NHL game summary from December 23, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Penguins (14-16-5) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Detroit Red Wings (12-18-4) |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | DET, | Bill Lochead 5 (Rick Lapointe), 7:07 |
| 3: | PIT, | Greg Malone 6 (Ron Stackhouse, Pierre Larouche), 3:34 - PP |
| PIT, | Pierre Larouche 12 (Mike Corrigan, Rick Kehoe), 4:50 | |
| DET, | Walt McKechnie 14 (Nick Libett, Al Cameron), 10:34 | |
| DET, | Bill Lochead 6 (Dennis Hextall), 11:57 | |
| DET, | Jim Nahrgang 2 (Fred "Buster" Harvey), 19:00 - SH-EN | |
| DET, | Rick Wilson 2 (Dennis Hextall, Fred "Buster" Harvey), 19:43 - EN | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dan Maloney, DET [Fighting] 9:59 | |
| Ron Stackhouse, PIT [Fighting] 9:59 | ||
| Bill Lochead, DET [Fighting] 13:00 | ||
| Russ Anderson, PIT [Fighting] 13:00 | ||
| Rick Wilson, DET [Holding] 19:24 | ||
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | Dennis Hextall, DET [Tripping] 2:07 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing] 17:08 | ||
Penalty time: PIT: 10 minutes
DET: 16 minutes
| PIT Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Herron | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| Dave Burrows | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Steve Lyon | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Anderson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Kehoe | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Blair Chapman | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Pierre Larouche | 10 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Wayne Bianchin | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Lew Morrison | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Schock | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Bob Kelly | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Awrey | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dennis Owchar | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Syl Apps | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Mike Corrigan | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -22 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -22 | 21 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Nahrgang | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Lapointe | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Maloney | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Walt McKechnie | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J.P. Leblanc | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Michel Bergeron | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Wilson | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Bloom | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fred "Buster" Harvey | 27 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 19 | 42 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 19 | 42 | ||||||
Shots: PIT: 8- 3-10-21
DET: 13-19-10-42
Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (L, 4-4-0)
DET: Jim Rutherford (W, 5-9-3)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Bob Luther
Attendance: 8,872
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