NHL game summary from December 8, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (14-8-6) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
 Minnesota North Stars (6-18-4) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1: | ATL, | Rey Comeau 4, 8:19 |
| ATL, | Willi Plett 8 (Richard Mulhern), 16:53 | |
| 2: | ATL, | Tom Lysiak 9 (Willi Plett, Randy Manery), 4:33 |
| ATL, | Tim Ecclestone 3 (Rick Bowness, Bill Clement), 19:03 | |
| 3: | ATL, | Tom Lysiak 10 (Richard Mulhern, Barry Gibbs), 1:28 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Doug Hicks, MIN [Tripping] 3:19 |
| Richard Mulhern, ATL [Elbowing] 12:10 | |
| Bobby Simpson, ATL [Tripping] 19:51 | |
| 2: | Ken Houston, ATL [Elbowing] 11:54 |
| 3: | Tom Lysiak, ATL [Elbowing] 11:50 |
Penalty time: ATL: 8 minutes
MIN: 2 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Myre | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Curt Bennett | 5 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Manery | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 14 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Bowness | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 25 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 25 | 23 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Bialowas | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Doug Hicks | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Glen Sharpley | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Blake Dunlop | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Alex Pirus | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Steve Jensen | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernie Hicke | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Hogaboam | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Roland Eriksson | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Nick Beverley | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jim Roberts | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Harrison | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -25 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -25 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 7-10- 6-23
MIN: 7-12-10-29
Goalies: ATL: Phil Myre (W, 6-5-4)
MIN: Paul Harrison (L, 0-2-0)
Referee: Bob Kilger
Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Swede Knox
Attendance: 6,085
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