NHL game summary from January 9, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Los Angeles Kings (14-19-10)	2	1	2	5
New York Rangers (16-16-12)	2	1	1	4

1: LA , Marcel Dionne 22 (Bob Berry), :43
   NYR, Phil Esposito 21 (Carol Vadnais, Mike McEwen), 3:28 - PP
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 6 (Pat Hickey), 16:48
   LA , Butch Goring 14 (Marcel Dionne, Gary Sargent), 18:43 - PP
2: NYR, Phil Esposito 22 (Carol Vadnais, Mike McEwen), 8:30 - PP
   LA , Dave Hutchison 4 (Marcel Dionne, Frank St. Marseille), 15:19
3: LA , Gary Sargent 8 (Marcel Dionne, Frank St. Marseille), 12:40
   NYR, Phil Esposito 23 (Carol Vadnais, Don Murdoch), 19:10
   LA , Marcel Dionne 23 (Frank St. Marseille), 19:30

Penalties:

1: Frank St. Marseille, LA [Holding] 2:50
   Dave Hutchison, LA [Hooking] 4:34
   Dave Schultz, LA [Roughing] 8:14
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 8:14
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Interference] 17:17
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Roughing] 18:18
2: Frank St. Marseille, LA [Hooking] 6:48
   Bench penalty, NYR [Too many men on the ice] 10:56
   Dave Schultz, LA [Misconduct] 13:20
   Don Kozak, LA [Fighting] 17:30
   Bill Goldsworthy, NYR [Fighting] 17:30
   Ken Hodge, NYR [Hooking] 17:54
   Bill Goldsworthy, NYR [Attempt to injure] 20:00
   Don Kozak, LA [Slashing] 20:00
3: Bert Wilson, LA [Roughing] 14:12
   Ken Hodge, NYR [Roughing] 14:12

Penalty time: LA : 27 minutes
              NYR: 27 minutes

LA Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Larry Brown	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Hutchison	4	D	1	0	1	2	0	3
Bob Murdoch	5	D	0	0	0	0	2	2
Mike Murphy	7	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Bert Wilson	8	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Vic Venasky	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Frank St. Marseille	11	RW	0	3	3	4	4	0
Dave Schultz	14	LW	0	0	0	12	0	2
Juha Widing	15	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcel Dionne	16	C	2	3	5	0	4	7
Tom Williams	17	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	8
Bob Berry	18	LW	0	1	1	0	4	0
Butch Goring	19	C	1	0	1	0	-2	4
Gary Sargent	22	D	1	1	2	0	2	3
Neil Komadoski	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Don Kozak	24	RW	0	0	0	7	0	2
Rogie Vachon	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	36

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	3	3	2	-2	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Bill Goldsworthy	12	RW	0	0	0	15	-1	1
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	1	1	0	-2	3
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	1	1	0	0	2
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	2	1	3
Mark Heaslip	19	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Polis	20	RW	0	0	0	0	1	3
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Newman	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	2	-3	3
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	2	2	0	2	2
Gilles Gratton	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	3	0	3	0	-1	11
Ken Hodge	88	RW	0	0	0	4	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-9	36


Shots: LA : 11-17- 8-36
       NYR: 12-12-12-36

Goalies: LA : Rogie Vachon (W, 14-14-8)
         NYR: Gilles Gratton (L, 8-11-6)

Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, John Brown

Attendance: 17,500

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