NHL game summary from April 5, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Blackhawks (26-44-11) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 New York Islanders (48-21-12) |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | CHI, | Grant Mulvey 1 (Ivan Boldirev, Phil Russell), 15:22 - PP |
| 2: | NYI, | J.P. Parise 1, 2:31 |
| CHI, | Kirk Bowman 1 (Dick Redmond, Dale Tallon), 8:24 - PP | |
| 3: | NYI, | Denis Potvin 1 (Billy Harris, Clark Gillies), 3:18 - PP |
| NYI, | Billy MacMillan 1 (Garry Howatt, Andre St. Laurent), 4:53 | |
| NYI, | Bob Bourne 1 (Bob Nystrom, J.P. Parise), 11:56 | |
| NYI, | J.P. Parise 2 (Jude Drouin, Gerry Hart), 19:22 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 14:21 |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Delay of game] 15:09 | |
| John Marks, CHI [Interference] 17:59 | |
| 2: | Randy Holt, CHI [Holding] 3:18 |
| Bob Bourne, NYI [Interference] 8:18 | |
| J.P. Bordeleau, CHI [Hooking] 10:31 | |
| 3: | Phil Russell, CHI [Interference] 2:54 |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Tripping] 7:03 |
Penalty time: CHI: 8 minutes
NYI: 8 minutes
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Holt | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Phil Russell | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Dennis Hull | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Ivan Boldirev | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dick Redmond | 15 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Kirk Bowman | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darcy Rota | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dale Tallon | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Grant Mulvey | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -21 | 16 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -21 | 16 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 37 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 37 | ||||||
Shots: CHI: 6- 7- 3-16
NYI: 11-14-12-37
Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 0-1-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Willard Norris
Attendance: 15,317
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