NHL game summary from December 12, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (23-5-4) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 New York Rangers (13-12-6) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
1: MTL, Jimmy Roberts 2 (Rejean Houle), 3:01
NYR, Don Murdoch 23 (Greg Polis, Walt Tkaczuk), 7:50
NYR, Wayne Dillon 9 (Mike McEwen, Rod Gilbert), 10:32
2: MTL, Serge Savard 3 (Yvon Lambert, Doug Risebrough), 4:24
NYR, Wayne Dillon 10 (Rod Gilbert, Carol Vadnais), 6:29
NYR, Bill Goldsworthy 6 (Ken Hodge), 9:05
3: NYR, Greg Polis 8 (Wayne Dillon, Rod Gilbert), 13:35
Penalties:
1: Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Slashing] 19:54
2: Dave Farrish, NYR [Holding] 2:18
Guy Lafleur, MTL [Hi-sticking] 12:46
3: none
Penalty time: MTL: 4 minutes
NYR: 2 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -15 | 30 | ||||||
| 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 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wayne Dillon | 9 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Greg Polis | 20 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Gilles Gratton | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Hodge | 88 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 39 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 13-10- 7-30
NYR: 12-13-14-39
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 18-4-4)
NYR: John Davidson, Gilles Gratton (W, 5-7-0)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Willard Norris, Randy Mitton
Attendance: 17,500
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