NHL game summary from January 20, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (22-16-8) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
 Minnesota North Stars (10-24-11) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1: | ATL, | Willi Plett 17 (Barry Gibbs), 4:47 |
| MIN, | Ernie Hicke 13 (Roland Eriksson, Lou Nanne), 9:46 - PP | |
| MIN, | Glen Sharpley 18 (Roland Eriksson, Tim Young), 12:49 - PP | |
| ATL, | Eric Vail 19 (Willi Plett, Tom Lysiak), 16:54 - PP | |
| MIN, | Tim Young 18 (Roland Eriksson, Lou Nanne), 19:23 - PP | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | ATL, | Ken Houston 14 (Guy Chouinard, Barry Gibbs), 2:13 |
| MIN, | Tim Young 19 (Glen Sharpley, Dean Talafous), 5:41 | |
| ATL, | Larry Romanchych 1 (Guy Chouinard, Bobby Simpson), 12:12 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rey Comeau, ATL [Hooking] 8:23 |
| Tom Lysiak, ATL [Hi-sticking] 10:44 | |
| Randy Manery, ATL [Tripping] 11:37 | |
| Tom Younghans, MIN [Tripping] 16:12 | |
| Ed Kea, ATL [Tripping] 17:50 | |
| 2: | John Gould, ATL [Elbowing] 5:40 |
| Pat Quinn, ATL [Tripping] 9:17 | |
| 3: | Pat Quinn, ATL [Tripping] 3:26 |
| Barry Gibbs, ATL [Hi-sticking] 8:03 | |
| Glen Sharpley, MIN [Tripping] 8:18 |
Penalty time: ATL: 16 minutes
MIN: 4 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pat Quinn | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Curt Bennett | 5 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Randy Manery | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Romanchych | 9 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Hicks | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Glen Sharpley | 7 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Pirus | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Jensen | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernie Hicke | 14 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| Dean Talafous | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 8 |
| Tom Reid | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hogaboam | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Roland Eriksson | 22 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lou Nanne | 23 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rich Nantais | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Beverley | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Jim Roberts | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Smith | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 34 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 34 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 13- 6- 9-28
MIN: 17-11- 6-34
Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (T, 10-8-4)
MIN: Gary Smith (T, 8-11-5)
Referee: Ron Hoggarth
Linesmen: John D'Amico, John Brown
Attendance: 7,479
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