NHL game summary from May 6, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (49-27-17) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (66-12-11) |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | MTL, | Steve Shutt 3 (Guy Lafleur, Guy Lapointe), 2:38 |
| MTL, | Murray Wilson 1 (Yvon Lambert, Bill Nyrop), 10:29 | |
| NYI, | Garry Howatt 5 (Bert Marshall, Andre St. Laurent), 11:52 | |
| MTL, | Serge Savard 3 (Yvan Cournoyer, Yvon Lambert), 19:01 - PP | |
| 3: | MTL, | Pete Mahovlich 3 (Guy Lafleur, Serge Savard), 14:47 - PP |
| NYI, | Bob Nystrom 3 (J.P. Parise, Jude Drouin), 16:30 | |
| MTL, | Steve Shutt 4 (Serge Savard), 17:10 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Clark Gillies, NYI [Hi-sticking] 0:23 |
| Bob Gainey, MTL [Charging] 4:57 | |
| Andre St. Laurent, NYI [Delay of game] 7:44 | |
| Billy Harris, NYI [Holding] 10:39 | |
| Bob Gainey, MTL [Slashing] 10:39 | |
| Serge Savard, MTL [Hooking] 17:31 | |
| 2: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 17:31 |
| 3: | Doug Risebrough, MTL [Tripping] 8:42 |
| Bench penalty, NYI [Not proceeding directly to penalty box] 13:05 | |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing] 13:05 |
Penalty time: NYI: 12 minutes
MTL: 8 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 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ralph Stewart | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 23 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 9- 8- 6-23
MTL: 5-15-13-33
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 3-3-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 8-1-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 16,794
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