NHL game summary from December 1, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Washington Capitals (7-15-2) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 New York Rangers (11-11-4) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
1: WAS, Guy Charron 15 (Garnet "Ace" Bailey, Jack Lynch), 11:27
2: NYR, Carol Vadnais 2 (Rod Gilbert, Wayne Dillon), 4:22 - PP
NYR, Greg Polis 7 (Don Murdoch, Walt Tkaczuk), 10:32
3: NYR, Don Murdoch 19 (Ron Greschner, Phil Esposito), 5:01
NYR, Don Murdoch 20 (Walt Tkaczuk, Ron Greschner), 18:49 - EN
Penalties:
1: Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 0:40
Gord Lane, WAS [Roughing] 0:40
Steve Vickers, NYR [Hooking] 3:08
Ron Greschner, NYR [Hi-sticking major] 15:29
Bench penalty, NYR [Delay of game] 19:24
2: Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking] 3:35
Ron Lalonde, WAS [Interference] 3:35
Jack Lynch, WAS [Slashing] 3:43
Nick Fotiu, NYR [Elbowing] 11:07
3: none
Penalty time: WAS: 6 minutes
NYR: 15 minutes
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Low | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Lynch | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Green | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gord Smith | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Patey | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Hartland Monahan | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gerry Meehan | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Guy Charron | 15 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jean Lemieux | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Rick Bragnalo | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Watson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony White | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| Mike Lampman | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ron Lalonde | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Sirois | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gord Lane | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Peter Scamurra | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -11 | 28 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | 0 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Dillon | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Greg Polis | 20 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Hodge | 88 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 31 | ||||||
Shots: WAS: 5- 9-14-28
NYR: 12-10- 9-31
Goalies: WAS: Ron Low (L, 4-13-2)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 7-4-4)
Referee: Ron Hoggarth
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Malcolm Ashford
Attendance: 17,500
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