NHL game summary from January 16, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (17-18-12) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
 Chicago Blackhawks (16-23-6) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1: NYR, Dan Newman 2 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 5:51
NYR, Ken Hodge 13 (Carol Vadnais), 10:27 - PP
NYR, Rod Gilbert 17 (Wayne Dillon, Steve Vickers), 16:22
CHI, Dale Tallon 5 (J.P. Bordeleau, Ivan Boldirev), 19:08
2: CHI, Alain Daigle 7 (Grant Mulvey, Pit Martin), 11:43
3: NYR, Rod Gilbert 18 (Wayne Dillon, Steve Vickers), 17:41
NYR, Nick Fotiu 3 (Ron Greschner), 19:53
Penalties:
1: Bob Murray, CHI [Cross checking] 8:29
Greg Polis, NYR [Hooking] 19:30
2: Phil Russell, CHI [Cross checking, Fighting] 2:59
Mark Heaslip, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 2:59
Dave Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 14:00
3: Rod Gilbert, NYR [Hooking] 1:39
Penalty time: NYR: 13 minutes
CHI: 9 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Soetaert | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Wayne Dillon | 9 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Mark Heaslip | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Polis | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Newman | 24 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Hodge | 88 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 41 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Villemure | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Orr | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Phil Russell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Murray | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivan Boldirev | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Dick Redmond | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Alain Daigle | 17 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Darcy Rota | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Dale Tallon | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grant Mulvey | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 17-10-14-41
CHI: 8- 6-15-29
Goalies: NYR: Doug Soetaert (W, 1-0-0)
CHI: Gilles Villemure (L, 0-2-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Bob Luther, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 8,850
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