NHL game summary from April 17, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buffalo Sabres (50-24-13) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
 New York Islanders (46-23-17) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Series tied, 2-2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Denis Potvin 2 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 2:08 - PP |
| BUF, | Rene Robert 3 (Jocelyn Guevremont, Terry Martin), 5:25 | |
| 2: | NYI, | Garry Howatt 3 (Gerry Hart, Bob Nystrom), 13:00 |
| NYI, | Denis Potvin 3 (Ed Westfall, Jude Drouin), 18:02 | |
| NYI, | Billy Harris 5 (Clark Gillies, Dave Lewis), 18:44 | |
| 3: | BUF, | Danny Gare 4 (Don Luce, Jocelyn Guevremont), 12:31 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Tripping] 0:19 |
| Bert Marshall, NYI [Tripping] 3:22 | |
| Lee Fogolin, BUF [Hi-sticking] 3:46 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 3:46 | |
| Jacques Richard, BUF [Roughing] 6:22 | |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing] 6:22 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Roughing] 7:28 | |
| Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Holding] 8:22 | |
| 2: | Jocelyn Guevremont, BUF [Hooking] 15:53 |
| 3: | Garry Howatt, NYI [Interference] 7:40 |
| Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Interference] 7:48 |
Penalty time: BUF: 12 minutes
NYI: 10 minutes
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jacques Richard | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter McNab | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Brian Spencer | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Desjardins | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -6 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -6 | 29 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 6 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 6 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: BUF: 13- 8- 8-29
NYI: 7-10- 6-23
Goalies: BUF: Gerry Desjardins (L, 4-3-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 2-1-0)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Ron Finn
Attendance: 14,865
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