NHL game summary from March 16, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (24-37-9) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Washington Capitals (9-52-9) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1: | WAS, | Hartland Monahan 15, 3:55 |
| 2: | WAS, | Blair Stewart 9 (Yvon Labre, Greg Joly), :15 |
| WAS, | Jean Lemieux 9 (Rick Bragnalo, Bob Sirois), 7:12 - PP | |
| WAS, | Gerry Meehan 20 (Jean Lemieux, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), 10:45 - PP | |
| 3: | NYR, | Phil Esposito 30 (Pat Hickey), 14:20 |
| WAS, | Rick Bragnalo 1 (Bob Sirois, Tony White), 17:03 | |
| NYR, | Rod Gilbert 33 (Steve Vickers), 19:49 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hooking] 7:35 |
| Yvon Labre, WAS [Holding] 13:31 | |
| 2: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 5:38 |
| Pat Hickey, NYR [Tripping] 10:16 | |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey, WAS [Tripping] 13:40 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Holding] 17:25 | |
| 3: | John Bednarski, NYR [Fighting] 3:56 |
| Nelson Pyatt, WAS [Fighting] 3:56 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 7:26 | |
| Ron Lalonde, WAS [Roughing] 7:26 |
Penalty time: NYR: 15 minutes
WAS: 11 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Vadnais | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Gilles Marotte | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rick Middleton | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Wayne Dillon | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Phil Esposito | 12 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Bill Collins | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Polis | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| John Bednarski | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Nick Beverley | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| John Davidson | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 38 | ||||||
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Low | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Joly | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Scamurra | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yvon Labre | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Gord Smith | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hartland Monahan | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gerry Meehan | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jean Lemieux | 17 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Bragnalo | 18 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Tony White | 20 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Lampman | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Lalonde | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Blair Stewart | 23 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Jones | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sirois | 25 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nelson Pyatt | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Harvey Bennett | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 11-15-12-38
WAS: 12-11- 9-32
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 18-24-5)
WAS: Ron Low (W, 5-29-2)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, John Brown
Attendance: 10,137
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