NHL game summary from December 16, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (12-16-4) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Boston Bruins (20-9-2) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1: | BOS, | Johnny Bucyk 11 (Dallas Smith), 10:07 |
| STL, | Larry Patey 10 (Bob Gassoff, Rod Seiling), 17:22 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Gregg Sheppard 12 (Brad Park, Wayne Cashman), 13:21 - PP |
| BOS, | Terry O'Reilly 2 (Jean Ratelle, Brad Park), 15:29 | |
| STL, | Larry Patey 11 (Rod Seiling), 19:58 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Terry O'Reilly 3 (Hank Nowak, Peter McNab), :26 |
| BOS, | Rick Middleton 10 (Jean Ratelle, Brad Park), 10:42 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dallas Smith, BOS [Tripping] 4:23 | |
| Gary Doak, BOS [Hi-sticking] 10:16 | ||
| Bob Gassoff, STL [Hi-sticking] 10:16 | ||
| Dallas Smith, BOS [Hooking] 14:32 | ||
| 2: | Bob Plager, STL [Tripping] 1:02 | |
| Bruce Affleck, STL [Hooking] 8:43 | ||
| Chuck Lefley, STL [Tripping] 11:53 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: STL: 8 minutes
BOS: 6 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bruce Affleck | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Bob Plager | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Berenson | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | 10 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Larose | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gilles Marotte | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pierre Plante | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Floyd Thomson | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Sanderson | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Bob MacMillan | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Hess | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Lefley | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Ted Irvine | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 24 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Edestrand | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dave Forbes | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Hank Nowak | 18 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matti Hagman | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 40 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 40 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 12- 6- 6-24
BOS: 11-18-11-40
Goalies: STL: Eddie Johnston (L, 5-5-3)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 11-3-1)
Referee: Denis Morel
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 10,008
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