NHL game summary from May 9, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Flyers (59-18-16) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (67-12-11) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | PHI, | Reggie Leach 16 (Bobby Clarke, Jack McIlhargey), :21 |
| PHI, | Ross Lonsberry 4 (Mel Bridgman, Tom Bladon), 13:22 | |
| 2: | MTL, | Jimmy Roberts 3 (Bob Gainey, Doug Risebrough), 4:04 |
| MTL, | Larry Robinson 3 (Pete Mahovlich, Guy Lafleur), 6:30 | |
| 3: | PHI, | Larry Goodenough 3 (Gary Dornhoefer), 5:17 - PP |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 2 (Bill Nyrop), 10:02 | |
| MTL, | Guy Lapointe 3 (Steve Shutt), 18:38 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Tom Bladon, PHI [Elbowing] 2:32 |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Tripping] 9:28 | |
| Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Tripping] 11:05 | |
| Mario Tremblay, MTL [Roughing] 14:34 | |
| Dave Schultz, PHI [Roughing double minor] 14:34 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Roughing] 17:09 | |
| Bobby Clarke, PHI [Roughing] 17:09 | |
| 2: | Don Saleski, PHI [Roughing] 5:59 |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Roughing double minor] 5:59 | |
| Bob Gainey, MTL [Hi-sticking] 11:50 | |
| Jimmy Watson, PHI [Slashing] 11:50 | |
| Joe Watson, PHI [Holding] 13:44 | |
| Bob Gainey, MTL [Elbowing] 16:26 | |
| Mel Bridgman, PHI [Roughing] 16:26 | |
| 3: | Pierre Bouchard, MTL [Holding] 4:09 |
| Dave Schultz, PHI [Hooking] 6:29 |
Penalty time: PHI: 20 minutes
MTL: 16 minutes
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Larry Goodenough | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Schultz | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Watson | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Wayne Stephenson | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 20 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 36 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 4- 8- 8-20
MTL: 11-16- 9-36
Goalies: PHI: Wayne Stephenson (L, 4-1-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 9-1-0)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Matt Pavelich
Attendance: 17,582
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