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	2	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Mark Heaslip	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	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	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	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	Doug Soetaert						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
33	Gilles Gratton	★	T				20	24	4	2	1	1	.833	0.00	0:00

NYI

NYR

Game Stats

4	Goals	4
24	Shots	36
50.0% (1/2)	Power Play	22.2% (2/9)
33	Penalty Minutes	31
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	1	2	1	4
	1	3	0	4

Season Series: 1-4-1

NYI 4

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 14

NYI 2

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreDEC 26

NYI 6

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreFEB 3

NYI 0

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreFEB 6

NYI 5

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreFEB 19

NYI 5

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreAPR 3

As of December 14, 1976

All-Time vs NYI

Overall: 15-7-2-0
At NYI: 8-3-1-0

Last 10 vs NYI

Overall: 3-6-1-0
At NYI: 6-3-1-0