NHL game summary from December 20, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Montreal Canadiens (26-5-4)	2	3	0	5
Vancouver Canucks (9-23-3)	1	1	2	4

1: VAN, Andy Spruce 6 (Larry Carriere, Dennis Kearns), 1:46
   MTL, Guy Lafleur 26 (Steve Shutt), 13:53 - PP
   MTL, Rejean Houle 11 (Guy Lafleur, Guy Lapointe), 16:49 - PP
2: MTL, Serge Savard 4 (Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis), 2:43
   VAN, Bob Dailey 3 (Don Lever), 5:49
   MTL, Murray Wilson 4 (Doug Risebrough), 14:20
   MTL, Doug Jarvis 9 (Murray Wilson), 18:20
3: VAN, Ron Sedlbauer 4 (Dennis Ververgaert, Don Lever), 6:49
   VAN, Rick Blight 17 (Dennis Ververgaert, Ron Sedlbauer), 17:13 - PP

Penalties:

1: Bill Nyrop, MTL [Holding] 4:35
   Serge Savard, MTL [Hooking] 6:15
   Gerry O'Flaherty, VAN [Hooking] 9:30
   Andy Spruce, VAN [Boarding] 13:03
   Harold Snepsts, VAN [Delay of game] 13:30
   Serge Savard, MTL [Hooking] 15:07
   Mike Robitaille, VAN [Hooking] 16:12
   Dennis Ververgaert, VAN [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 16:12
   Bob Dailey, VAN [Tripping] 19:04
2: Rick Chartraw, MTL [Charging] 9:23
3: Doug Risebrough, MTL [Slashing] 15:42

Penalty time: MTL: 10 minutes
              VAN: 12 minutes

MTL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Michel Larocque	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nyrop	2	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Guy Lapointe	5	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Jimmy Roberts	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Risebrough	8	C	0	1	1	2	0	0
Guy Lafleur	10	RW	1	1	2	0	0	1
Yvon Lambert	11	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mario Tremblay	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rejean Houle	15	LW	1	0	1	0	0	2
Murray Wilson	17	LW	1	1	2	0	0	2
Serge Savard	18	D	1	0	1	4	1	3
Pete Mahovlich	20	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Jarvis	21	C	1	1	2	0	0	2
Steve Shutt	22	LW	0	1	1	0	0	3
Bob Gainey	23	LW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Jacques Lemaire	25	C	0	0	0	0	0	5
Pierre Bouchard	26	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Chartraw	27	D	0	0	0	2	-1	2
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							0	27

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Robitaille	2	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Bob Dailey	3	D	1	0	1	2	0	1
Mike Walton	4	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Carriere	5	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Rick Blight	8	RW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Don Lever	9	C	0	2	2	0	-1	1
Dennis Ververgaert	10	RW	0	2	2	2	-1	1
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	1	1	2	0	-1	4
Bobby Lalonde	20	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Spruce	22	LW	1	0	1	2	1	1
Gerry O'Flaherty	23	LW	0	0	0	2	0	3
Harold Snepsts	27	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Curt Ridley	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)							0	20


Shots: MTL: 12- 7- 8-27
       VAN:  8- 5- 7-20

Goalies: MTL: Michel Larocque (W, 8-1-0)
         VAN: Curt Ridley (L, 6-14-2)

Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Randy Mitton

Attendance: n/a

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