NHL game summary from April 17, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Boston Bruins (52-24-8)	0	1	3	4
Los Angeles Kings (37-35-15)	2	2	3	7
Boston Bruins lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7)

1: LA , Don Kozak 4, :06
   LA , Frank St. Marseille 1 (Larry Brown, Gary Sargent), 18:39
2: BOS, Peter McNab 2 (Gregg Sheppard, Wayne Cashman), 1:30 - PP
   LA , Butch Goring 6 (Mike Murphy, Tom Williams), 15:56 - PP
   LA , Gary Sargent 2 (Tom Williams, Mike Murphy), 18:40 - PP
3: BOS, Jean Ratelle 2 (Gregg Sheppard, Brad Park), 3:26 - PP
   BOS, Bobby Schmautz 8 (Rick Smith, Jean Ratelle), 5:51
   LA , Marcel Dionne 5 (Neil Komadoski), 10:08
   LA , Mike Murphy 3 (Bob Murdoch, Butch Goring), 10:52
   LA , Gene Carr 1 (Gary Sargent, Bert Wilson), 14:45
   BOS, Rick Middleton 1 (Wayne Cashman, Don Marcotte), 15:08

Penalties:

1: Vic Venasky, LA [Holding] 0:20
   Neil Komadoski, LA [Interference] 4:38
   Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Charging, Roughing double minor] 8:26
   Don Kozak, LA [Roughing] 8:26
   Gary Doak, BOS [Interference] 9:14
   Bob Murdoch, LA [Hi-sticking] 19:28
2: Frank St. Marseille, LA [Interference] 10:33
   Jean Ratelle, BOS [Tripping] 15:40
   Doug Halward, BOS [Holding] 17:21
3: Bert Wilson, LA [Elbowing] 1:31
   Bob Murdoch, LA [Hooking] 6:13
   Bobby Schmautz, BOS [Hi-sticking] 9:24
   Larry Brown, LA [Hi-sticking] 9:24
   Gary Doak, BOS [Interference] 12:02
   Bob Berry, LA [Interference] 16:49

Penalty time: BOS: 16 minutes
              LA : 18 minutes

BOS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gilles Gilbert	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter McNab	8	C	1	0	1	0	1	2
Johnny Bucyk	9	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jean Ratelle	10	C	1	1	2	2	0	5
Bobby Schmautz	11	RW	1	0	1	2	0	4
Wayne Cashman	12	LW	0	2	2	0	1	2
Dave Forbes	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Middleton	16	RW	1	0	1	0	2	2
Stan Jonathan	17	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
John Wensink	18	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Gregg Sheppard	19	C	0	2	2	0	-2	2
Don Marcotte	21	LW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Brad Park	22	D	0	1	1	0	-3	8
Rick Smith	23	D	0	1	1	0	1	3
Terry O'Reilly	24	RW	0	0	0	6	-3	3
Gary Doak	25	D	0	0	0	4	1	1
Mike Milbury	26	D	0	0	0	0	-4	0
Doug Halward	29	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-8	34

LA Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Larry Brown	3	D	0	1	1	2	-1	0
Dave Hutchison	4	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Murdoch	5	D	0	1	1	4	2	2
Mike Murphy	7	RW	1	2	3	0	0	3
Bert Wilson	8	LW	0	1	1	2	0	0
Vic Venasky	10	C	0	0	0	2	1	0
Frank St. Marseille	11	RW	1	0	1	2	0	1
Gene Carr	12	C	1	0	1	0	1	1
Dave Schultz	14	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Marcel Dionne	16	C	1	0	1	0	1	3
Tom Williams	17	LW	0	2	2	0	0	3
Bob Berry	18	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Butch Goring	19	C	1	1	2	0	0	3
Glenn Goldup	21	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Sargent	22	D	1	2	3	0	-1	2
Neil Komadoski	23	D	0	1	1	2	2	0
Don Kozak	24	RW	1	0	1	2	1	1
Rogie Vachon	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							8	22


Shots: BOS: 12- 7-15-34
       LA :  9- 6- 7-22

Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers, Gilles Gilbert (L, 0-1-0)
         LA : Rogie Vachon (W, 3-4-0)

Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Leon Stickle

Attendance: 16,005

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