NHL game summary from December 22, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (11-18-4) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Atlanta Flames (16-12-7) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1: | ATL, | Willi Plett 11 (Rey Comeau, Rick Bowness), 19:29 |
| 2: | ATL, | Ken Houston 9 (Ed Kea, Guy Chouinard), 13:41 |
| DET, | Walt McKechnie 13 (Nick Libett, Dennis Polonich), 15:45 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dennis Hextall, DET [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 3:32 | |
| Willi Plett, ATL [Roughing, Fighting] 3:32 | ||
| Willi Plett, ATL [Fighting] 12:36 | ||
| Dan Maloney, DET [Fighting] 12:36 | ||
| Rick Lapointe, DET [Hooking] 14:56 | ||
| 2: | Ken Houston, ATL [Slashing] 8:57 | |
| Jean Hamel, DET [Hooking] 16:06 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: DET: 16 minutes
ATL: 14 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Nahrgang | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Lapointe | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Maloney | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Walt McKechnie | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| J.P. Leblanc | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Michel Bergeron | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Wilson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bloom | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred "Buster" Harvey | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Quinn | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Randy Manery | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Bowness | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 7-10-10-27
ATL: 16-10-12-38
Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 4-9-3)
ATL: Dan Bouchard (W, 9-5-3)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: John D'Amico, John Brown
Attendance: 14,244
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