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NYR

TD GARDEN

3FINAL3

December 23, 1976

BOS

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Earl Anderson (2)

Matti Hagman (5), Don Marcotte (10)

1-0 BOS

Score

05:11

Time

2nd Period

Terry O'Reilly (5)

Don Marcotte (11), Gregg Sheppard (19)

2-0 BOS

Score

00:43

Time

Don Murdoch (26)

Phil Esposito (24), Mike McEwen (14)

2-1 BOS

Score

07:44

Time

Don Murdoch (27)

Walt Tkaczuk (20), Greg Polis (15)

2-2 Tied

Score

15:45

Time

3rd Period

Johnny Bucyk (13)

Unassisted

3-2 BOS

Score

04:15

Time

Steve Vickers (11)

Wayne Dillon (15)

3-3 Tied

Score

12:40

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:56	Nick Fotiu – interference (2 min)
	06:40	Bobby Schmautz – high-sticking (2 min)
	06:40	Rick Smith – high-sticking (2 min)
	06:40	Nick Fotiu – high-sticking (2 min)
	06:40	Nick Fotiu – misconduct (10 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
No penalties recorded for this period.

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:15	Rod Gilbert – misconduct (10 min)
	07:29	Mike Milbury – fighting (5 min)
	07:29	Don Murdoch – roughing (2 min)
	07:29	Walt Tkaczuk – game-misconduct (10 min)
	12:35	Brad Park – high-sticking (2 min)
	12:35	Carol Vadnais – high-sticking (2 min)

BOS – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
8	Peter McNab	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Johnny Bucyk	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Jean Ratelle	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	Bobby Schmautz	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
12	Wayne Cashman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
16	Rick Middleton	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Hank Nowak	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Gregg Sheppard	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Dallas Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
21	Don Marcotte	L	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
22	Brad Park	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Rick Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
24	Terry O'Reilly	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
25	Gary Doak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
26	Mike Milbury	D	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Earl Anderson	R	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
28	Matti Hagman	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%

BOS – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Gilles Gilbert						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
30	Gerry Cheevers	★	T				24	27	3	3	0	0	.889	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	0	0	-2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	14	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	4	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
30	Gilles Gratton	★	T				28	31	3	3	0	0	.903	0.00	0:00

BOS

NYR

Game Stats

3	Goals	3
31	Shots	27
0.0% (0/2)	Power Play	0.0% (0/3)
11	Penalty Minutes	38
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 0-4-1

BOS 5

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreOCT 13

BOS 4

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreOCT 27

BOS 3

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 23

BOS 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreMAR 3

BOS 10

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreMAR 10

As of December 23, 1976

All-Time vs BOS

Overall: 199-230-89-5
At BOS: 121-88-52-2

Last 10 vs BOS

Overall: 2-7-1-0
At BOS: 2-8-0