NHL game summary from January 2, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (20-9-9) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 Vancouver Canucks (13-15-7) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1: | BOS, | Darryl Edestrand 2, 2:14 |
| VAN, | John Gould 11 (Bob Dailey, Paulin Bordeleau), 10:35 | |
| VAN, | Gerry O'Flaherty 6 (Bobby Lalonde, Dennis Ververgaert), 12:47 | |
| BOS, | Jean Ratelle 12 (Gregg Sheppard, Ken Hodge), 18:45 - PP | |
| VAN, | Bob Dailey 5 (Rick Blight, Don Lever), 19:59 | |
| 2: | VAN, | Gerry O'Flaherty 7 (Dennis Ververgaert, Mike Robitaille), 2:17 |
| BOS, | Dallas Smith 2, 11:36 | |
| BOS, | Andre Savard 7 (Ken Hodge), 17:59 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Johnny Bucyk, BOS [Tripping] 5:43 |
| Don Lever, VAN [Holding] 17:20 | |
| 2: | Darryl Edestrand, BOS [Tripping] 6:44 |
| Mike Robitaille, VAN [Holding] 7:07 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 8:41 | |
| Harold Snepsts, VAN [Fighting] 8:41 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 17:30 | |
| Harold Snepsts, VAN [Fighting] 17:30 | |
| Bobby Schmautz, BOS [Hi-sticking] 19:18 | |
| 3: | Gregg Boddy, VAN [Interference] 6:39 |
Penalty time: BOS: 16 minutes
VAN: 16 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Edestrand | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Ken Hodge | 8 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andre Savard | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Forbes | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Sims | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Gibson | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Zanussi | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Reece | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 28 | ||||||
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Smith | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Robitaille | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Dailey | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ab Demarco | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andre Boudrias | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 10 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paulin Bordeleau | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gregg Boddy | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerry O'Flaherty | 23 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Garry Monahan | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Murray | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 5 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 5 | 21 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 10- 9- 9-28
VAN: 10- 7- 4-21
Goalies: BOS: Gilles Gilbert,
Dave Reece (T, 4-3-2) VAN: Gary Smith (T, 11-11-3) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Randy Mitton Attendance: 15,612
Dave Reece (T, 4-3-2) VAN: Gary Smith (T, 11-11-3) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Randy Mitton Attendance: 15,612
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