NHL game summary from April 15, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buffalo Sabres (50-23-13) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
 New York Islanders (45-23-17) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Buffalo Sabres lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Billy Harris 3 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 3:23 |
| NYI, | Jude Drouin 1, 7:17 | |
| 2: | BUF, | Gilbert Perreault 3 (Terry Martin, Lee Fogolin), 11:34 |
| NYI, | J.P. Parise 3 (Jude Drouin, Denis Potvin), 12:39 | |
| BUF, | Don Luce 4 (Craig Ramsay, Jerry Korab), 19:55 | |
| 3: | BUF, | Rick Martin 3 (Rene Robert, Gilbert Perreault), 8:50 - PP |
| NYI, | Billy MacMillan 2 (Bryan Trottier, Garry Howatt), 11:04 | |
| NYI, | Billy Harris 4 (Clark Gillies), 11:39 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Nystrom, NYI 5:01 |
| Jim Lorentz, BUF 5:22 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI 5:22 | |
| Jim Schoenfeld, BUF 10:46 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI 14:44 | |
| 2: | Terry Martin, BUF 1:00 |
| Rene Robert, BUF 6:14 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI 6:14 | |
| Dave Lewis, NYI 7:57 | |
| Bert Marshall, NYI 14:14 | |
| Danny Gare, BUF [minor, major] 16:09 | |
| Billy Smith, NYI [minor, major] 16:09 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI 18:10 | |
| 3: | Gerry Hart, NYI 7:35 |
| Lee Fogolin, BUF 12:59 |
Penalty time: BUF: 17 minutes
NYI: 23 minutes
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Jacques Richard | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Peter McNab | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Spencer | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gerry Desjardins | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -14 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -14 | 28 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Ralph Stewart | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 14 | 37 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 14 | 37 | ||||||
Shots: BUF: 7-15- 6-28
NYI: 16- 9-12-37
Goalies: BUF: Gerry Desjardins (L, 4-2-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 1-1-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Ron Finn
Attendance: 14,865
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