All NHL game summaries from April 8, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Los Angeles Kings (40-33-9)	0	0	1	1
Atlanta Flames (35-35-12)	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Kings win, 2 games to 0 (best of 3)

1:	no scoring
2:	no scoring
3:	LA ,	Bob Berry 1, 18:16

Penalties:

1:	Mike Corrigan, LA [Hooking] 2:45
	Pat Quinn, ATL [Hooking] 6:36
	Bob Murdoch, LA [Elbowing] 8:29
	Barry Gibbs, ATL [Tripping] 12:33
	Curt Bennett, ATL [Holding] 14:41
	Don Kozak, LA [Roughing double minor] 14:41
	Dave Hutchison, LA [Fighting] 16:43
	Ed Kea, ATL [Roughing double minor] 16:43
	Bob Murdoch, LA [Fighting] 17:29
2:	Sheldon Kannegiesser, LA [Holding] 12:35
	Bert Wilson, LA [Tripping] 16:50
3:	none

Penalty time: LA : 19 minutes ATL: 13 minutes

LA Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ab Demarco	2	D	0	0	0	0	1	2
Larry Brown	3	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Hutchison	4	D	0	0	0	5	0	0
Bob Murdoch	5	D	0	0	0	4	0	2
Sheldon Kannegiesser	6	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Murphy	7	RW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bert Wilson	8	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bob Nevin	9	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Venasky	10	C	0	0	0	0	1	3
Mike Corrigan	11	LW	0	0	0	2	0	2
Frank St. Marseille	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcel Dionne	16	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Tom Williams	17	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Berry	18	LW	1	0	1	0	1	3
Butch Goring	19	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Neil Komadoski	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Don Kozak	24	RW	0	0	0	4	1	2
Rogie Vachon	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							5	26
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					5	26

ATL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Barry Gibbs	2	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Pat Quinn	3	D	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Curt Bennett	5	RW	0	0	0	4	-1	3
Randy Manery	7	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Kryskow	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Flett	9	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Clement	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Claude St. Sauveur	11	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Lysiak	12	C	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Guy Chouinard	16	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Hilliard Graves	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Ed Kea	19	D	0	0	0	5	-1	1
Richard Lemieux	20	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Romanchych	21	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Carriere	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ken Houston	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Vail	27	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Dan Bouchard	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-5	27
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-5	27

Shots: LA : 9- 7-10-26 ATL: 12- 9- 6-27 Goalies: LA : Rogie Vachon (W, 2-0-0) ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 0-2-0) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 10,450

Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Louis Blues (30-38-14)	0	0	2	0	2
Buffalo Sabres (47-22-13)	0	0	2	1	3
Series tied, 1-1 (best of 3)

1:	no scoring
2:	no scoring
3:	STL,	Garry Unger 2 (Ted Irvine), 2:01
	BUF,	Craig Ramsay 1 (Bill Hajt), 7:35 - SH
	BUF,	Danny Gare 1 (Jocelyn Guevremont, Terry Martin), 11:24
	STL,	Dave Hrechkosy 1 (Rick Smith, Larry Patey), 18:02
4:	BUF,	Danny Gare 2 (Fred Stanfield, Jocelyn Guevremont), 11:43

Penalties:

1:	Brian Spencer, BUF 5:15
	Jim Lorentz, BUF 5:43
	Rick Smith, STL 8:32
	Jim Schoenfeld, BUF 14:28
	Larry Patey, STL 16:51
	Bob Gassoff, STL 19:45
2:	Jim Schoenfeld, BUF 1:44
	Bob Plager, STL 1:44
	Dave Hrechkosy, STL 10:35
	Gerry Desjardins, BUF 17:54
3:	Jim Schoenfeld, BUF 6:17
4:	none

Penalty time: STL: 10 minutes BUF: 12 minutes

STL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rick Smith	2	D	0	1	1	2	0	2
Bob Gassoff	3	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Bruce Affleck	4	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Bob Plager	5	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Patey	6	C	0	1	1	2	0	0
Garry Unger	7	C	1	0	1	0	-2	1
Red Berenson	9	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Claude Larose	12	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pierre Plante	16	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jerry Butler	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Derek Sanderson	19	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bob MacMillan	21	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jamie Masters	24	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hrechkosy	26	LW	1	0	1	2	0	4
Ted Irvine	27	LW	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ed Staniowski	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-5	16
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-5	16

BUF Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jerry Korab	4	D	0	0	0	0	-1	6
Lee Fogolin	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Schoenfeld	6	D	0	0	0	6	0	3
Rick Martin	7	LW	0	0	0	0	1	7
Jim Lorentz	8	C	0	0	0	2	-1	3
Jacques Richard	9	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Craig Ramsay	10	LW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Gilbert Perreault	11	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
Rene Robert	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	7
Peter McNab	16	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Stanfield	17	LW	0	1	1	0	0	3
Danny Gare	18	RW	2	0	2	0	1	11
Don Luce	20	C	0	0	0	0	1	4
Brian Spencer	21	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Jocelyn Guevremont	22	D	0	2	2	0	2	2
Bill Hajt	24	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Gerry Desjardins	30	G	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							4	57
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					4	57

Shots: STL: 3- 3- 6- 4-16 BUF: 22-17- 7-11-57 Goalies: STL: Ed Staniowski (L, 1-1-0) BUF: Gerry Desjardins (W, 1-1-0) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Leon Stickle Attendance: 16,433

Team	1	2	3	F
Toronto Maple Leafs (35-32-15)	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh Penguins (36-34-12)	0	1	1	2
Series tied, 1-1 (best of 3)

1:	no scoring
2:	PIT,	Lowell MacDonald 1 (Pierre Larouche, Syl Apps), 11:25 - PP
3:	PIT,	Vic Hadfield 1 (Ed Van Impe, Stan Gilbertson), 19:21 - EN

Penalties:

1:	Darryl Sittler, TOR [Cross checking, Fighting] 0:23
	Vic Hadfield, PIT [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 0:23
	Bob Kelly, PIT [Charging] 1:57
2:	Vic Hadfield, PIT [Hooking] 3:56
	Rod Seiling, TOR [Hi-sticking] 10:12
3:	Rod Seiling, TOR [Tripping] 1:02
	Brian Glennie, TOR [Tripping] 9:18

Penalty time: TOR: 13 minutes PIT: 11 minutes

TOR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ian Turnbull	2	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Bob Neely	3	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lanny McDonald	7	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Jack Valiquette	8	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
George Ferguson	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Errol Thompson	12	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Stan Weir	14	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Pat Boutette	15	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rod Seiling	16	D	0	0	0	4	0	0
Jim McKenny	18	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Claire Alexander	20	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Borje Salming	21	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Dave "Tiger" Williams	22	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Glennie	24	D	0	0	0	2	0	3
Darryl Sittler	27	C	0	0	0	7	-1	3
Wayne Thomas	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (9 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-6	21
TOTAL (9 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-6	21

PIT Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ed Van Impe	2	D	0	1	1	0	1	0
Ron Stackhouse	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	4
Dave Burrows	4	D	0	0	0	0	1	2
Barry Wilkins	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Colin Campbell	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Kehoe	8	RW	0	0	0	0	0	5
Simon Nolet	9	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pierre Larouche	10	C	0	1	1	0	0	6
Vic Hadfield	11	LW	1	0	1	9	1	7
Stan Gilbertson	15	LW	0	1	1	0	1	3
Lew Morrison	16	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Schock	17	C	0	0	0	0	1	4
Lowell MacDonald	18	LW	1	0	1	0	0	7
Jean Pronovost	19	RW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bob Kelly	22	RW	0	0	0	2	0	2
Syl Apps	26	C	0	1	1	0	0	3
Michel Plasse	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							5	49
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					5	49

Shots: TOR: 9- 7- 5-21 PIT: 18-17-14-49 Goalies: TOR: Wayne Thomas (L, 1-1-0) PIT: Michel Plasse (W, 1-1-0) Referee: Lloyd Gilmour Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Ron Finn Attendance: 13,626

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Islanders (44-21-17)	1	0	2	3
Vancouver Canucks (33-34-15)	0	1	0	1
New York Islanders win, 2 games to 0 (best of 3)

1:	NYI,	J.P. Parise 1 (Billy MacMillan, Denis Potvin), 3:13
2:	VAN,	Chris Oddleifson 1 (Bob Dailey), 7:49
3:	NYI,	Garry Howatt 1 (Bob Nystrom, Bert Marshall), 11:39
	NYI,	Clark Gillies 1 (Bryan Trottier), 12:11

Penalties:

1:	Garry Howatt, NYI [Elbowing] 0:16
	Billy Harris, NYI [Holding] 13:54
	Harold Snepsts, VAN [Elbowing] 17:24
	J.P. Parise, NYI [Slashing] 19:47
2:	Mike Robitaille, VAN [Slashing] 2:31
	Bryan Trottier, NYI [Interference] 2:57
3:	Garry Monahan, VAN [Hooking] 5:53
	Billy Harris, NYI [Holding] 6:41
	Dennis Ververgaert, VAN [Hi-sticking] 8:19
	Dave Lewis, NYI [Roughing] 8:19
	Bert Marshall, NYI [Hooking] 17:03

Penalty time: NYI: 14 minutes VAN: 8 minutes

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Glenn Resch	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Hart	2	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
Jean Potvin	4	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Denis Potvin	5	D	0	1	1	0	2	6
Bert Marshall	6	D	0	1	1	2	0	1
Garry Howatt	8	LW	1	0	1	2	1	2
Clark Gillies	9	LW	1	0	1	0	0	3
Lorne Henning	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
Billy MacMillan	11	RW	0	1	1	0	1	0
J.P. Parise	12	LW	1	0	1	2	1	4
Billy Harris	15	RW	0	0	0	4	0	3
Jude Drouin	17	C	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ed Westfall	18	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Trottier	19	C	0	1	1	2	0	1
Andre St. Laurent	21	C	0	0	0	0	1	2
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	0	1	1	0	1	3
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	34
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					10	34

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Robitaille	2	D	0	0	0	2	0	4
Bob Dailey	3	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Mike Walton	4	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Tracy Pratt	5	D	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	0	0	0	1	2
Andre Boudrias	7	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Rick Blight	8	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Don Lever	9	C	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Dennis Ververgaert	10	RW	0	0	0	2	0	4
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	1	0	1	0	0	3
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	0	0	0	0	0	4
John Grisdale	18	D	0	0	0	0	-3	1
John Gould	21	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Gerry O'Flaherty	23	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Garry Monahan	24	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Bob Murray	26	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Snepsts	27	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Curt Ridley	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)							-10	30
TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)					-10	30

Shots: NYI: 11-10-13-34 VAN: 7-10-13-30 Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 2-0-0) VAN: Curt Ridley (L, 0-2-0) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 15,612

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