« GAME 49: January 22nd, vs Los Angeles Kings L 0-6

GAME 51: January 27th, vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 0-3 »

NYR

TD GARDEN

2FINAL6

January 23, 1977

VAN

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Garry Monahan (13)

Bobby Lalonde (6), Hilliard Graves (14)

1-0 VAN

Score

04:09

Time

Chris Oddleifson (11)

Unassisted

2-0 VAN

Score

13:28

Time

Bobby Lalonde (10)

Hilliard Graves (15), Garry Monahan (14)

3-0 VAN

Score

15:30

Time

2nd Period

Dennis Kearns (3) (sh)

Ron Sedlbauer (10), Don Lever (18)

4-0 VAN

Score

19:31

Time

3rd Period

Don Murdoch (31) (pp)

Steve Vickers (23), Dave Maloney (8)

4-1 VAN

Score

07:57

Time

Pat Hickey (13)

Ron Greschner (24), Walt Tkaczuk (24)

4-2 VAN

Score

08:40

Time

Dennis Ververgaert (18) (pp)

Chris Oddleifson (18), Rick Blight (19)

5-2 VAN

Score

13:19

Time

Don Lever (15)

Ron Sedlbauer (11), Jack McIlhargey (2)

6-2 VAN

Score

16:50

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	05:01	Nick Fotiu – roughing (2 min)
	05:01	Brad Gassoff – roughing (2 min)
	05:56	Don Murdoch – fighting (5 min)
	05:56	Jack McIlhargey – fighting (5 min)
	06:46	Pat Hickey – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	05:55	Nick Fotiu – fighting (5 min)
	05:55	Mark Heaslip – fighting (5 min)
	05:55	Jack McIlhargey – roughing (2 min)
	05:55	Jack McIlhargey – fighting (5 min)
	05:55	Harold Snepsts – fighting (5 min)
	19:01	Larry Goodenough – tripping (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:46	Andy Spruce – high-sticking (2 min)
	06:16	Bobby Lalonde – tripping (2 min)
	12:22	Dave Maloney – cross-checking (2 min)

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
5	Larry Carriere	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Dennis Kearns	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
8	Rick Blight	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
9	Don Lever	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Dennis Ververgaert	R	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Jim Wiley	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Chris Oddleifson	C	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Hilliard Graves	R	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Brad Gassoff	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Ron Sedlbauer	L	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
20	Bobby Lalonde	C	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Andy Spruce	L	0	0	0	0	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	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
27	Harold Snepsts	D	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
28	Larry Goodenough	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
29	Jack McIlhargey	D	0	1	1	3	12	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
30	Cesare Maniago	★	W				37	39	2	1	1	0	.949	0.00	0:00
35	Curt Ridley						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	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	1	0	1	-2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
19	Mark Heaslip	R	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
21	Pete Stemkowski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	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	★	L				22	28	6	4	1	1	.786	0.00	0:00

VAN

NYR

Game Stats

6	Goals	2
28	Shots	39
33.3% (1/3)	Power Play	25.0% (1/4)
25	Penalty Minutes	21
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 3-2-0

VAN 5

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreOCT 24

VAN 1

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreNOV 3

VAN 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreNOV 22

VAN 3

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreJAN 2

VAN 6

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreJAN 23

As of January 23, 1977

All-Time vs VAN

Overall: 26-10-2-0
At VAN: 14-4-1-0

Last 10 vs VAN

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