NHL game summary from December 14, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (13-12-7)	1	2	1	4
New York Islanders (19-7-4)	1	3	0	4

1: NYI, Clark Gillies 14 (Jean Potvin, Andre St. Laurent), 15:21
   NYR, Phil Esposito 13 (Carol Vadnais, Ken Hodge), 18:35 - PP
2: NYI, Lorne Henning 5 (Denis Potvin), 5:51 - SH
   NYI, Clark Gillies 15 (Billy Harris), 8:06 - PP
   NYR, Don Murdoch 24 (Wayne Dillon, Mike McEwen), 10:52 - PP
   NYI, Bryan Trottier 8 (Garry Howatt, Ed Westfall), 19:11
   NYR, Don Murdoch 25 (Walt Tkaczuk, Carol Vadnais), 19:59
3: NYR, Phil Esposito 14 (Ken Hodge, Dave Maloney), 6:24

Penalties:

1: Billy MacMillan, NYI [Roughing] 1:30
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Roughing] 1:30
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 3:04
   Andre St. Laurent, NYI [Hi-sticking] 5:56
   Dave Farrish, NYR [Hi-sticking] 5:56
   Garry Howatt, NYI [Charging] 6:36
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Hooking] 7:22
   J.P. Parise, NYI [Slashing] 9:42
   Bill Goldsworthy, NYR [Roughing, Fighting] 13:58
   Bert Marshall, NYI [Roughing, Fighting] 13:58
   Dave Lewis, NYI [Cross checking] 16:49
2: Gerry Hart, NYI [Hi-sticking] 3:55
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Slashing] 3:55
   Bob Bourne, NYI [Tripping] 4:56
   Don Murdoch, NYR [Tripping] 6:30
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Slashing] 6:55
   Bryan Trottier, NYI [Holding] 10:00
3: Ron Greschner, NYR [Fighting] 7:25
   Bob Nystrom, NYI [Fighting] 7:25
   Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 9:50
   Steve Vickers, NYR [Fighting] 9:50

Penalty time: NYR: 31 minutes
              NYI: 33 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	7	-1	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	2	2	4	1	5
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	5	-2	1
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	1	1	0	-2	3
Bill Goldsworthy	12	RW	0	0	0	7	1	3
Don Murdoch	14	RW	2	0	2	2	1	6
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	1	1	0	1	0
Mark Heaslip	19	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Polis	20	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	0	1	3
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	0	-2	2
Gilles Gratton	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	2	0	2	4	0	7
Ken Hodge	88	RW	0	2	2	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-4	36

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Glenn Resch	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Hart	2	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jean Potvin	4	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Denis Potvin	5	D	0	1	1	0	1	3
Bert Marshall	6	D	0	0	0	7	0	0
Garry Howatt	8	LW	0	1	1	7	1	0
Clark Gillies	9	LW	2	0	2	0	0	6
Lorne Henning	10	C	1	0	1	0	1	1
Billy MacMillan	11	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1
J.P. Parise	12	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	4
Bob Bourne	14	C	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Billy Harris	15	RW	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jude Drouin	17	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Ed Westfall	18	RW	0	1	1	0	1	3
Bryan Trottier	19	C	1	0	1	2	1	1
Andre St. Laurent	21	C	0	1	1	2	1	1
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	0	0	0	5	-1	0
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							3	24


Shots: NYR: 12-15- 9-36
       NYI:  7- 6-11-24

Goalies: NYR: Gilles Gratton (T, 5-7-1)
         NYI: Glenn Resch (T, 13-4-2)

Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Willard Norris, Jim Christison

Attendance: 14,865

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