NHL game summary from April 8, 1976
| 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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