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NYR

TD GARDEN

5FINAL2

December 28, 1976

WSH

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Rick Bragnalo (7)

Gerry Meehan (11), Bryan Watson (4)

1-0 WSH

Score

04:34

Time

2nd Period

Tony White (4) (sh)

Gord Smith (9), Bill Collins (5)

2-0 WSH

Score

05:14

Time

Steve Vickers (12)

Wayne Dillon (16), Rod Gilbert (34)

2-1 WSH

Score

10:32

Time

Ken Hodge (11)

Ron Greschner (15), Bill Goldsworthy (8)

2-2 Tied

Score

15:28

Time

Phil Esposito (17)

Bill Goldsworthy (9), Dave Farrish (10)

3-2 NYR

Score

19:56

Time

3rd Period

Phil Esposito (18)

Mike McEwen (15)

4-2 NYR

Score

04:25

Time

Greg Polis (10)

Don Murdoch (15), Walt Tkaczuk (21)

5-2 NYR

Score

15:39

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	11:58	Nick Fotiu – roughing-double-minor (4 min)
	11:58	Gord Smith – roughing (2 min)
	13:30	Bryan Watson – cross-checking (2 min)
	17:40	Rod Gilbert – holding (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:54	Ron Lalonde – hooking (2 min)
	12:24	Greg Polis – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:24	Phil Esposito – high-sticking (2 min)
	00:24	Gord Smith – high-sticking (2 min)
	16:34	Ron Lalonde – hooking (2 min)

WSH – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
5	Rick Green	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
6	Gord Smith	D	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Yvon Labre	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Garnet Bailey	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Douglas Patey	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Hartland Monahan	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Gerry Meehan	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Guy Charron	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
18	Rick Bragnalo	C	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
19	Bryan Watson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Tony White	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
22	Ron Lalonde	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Tom Rowe	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Bill Collins	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Paul Nicholson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
28	Gord Lane	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

WSH – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Ron Low	★	L				40	45	5	5	0	0	.889	0.00	0:00
30	Bernie Wolfe						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	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
6	Doug Jarrett	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	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	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	★	W				14	16	2	1	0	1	.875	0.00	0:00

WSH

NYR

Game Stats

2	Goals	5
16	Shots	45
0.0% (0/3)	Power Play	0.0% (0/4)
10	Penalty Minutes	10
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 2-2-0

WSH 7

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreNOV 10

WSH 1

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 1

WSH 2

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreDEC 28

WSH 7

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreMAR 25

As of December 28, 1976

All-Time vs WSH

Overall: 6-4-1-0
At WSH: 5-1-0

Last 10 vs WSH

Overall: 5-4-1-0
At WSH: 5-1-0