NHL game summary from April 11, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (44-22-17) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
 Buffalo Sabres (49-22-13) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Buffalo Sabres lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BUF, | Rene Robert 1 (Gilbert Perreault, Terry Martin), 5:37 |
| BUF, | Gilbert Perreault 2 (Terry Martin), 15:30 | |
| 2: | BUF, | Don Luce 2, :19 |
| NYI, | Billy Harris 2, 12:43 | |
| BUF, | Rick Martin 2 (Gilbert Perreault, Jim Lorentz), 16:28 - PP | |
| 3: | NYI, | Bob Nystrom 2 (Denis Potvin, Garry Howatt), 6:19 - PP |
| BUF, | Rene Robert 2 (Jerry Korab, Jim Schoenfeld), 7:26 | |
| NYI, | Garry Howatt 2 (Andre St. Laurent, Bob Nystrom), 16:37 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Don Luce, BUF [Hi-sticking] 6:51 |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Hi-sticking] 6:51 | |
| Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Tripping] 6:51 | |
| J.P. Parise, NYI [Slashing] 9:16 | |
| Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Slashing] 11:18 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Elbowing] 15:50 | |
| Danny Gare, BUF [Hi-sticking] 18:08 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Hi-sticking] 18:08 | |
| 2: | Bill Hajt, BUF [Holding] 8:07 |
| Billy Harris, NYI [Holding] 15:54 | |
| 3: | Jerry Korab, BUF [Holding] 4:31 |
| Bill Hajt, BUF [Cross checking] 7:03 | |
| Billy MacMillan, NYI [Hi-sticking] 7:03 | |
| Bert Marshall, NYI [Tripping] 9:09 | |
| Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Roughing] 13:25 | |
| Jerry Korab, BUF [Cross checking] 16:55 | |
| J.P. Parise, NYI [Holding] 17:53 |
Penalty time: NYI: 16 minutes
BUF: 18 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 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Fortier | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 22 | ||||||
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacques Richard | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Peter McNab | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Spencer | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Desjardins | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 9 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 9 | 26 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 5- 7-10-22
BUF: 9-13- 4-26
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 2-1-0),
Billy Smith BUF: Gerry Desjardins (W, 3-1-0) Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 16,433
Billy Smith BUF: Gerry Desjardins (W, 3-1-0) Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 16,433
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