NHL game summary from May 4, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (65-12-11) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
 New York Islanders (49-26-17) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Jude Drouin 5 (Denis Potvin), 6:55 |
| NYI, | Denis Potvin 5 (Jude Drouin, J.P. Parise), 7:30 | |
| 2: | NYI, | Jude Drouin 6 (Bob Nystrom, Denis Potvin), 5:53 |
| NYI, | Billy MacMillan 4 (Garry Howatt, Andre St. Laurent), 13:29 | |
| 3: | MTL, | Guy Lafleur 4 (Jacques Lemaire), 17:21 |
| MTL, | Guy Lafleur 5 (Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe), 18:26 | |
| NYI, | Lorne Henning 2, 19:14 - PP-EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Charging] 1:41 |
| Billy MacMillan, NYI [Roughing] 5:30 | |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Roughing] 5:30 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Holding] 10:34 | |
| 2: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 6:35 |
| 3: | Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hi-sticking] 1:58 |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Roughing] 5:08 | |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing] 5:08 | |
| Billy MacMillan, NYI [Hooking] 6:01 | |
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Charging] 11:28 | |
| Andre St. Laurent, NYI [Hi-sticking] 14:23 | |
| Mario Tremblay, MTL [Fighting] 17:10 | |
| Dave Lewis, NYI [Fighting] 17:10 | |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Roughing double minor, Misconduct] 17:10 | |
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing, Misconduct] 17:10 |
Penalty time: MTL: 29 minutes
NYI: 29 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -2 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 38 | ||||||
| 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Fortier | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ralph Stewart | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 16- 9-13-38
NYI: 12- 9-12-33
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 7-1-0)
NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 3-2-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 14,865
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