Wednesday March 31, 1976
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All NHL game summaries from March 31, 1976



Team123F
Kansas City Scouts (12-54-12) 0 2 1 3
Chicago Blackhawks (31-30-17) 2 4 0 6

1: CHI,Stan Mikita 15 (John Marks, Bill White), 9:06 - PP
CHI,Dick Redmond 8 (Keith Magnuson, Bobby Sheehan), 9:57
2: CHI,Stan Mikita 16 (John Marks, Cliff Koroll), 5:47
KC ,Gary Croteau 18 (Denis Dupere, Dennis Patterson), 8:46
CHI,Dennis Hull 27 (Dale Tallon, Pit Martin), 11:55 - SH
CHI,John Marks 21 (Dale Tallon, Stan Mikita), 15:48
KC ,Phil Roberto 6, 17:20
CHI,Cliff Koroll 24, 19:30
3: KC ,Gary Croteau 19 (Steve Durbano), :49
Penalties:

1: Robin Burns, KC [Holding] 5:35
Dennis Hull, CHI [Tripping] 6:17
Jean-Guy Lagace, KC [Holding] 7:24
Ivan Boldirev, CHI [Hi-sticking] 11:46
2: John Marks, CHI [Roughing] 10:12
3: Grant Mulvey, CHI [Tripping] 3:59
Craig Patrick, KC [Tripping] 7:45
Penalty time: KC : 6 minutes CHI: 8 minutes
KC Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim McElmury 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Patterson 3 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Steve Durbano 4 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Gary Bergman 5 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Larry Johnston 6 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Guy Charron 7 C 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Chuck Arnason 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 8
Dave Hudson 11 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Robin Burns 13 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Craig Patrick 14 RW 0 0 0 2 -2 3
Denis Dupere 15 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Henry Boucha 16 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Gary Croteau 18 RW 2 0 2 0 1 3
Randy Rota 25 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jean-Guy Lagace 26 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Phil Roberto 27 RW 1 0 1 0 1 6
Bill McKenzie 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1033
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1033

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill White 2 D 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Keith Magnuson 3 D 0 1 1 0 4 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Bob Murray 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Pit Martin 7 C 0 1 1 0 1 5
Dennis Hull 10 LW 1 0 1 2 1 3
John Marks 11 RW 1 2 3 2 2 4
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 0 0 2 0 4
Dick Redmond 15 D 1 0 1 0 1 7
Chico Maki 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dale Tallon 19 D 0 2 2 0 2 1
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Stan Mikita 21 C 2 1 3 0 2 6
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Sheehan 27 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)944
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)944
Shots: KC : 14-11- 8-33 CHI: 16-18-10-44 Goalies: KC : Bill McKenzie (L, 1-16-1) CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 29-23-12) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Bob Luther Attendance: n/a



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (34-29-15) 1 2 1 4
Detroit Red Wings (26-42-10) 3 1 0 4

1: DET,Terry Harper 8 (Walt McKechnie, Rick Lapointe), 8:00
DET,Danny Grant 7 (Rick Lapointe, Terry Harper), 8:35
DET,Dan Maloney 26 (Terry Harper), 9:15
TOR,Lanny McDonald 36 (Darryl Sittler, Greg Hubick), 10:59
2: DET,Dan Maloney 27, 4:38
TOR,Lanny McDonald 37 (Stan Weir, Brian Glennie), 7:58 - SH
TOR,Borje Salming 16 (Jack Valiquette, George Ferguson), 19:55 - PP
3: TOR,Stan Weir 19 (Jim McKenny, Lanny McDonald), 3:09 - PP
Penalties:

1: Bryan Watson, DET [Charging] 1:28
Darryl Sittler, TOR [Fighting] 1:28
Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 1:28
Mike Bloom, DET [Elbowing] 3:56
Barry Salovaara, DET [Interference] 3:56
Bryan Watson, DET [Holding] 6:58
Bob Neely, TOR [Boarding] 7:29
Brian Glennie, TOR [Hi-sticking] 8:26
Mike Bloom, DET [Roughing] 8:26
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Roughing, Fighting] 18:48
Jean Hamel, DET [Roughing, Fighting] 18:48
Lanny McDonald, TOR [Tripping] 19:27
2: Darryl Sittler, TOR [Fighting, Game misconduct] 2:52
Kurt Walker, TOR [Fighting, Game misconduct] 2:52
Dennis Hextall, DET [Fighting, Game misconduct] 2:52
Bryan Watson, DET [Fighting, Game misconduct] 2:52
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Leaving penalty box triple minor, Fighting, Game misconduct] 2:52
Jean Hamel, DET [Leaving penalty box triple minor, Game misconduct] 2:52
Wayne Thomas, TOR [Leaving the crease] 2:52
Jim Rutherford, DET [Leaving the crease] 2:52
Dennis Polonich, DET [Player leaving bench double minor, Game misconduct] 2:52
Errol Thompson, TOR [Player leaving bench double minor, Game misconduct] 2:52
Mike Wong, DET [Hi-sticking] 18:07
3: Rick Lapointe, DET [Elbowing, Fighting] 2:06
Jack Valiquette, TOR [Fighting] 2:06
George Ferguson, TOR [Hooking] 7:14
Stan Weir, TOR [Slashing] 12:39
Fred "Buster" Harvey, DET [Slashing] 12:39
Al Cameron, DET [Fighting] 19:49
Jim McKenny, TOR [Fighting] 19:49
Penalty time: TOR: 99 minutes DET: 100 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Neely 3 RW 0 0 0 2 1 2
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 2 1 3 2 1 6
Jack Valiquette 8 C 0 1 1 5 0 6
George Ferguson 10 C 0 1 1 2 0 1
Inge Hammarstrom 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 14 0 0
Stan Weir 14 C 1 1 2 2 -1 2
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Seiling 16 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 1 1 5 -1 1
Greg Hubick 19 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Claire Alexander 20 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Borje Salming 21 D 1 0 1 0 0 6
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 28 0 1
Brian Glennie 24 D 0 1 1 2 0 3
Kurt Walker 26 D 0 0 0 15 0 0
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 1 1 20 0 1
Wayne Thomas 30 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-134
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-134

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Terry Harper 2 D 1 2 3 0 1 4
Rick Lapointe 4 D 0 2 2 7 3 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 23 0 0
Dan Maloney 7 LW 2 0 2 0 2 2
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 19 0 0
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Brian Watts 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Watson 18 D 0 0 0 19 -1 1
Mike Wong 19 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Danny Grant 21 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 0 0 15 -1 0
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Bloom 25 LW 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 5 0 1
Fred "Buster" Harvey 27 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Barry Salovaara 28 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)116
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)116
Shots: TOR: 16-10- 8-34 DET: 9- 5- 2-16 Goalies: TOR: Wayne Thomas (T, 28-23-12) DET: Jim Rutherford (T, 13-24-6) Referee: Lloyd Gilmour Linesmen: Willard Norris, Bob Hodges Attendance: 10,729



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (34-32-12) 0 2 1 3
Montreal Canadiens (56-11-11) 1 3 3 7

1: MTL,Jacques Lemaire 20 (Yvan Cournoyer, Guy Lafleur), 11:23 - PP
2: PIT,Pierre Larouche 49 (Syl Apps, Jean Pronovost), :12 - PP
MTL,Guy Lafleur 53 (Pete Mahovlich, Guy Lapointe), 2:29 - PP
MTL,Pete Mahovlich 34 (Steve Shutt, Guy Lafleur), 4:58
PIT,Stan Gilbertson 25 (Simon Nolet, Ron Stackhouse), 7:55
MTL,Pierre Bouchard 1 (Mario Tremblay, Doug Risebrough), 9:35
3: MTL,Serge Savard 8 (Guy Lapointe, Guy Lafleur), 11:53
MTL,Guy Lafleur 54 (Pete Mahovlich), 15:02
PIT,Stan Gilbertson 26 (Ron Stackhouse, Ron Schock), 15:35
MTL,Bob Gainey 15 (Rick Chartraw, Doug Risebrough), 19:57
Penalties:

1: Bob Kelly, PIT [Tripping] 10:10
Rick Chartraw, MTL [Boarding] 14:04
Steve Shutt, MTL [Hooking] 18:19
Doug Jarvis, MTL [Holding] 19:10
2: Ed Van Impe, PIT [Hooking] 1:47
Steve Shutt, MTL [Tripping] 17:49
3: Mario Tremblay, MTL [Roughing] 11:31
Bob Kelly, PIT [Roughing] 11:31
Mario Tremblay, MTL [Charging] 19:37
Barry Wilkins, PIT [Holding] 19:37
Penalty time: PIT: 8 minutes MTL: 12 minutes
PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ed Van Impe 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 2 2 0 0 4
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Barry Wilkins 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Colin Campbell 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Kehoe 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Simon Nolet 9 RW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Pierre Larouche 10 C 1 0 1 0 -2 7
Stan Gilbertson 15 LW 2 0 2 0 0 4
Lew Morrison 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Schock 17 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Lowell MacDonald 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 4
Bob Kelly 22 RW 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Ed Gilbert 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Owchar 25 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Syl Apps 26 C 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Bobby Taylor 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1334
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1334

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Larocque 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Nyrop 2 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
John Van Boxmeer 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 2 2 0 3 4
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 2 2 0 2 0
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 2 3 5 0 3 7
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Yvan Cournoyer 12 RW 0 1 1 0 -2 0
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 1 1 4 1 1
Serge Savard 18 D 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 1 2 3 0 1 6
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 1 1 4 2 1
Bob Gainey 23 LW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 1 0 1 0 0 2
Pierre Bouchard 26 D 1 0 1 0 2 2
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 1 1 2 2 3
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1339
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1339
Shots: PIT: 12-10-12-34 MTL: 7-18-14-39 Goalies: PIT: Bobby Taylor (L, 3-2-0) MTL: Michel Larocque (W, 15-1-3) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Ron Finn Attendance: 16,065



Team123F
New York Islanders (41-20-16) 0 1 0 1
New York Rangers (28-41-9) 1 1 1 3

1: NYR,Greg Polis 14 (Walt Tkaczuk, John Bednarski), 8:50
2: NYR,Pat Hickey 13 (Phil Esposito), 1:02
NYI,Ed Westfall 24 (Denis Potvin, Jean Potvin), 11:50 - PP
3: NYR,Carol Vadnais 22 (Rod Gilbert, John Davidson), 16:56 - PP
Penalties:

1: Carol Vadnais, NYR [Slashing] 2:27
Garry Howatt, NYI [Tripping] 10:48
Pete Stemkowski, NYR [Roughing] 17:14
Jean Potvin, NYI [Slashing] 17:14
2: Rick Middleton, NYR [Tripping] 11:08
Billy Harris, NYI [Charging] 15:11
Jean Potvin, NYI [Delay of game - Smothering puck] 16:27
Greg Polis, NYR [Interference] 19:53
3: Billy Harris, NYI [Roughing] 2:46
Dave Fortier, NYI [Interference] 15:52
Gerry Hart, NYI [Roughing] 16:26
Phil Esposito, NYR [Roughing] 16:26
Penalty time: NYI: 14 minutes NYR: 10 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glenn Resch 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 1 1 4 -1 2
Denis Potvin 5 D 0 1 1 0 -1 4
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dave Fortier 7 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Billy MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
J.P. Parise 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 0 0 4 -1 5
Jude Drouin 17 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ed Westfall 18 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Bryan Trottier 19 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Andre St. Laurent 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1029
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1029

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Carol Vadnais 2 D 1 0 1 2 1 8
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 6
Gilles Marotte 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Rod Gilbert 7 RW 0 1 1 0 0 4
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Middleton 9 RW 0 0 0 2 1 2
Bill Fairbairn 10 RW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Wayne Dillon 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 12 C 0 1 1 2 1 4
Bill Collins 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Hickey 16 LW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Greg Polis 20 RW 1 0 1 2 1 2
Pete Stemkowski 21 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
John Bednarski 23 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Nick Beverley 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Doug Jarrett 28 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Davidson 35 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1036
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1036
Shots: NYI: 9- 8-12-29 NYR: 13-10-13-36 Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 23-10-8) NYR: John Davidson (W, 21-28-5) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 17,500



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (37-32-9) 1 1 0 2
St. Louis Blues (29-36-13) 1 0 0 1

1: LA ,Marcel Dionne 38 (Mike Corrigan, Mike Murphy), 4:04
STL,Red Berenson 20 (Bob MacMillan, Garry Unger), 9:51 - PP
2: LA ,Don Kozak 19 (Vic Venasky), 7:49
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Bob Gassoff, STL [Hooking] 4:37
Dave Hutchison, LA [Tripping, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 8:39
2: Vic Venasky, LA [Hooking] 1:58
3: Bob Gassoff, STL [Interference] 7:01
Pierre Plante, STL [Hi-sticking] 12:42
Mike Corrigan, LA [Slashing] 12:42
Barclay Plager, STL [Interference] 13:13
Marcel Dionne, LA [Slashing] 13:13
Mike Corrigan, LA [Hi-sticking] 17:48
Bob Plager, STL [Hi-sticking] 17:48
Penalty time: LA : 12 minutes STL: 10 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ab Demarco 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 4
Dave Hutchison 4 D 0 0 0 4 1 0
Bob Murdoch 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sheldon Kannegiesser 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 1 1 0 1 6
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Nevin 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 1 1 2 1 2
Mike Corrigan 11 LW 0 1 1 4 1 0
Frank St. Marseille 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marcel Dionne 16 C 1 0 1 2 1 4
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Berry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Butch Goring 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Neil Komadoski 23 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Don Kozak 24 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Rogie Vachon 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1034
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1034

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Smith 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Gassoff 3 D 0 0 0 4 0 1
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Garry Unger 7 C 0 1 1 0 -1 6
Barclay Plager 8 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Red Berenson 9 C 1 0 1 0 -1 5
Mitch Babin 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Plante 16 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bob MacMillan 21 RW 0 1 1 0 0 4
Bob Hess 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Chuck Lefley 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Dave Hrechkosy 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Irvine 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ed Staniowski 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1031
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1031
Shots: LA : 8-10-16-34 STL: 13-11- 7-31 Goalies: LA : Rogie Vachon (W, 25-19-5) STL: Ed Staniowski (L, 5-3-1) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Jim Christison, Swede Knox Attendance: 16,429



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