NHL game summary from January 7, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (28-6-6) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Minnesota North Stars (12-24-2) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1: MTL, Yvon Lambert 22 (Guy Lafleur, Murray Wilson), 10:33
MTL, Guy Lafleur 23 (Yvon Lambert, Murray Wilson), 10:55
2: no scoring
3: MIN, Pierre Jarry 7 (Lou Nanne, Dennis Hextall), 16:03
Penalties:
1: John Flesch, MIN [Holding] 6:06
Serge Savard, MTL [Tripping] 11:56
Dennis O'Brien, MIN [Hooking] 18:38
2: Bryan Hextall, MIN [Roughing] 5:04
Doug Risebrough, MTL [Roughing] 5:04
3: none
Penalty time: MTL: 4 minutes
MIN: 6 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Van Boxmeer | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 5 | 36 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Lopresti | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Bialowas | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Hicks | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Cressman | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Sather | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Ernie Hicke | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Dean Talafous | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pierre Jarry | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Hextall | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rich Nantais | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Flesch | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Cameron | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 18 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 13-13-10-36
MIN: 4- 4-10-18
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 24-5-4)
MIN: Pete LoPresti (L, 4-11-1)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, John Brown
Attendance: 9,055
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