NHL game summary from March 25, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (28-34-14) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Washington Capitals (21-40-14) |
1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
1: WAS, Garnet "Ace" Bailey 17 (Bill Collins, Ron Lalonde), 5:50
2: WAS, Garnet "Ace" Bailey 18 (Ron Lalonde, Bob Paradise), 1:49
WAS, Guy Charron 34 (Bob Sirois), 12:08
WAS, Gerry Meehan 26 (Hartland Monahan, Bryan Watson), 12:47
NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 12 (Bill Goldsworthy, Nick Fotiu), 13:12
WAS, Bill Collins 10 (Ron Lalonde, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), 13:41
WAS, Tony White 10, 19:21
3: WAS, Bill Collins 11 (Garnet "Ace" Bailey, Yvon Labre), 1:57
NYR, Steve Vickers 22 (Ken Hodge, Wayne Dillon), 16:24
Penalties:
1: Ron Greschner, NYR [Roughing] 13:19
Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 19:09
2: Bench penalty, WAS [Too many men on the ice] 8:12
Gord Lane, WAS [Holding] 16:19
3: Gord Lane, WAS [Holding] 3:11
Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hi-sticking] 6:50
Bill Riley, WAS [Hi-sticking] 6:50
Gord Lane, WAS [Roughing, Game misconduct] 9:53
Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 9:53
Gord Smith, WAS [Hooking] 14:14
Phil Esposito, NYR [Game misconduct] 20:00
Penalty time: NYR: 38 minutes
WAS: 22 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | 0 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| Rod Gilbert | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Wayne Dillon | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Polis | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Newman | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Gilles Gratton | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 6 |
| Ken Hodge | 88 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -25 | 43 | ||||||
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Lynch | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bob Paradise | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gord Smith | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Yvon Labre | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Riley | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 9 | LW | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Craig Patrick | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hartland Monahan | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Meehan | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Charron | 15 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rick Bragnalo | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Watson | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony White | 20 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Lalonde | 22 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Sirois | 25 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Collins | 26 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Gord Lane | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernie Wolfe | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Crozier | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 25 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 8-16-19-43
WAS: 12- 8- 9-29
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 14-12-6), Gilles Gratton
WAS: Roger Crozier, Bernie Wolfe (W, 6-14-9)
Referee: Bob Kilger
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Swede Knox
Attendance: 14,160
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