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NYR

TD GARDEN

5FINAL4

February 23, 1977

TOR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Walt Tkaczuk (8) (pp)

Steve Vickers (27), Mike McEwen (25)

1-0 NYR

Score

05:53

Time

Rod Gilbert (21)

Ron Greschner (27), Steve Vickers (28)

2-0 NYR

Score

12:40

Time

2nd Period

Ron Greschner (8) (sh)

Greg Polis (18)

3-0 NYR

Score

01:53

Time

Darryl Sittler (26)

Errol Thompson (9)

3-1 NYR

Score

05:37

Time

Dave Williams (16)

Jim McKenny (22), Ian Turnbull (46)

3-2 NYR

Score

11:08

Time

Darryl Sittler (27)

Jack Valiquette (28)

3-3 Tied

Score

18:49

Time

3rd Period

Inge Hammarstrom (21)

George Ferguson (12)

4-3 TOR

Score

08:27

Time

Rod Gilbert (22)

Walt Tkaczuk (33), Ron Greschner (28)

4-4 Tied

Score

09:53

Time

Phil Esposito (31)

Ken Hodge (31)

5-4 NYR

Score

10:22

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	05:39	Darryl Sittler – slashing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:29	Dave Farrish – hooking (2 min)
	06:06	Darryl Sittler – elbowing (2 min)
	11:35	Brian Glennie – tripping (2 min)
	19:07	Jack Valiquette – hooking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	12:45	Dave Farrish – hooking (2 min)
	18:14	Walt Tkaczuk – holding (2 min)

TOR – 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	Ian Turnbull	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
3	Bob Neely	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Mike Pelyk	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Lanny McDonald	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
8	Jack Valiquette	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Don Ashby	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	George Ferguson	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	Inge Hammarstrom	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Errol Thompson	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Stan Weir	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Pat Boutette	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Jim McKenny	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
22	Dave Williams	L	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Brian Glennie	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
25	Scott Garland	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Darryl Sittler	C	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%

TOR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
29	Mike Palmateer						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
33	Wayne Thomas	★	L				35	40	5	3	1	1	.875	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
2	Larry Sacharuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	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	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Rod Gilbert	R	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Bill Goldsworthy	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
17	Greg Holst	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0/0	0.00%
88	Ken Hodge	R	0	1	1	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
0	John Davidson	★	W				25	29	4	4	0	0	.862	0.00	0:00
33	Gilles Gratton						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

TOR

NYR

Game Stats

4	Goals	5
29	Shots	40
0.0% (0/3)	Power Play	25.0% (1/4)
8	Penalty Minutes	6
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	2	1	2	5
	0	3	1	4

Season Series: 2-1-1

TOR 5

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreDEC 5

TOR 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreDEC 11

TOR 3

NYR 8

FINALBoxscoreFEB 13

TOR 4

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreFEB 23

As of February 23, 1977

All-Time vs TOR

Overall: 161-228-86-3
At TOR: 100-90-49-0

Last 10 vs TOR

Overall: 2-6-2-0
At TOR: 5-2-3-0