NHL game summary from April 27, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (48-24-17) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (63-11-11) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYI, | Ed Westfall 2 (Denis Potvin), 3:40 |
| MTL, | Steve Shutt 1 (Guy Lafleur, Serge Savard), 8:05 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Billy MacMillan 3 (Denis Potvin, Jude Drouin), 6:59 |
| MTL, | Larry Robinson 2 (Yvan Cournoyer, Doug Jarvis), 13:18 | |
| MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 2 (Jacques Lemaire), 14:44 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bryan Trottier, NYI [Interference] 0:29 |
| Murray Wilson, MTL [Hi-sticking] 6:51 | |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hi-sticking] 6:51 | |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Tripping] 7:51 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Interference] 15:31 | |
| J.P. Parise, NYI [Tripping] 18:43 | |
| Dave Lewis, NYI [Roughing] 18:49 | |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Roughing] 18:49 | |
| 2: | Bob Gainey, MTL [Interference] 1:16 |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Interference] 5:29 | |
| Lorne Henning, NYI [Tripping] 6:32 | |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Interference] 6:49 | |
| 3: | Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Interference] 1:09 |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 9:41 |
Penalty time: NYI: 16 minutes
MTL: 12 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ralph Stewart | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -4 | 17 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -4 | 17 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 7- 6- 4-17
MTL: 13- 9- 7-29
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (L, 4-2-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 5-0-0)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Matt Pavelich
Attendance: 16,594
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