NHL game summary from December 8, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (12-13-3) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 New York Rangers (12-11-6) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1: | STL, | Pierre Plante 11 (Bob MacMillan, Garry Unger), 4:44 - PP |
| NYR, | Wayne Dillon 6 (Rod Gilbert), 5:23 | |
| STL, | Larry Patey 8 (Floyd Thomson), 12:12 - SH | |
| STL, | Claude Larose 10 (Derek Sanderson, Bob MacMillan), 15:54 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Wayne Dillon 7 (Dave Farrish, Rod Gilbert), 2:58 |
| NYR, | Wayne Dillon 8 (Rod Gilbert, Carol Vadnais), 14:00 - PP | |
| STL, | Derek Sanderson 7, 16:56 | |
| NYR, | Dave Farrish 1 (Don Murdoch, Greg Polis), 17:58 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Walt Tkaczuk, NYR 4:02 | |
| Garry Unger, STL 8:31 | ||
| Bob Gassoff, STL 10:26 | ||
| 2: | Bob Gassoff, STL 4:57 | |
| Rod Seiling, STL [double minor] 13:42 | ||
| Dave Maloney, NYR 18:26 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: STL: 10 minutes
NYR: 4 minutes
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnston | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gassoff | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Affleck | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Red Berenson | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gilles Marotte | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Plante | 16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Floyd Thomson | 18 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek Sanderson | 19 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob MacMillan | 21 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Ogilvie | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hess | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 26 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | 0 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wayne Dillon | 9 | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Polis | 20 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Ken Hodge | 88 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 9- 8- 9-26
NYR: 14-16- 8-38
Goalies: STL: Eddie Johnston (T, 5-4-2)
NYR: John Davidson (T, 8-4-6)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 17,500
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