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DET

TD GARDEN

2FINAL3

February 20, 1977

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Walt Tkaczuk (7)

Rod Gilbert (44), Mike McEwen (22)

1-0 NYR

Score

02:04

Time

Dennis Polonich (16)

Al Cameron (9), Reed Larson (1)

1-1 Tied

Score

05:23

Time

2nd Period

Phil Esposito (29) (pp)

Ken Hodge (30), Mike McEwen (23)

2-1 NYR

Score

02:43

Time

Dennis Hextall (12)

Bob Ritchie (1), Dennis Polonich (18)

2-2 Tied

Score

19:02

Time

3rd Period

Phil Esposito (30)

Bill Goldsworthy (11), Mike McEwen (24)

3-2 NYR

Score

09:09

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:34	Jim Nahrgang – tripping (2 min)
	03:20	Rod Gilbert – holding (2 min)
	09:48	Dennis Polonich – holding (2 min)
	09:48	Steve Vickers – high-sticking (2 min)
	12:11	J.P. Leblanc – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:33	Michel Bergeron – holding (2 min)
	01:38	Walt McKechnie – tripping (2 min)
	05:50	Jean Hamel – roughing (2 min)
	05:50	J.P. Leblanc – tripping (2 min)
	05:50	Nick Fotiu – roughing (2 min)
	05:50	Nick Fotiu – roughing (2 min)
	16:23	Phil Esposito – tripping (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	07:25	Dennis Hextall – roughing (2 min)
	07:25	Dave Farrish – roughing (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
2	Larry Sacharuk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
6	Doug Jarrett	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	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	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
17	Greg Holst	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	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	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson	★	W				31	33	2	2	0	0	.939	0.00	0:00
1	Doug Soetaert						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	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
3	Jim Nahrgang	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Terry Murray	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Jean Hamel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
8	Dennis Polonich	C	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
11	Walt McKechnie	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	J.P. Leblanc	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Fred Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Michel Bergeron	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%
19	Rick Wilson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Dennis Hextall	C	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Bill Lochead	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Greg Joly	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
25	Dave Kelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Al Cameron	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Bob Ritchie	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
28	Reed Larson	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	Terrance Richardson	★	L				32	35	3	2	1	0	.914	0.00	0:00

NYR

DET

Game Stats

3	Goals	2
35	Shots	33
12.5% (1/8)	Power Play	0.0% (0/1)
12	Penalty Minutes	16
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

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 February 20, 1977

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 165-212-84-2
At NYR: 104-77-50-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 6-3-1-0
At NYR: 6-2-2-0