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All NHL game summaries from April 17, 1977



Team123F
New York Islanders (53-21-12) 1 2 1 4
Buffalo Sabres (50-28-8) 1 1 1 3
New York Islanders win, 4 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: BUF,Jocelyn Guevremont 3, 2:49
NYI,Billy Harris 3 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier), 10:29 - PP
2: BUF,Don Luce 3 (Gilbert Perreault, Jocelyn Guevremont), 6:16 - PP
NYI,Ed Westfall 1 (Lorne Henning), 9:54 - SH
NYI,Denis Potvin 2 (Ed Westfall, Dave Lewis), 18:51
3: BUF,Rene Robert 5 (Gilbert Perreault), 4:57
NYI,Billy MacMillan 2 (Andre St. Laurent), 7:42
Penalties:

1: Billy MacMillan, NYI [Slashing] 6:43
Danny Gare, BUF [Cross checking] 10:11
Jerry Korab, BUF [Hi-sticking] 12:41
J.P. Parise, NYI [Hi-sticking] 12:41
Denis Potvin, NYI [Holding] 14:35
2: Clark Gillies, NYI [Fighting] 0:17
Danny Gare, BUF [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 0:17
Rick Martin, BUF [Hi-sticking] 3:16
Gerry Desjardins, BUF [Hooking] 4:02
Bob Bourne, NYI [Slashing] 4:02
Billy Harris, NYI [Slashing] 4:58
Garry Howatt, NYI [Elbowing, Fighting] 8:39
Gerry Hart, NYI [Fighting] 8:39
Rick Martin, BUF [Fighting] 8:39
Rene Robert, BUF [Fighting] 8:39
Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Interference] 10:16
Billy Smith, NYI [Slashing] 10:16
Jerry Korab, BUF [Hi-sticking] 12:10
Jude Drouin, NYI [Slashing] 12:10
Jerry Korab, BUF [Hooking] 14:23
Clark Gillies, NYI [Hi-sticking] 16:53
Jerry Korab, BUF [Hi-sticking] 16:53
3: Bill Hajt, BUF [Cross checking] 1:45
Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Hi-sticking] 8:57
Penalty time: NYI: 33 minutes BUF: 37 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 5 -1 2
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Denis Potvin 5 D 1 0 1 2 2 2
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 7 1 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 1 1 7 0 2
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Billy MacMillan 11 RW 1 0 1 2 0 2
J.P. Parise 12 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Billy Harris 15 RW 1 0 1 2 0 1
Jude Drouin 17 C 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Ed Westfall 18 RW 1 1 2 0 0 1
Bryan Trottier 19 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Andre St. Laurent 21 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 1 1 0 2 0
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)321
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)321

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 8 -1 2
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 4 1 3
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 7 0 3
Jim Lorentz 8 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 2 2 0 -2 4
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rene Robert 14 RW 1 0 1 5 -1 2
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanfield 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 9 0 3
Don Luce 20 C 1 0 1 0 0 4
Brian Spencer 21 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 1 1 2 0 1 3
Ken Breitenbach 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Alec Tidey 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gerry Desjardins 30 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-429
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-429
Shots: NYI: 6- 7- 8-21 BUF: 5-14-10-29 Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 6-0-0) BUF: Gerry Desjardins (L, 0-1-0) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Ron Finn Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
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#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-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)-834
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-834

LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-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)822
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)822
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



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (64-8-12) 1 0 3 4
St. Louis Blues (32-43-9) 0 1 0 1
Montreal Canadiens win, 4 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: MTL,Steve Shutt 3 (Pete Mahovlich, Larry Robinson), 18:21 - PP
2: STL,Larry Patey 1 (Bob Gassoff), 2:46
3: MTL,Guy Lafleur 5 (Steve Shutt), 2:34
MTL,Pete Mahovlich 1 (Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt), 14:49
MTL,Bob Gainey 2 (Doug Jarvis, Serge Savard), 19:55 - SH-EN
Penalties:

1: Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Slashing] 5:42
Brian Sutter, STL [Cross checking] 7:09
Rejean Houle, MTL [Hooking] 9:54
Floyd Thomson, STL [Slashing] 12:35
Jerry Butler, STL [Slashing] 17:12
Rod Seiling, STL [Boarding] 19:55
Bob Gainey, MTL [Elbowing] 19:55
2: Bernie Federko, STL [Cross checking] 8:43
Doug Risebrough, MTL [Hi-sticking] 8:43
Mario Tremblay, MTL [Roughing] 8:43
Brian Sutter, STL [Roughing] 8:43
3: Bob Gassoff, STL [Slashing] 4:07
Mario Tremblay, MTL [Hooking] 12:20
Rejean Houle, MTL [Hooking] 19:14
Penalty time: MTL: 14 minutes STL: 14 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Nyrop 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Roberts 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 1 1 2 0 2 4
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 4 0 1
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 0 0 4 -1 3
Murray Wilson 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Serge Savard 18 D 0 1 1 0 2 4
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 1 1 2 2 1 4
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Steve Shutt 22 LW 1 2 3 0 2 3
Bob Gainey 23 LW 1 0 1 2 1 4
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)931
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)931

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Gassoff 3 D 0 1 1 2 0 2
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Plager 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Larry Patey 6 C 1 0 1 0 1 4
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Red Berenson 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rod Seiling 10 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Brian Sutter 11 LW 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Claude Larose 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Gilles Marotte 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pierre Plante 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Floyd Thomson 18 LW 0 0 0 2 1 0
Bob MacMillan 21 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Bernie Federko 24 C 0 0 0 2 -2 6
Ted Irvine 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Bourbonnais 28 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ed Staniowski 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1125
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1125
Shots: MTL: 11-10-10-31 STL: 10- 6- 9-25 Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 4-0-0) STL: Ed Staniowski (L, 0-2-0) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 13,763



Team1234F
Philadelphia Flyers (50-18-16) 1 1 3 1 6
Toronto Maple Leafs (37-35-15) 0 3 2 0 5
Series tied, 2-2   (best of 7)

1: PHI,Bobby Clarke 1 (Rick MacLeish, Reggie Leach), 13:28 - PP
2: TOR,Lanny McDonald 5 (Bob Neely, Pat Boutette), 4:03
TOR,Borje Salming 3 (Lanny McDonald, Darryl Sittler), 6:16 - PP
PHI,Reggie Leach 1 (Tom Bladon), 11:21
TOR,Lanny McDonald 6 (Ian Turnbull, Borje Salming), 18:45 - PP
3: TOR,Lanny McDonald 7 (Dave "Tiger" Williams, Darryl Sittler), 6:24
TOR,Lanny McDonald 8 (Darryl Sittler, Pat Boutette), 12:44 - PP
PHI,Mel Bridgman 1 (Bob Dailey, Rick MacLeish), 14:11 - SH
PHI,Tom Bladon 1 (Paul Holmgren, Bill Barber), 18:11
PHI,Bobby Clarke 2 (Tom Bladon, Bob Dailey), 18:27
4: PHI,Reggie Leach 2 (Rick MacLeish), 19:10
Penalties:

1: Tom Bladon, PHI [Holding] 5:39
Pat Boutette, TOR [Tripping] 12:58
Andre Dupont, PHI [Slashing] 13:48
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Interference] 15:16
Wayne Stephenson, PHI [Roughing] 15:16
Bob Dailey, PHI [Tripping] 15:38
Randy Carlyle, TOR [Hooking] 18:44
2: Bob Dailey, PHI [Tripping] 5:14
Andre Dupont, PHI [Fighting, Game misconduct] 11:04
Mike Pelyk, TOR [Roughing] 11:04
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Interference] 17:17
3: Mel Bridgman, PHI [Roughing] 2:50
Pat Boutette, TOR [Roughing] 2:50
Pat Boutette, TOR [Hooking] 10:28
Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Interference] 12:20
Ross Lonsberry, PHI [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 12:20
Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Game misconduct] 12:44
Ross Lonsberry, PHI [Misconduct, Game misconduct] 12:44
4: Bob Kelly, PHI [Tripping] 7:53
Penalty time: PHI: 65 minutes TOR: 12 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 2 2 4 3 6
Tom Bladon 3 D 1 2 3 2 2 5
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 17 0 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 1 1 0 2 6
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 1 0 1 2 1 2
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Dornhoefer 12 RW 0 0 0 12 0 0
Joe Watson 14 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Clarke 16 C 2 0 2 0 1 3
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 1 1 2 1 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 22 -2 3
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 3 3 0 3 7
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Reggie Leach 27 RW 2 1 3 0 1 6
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1345
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1345

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 1 1 0 -1 6
Bob Neely 3 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Tracy Pratt 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 4 1 5 0 0 8
Don Ashby 9 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
George Ferguson 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Stan Weir 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 2 2 6 0 1
Jim McKenny 18 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Borje Salming 21 D 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 1 1 2 -1 3
Randy Carlyle 23 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 3 3 0 -1 5
Mike Pelyk 28 D 0 0 0 2 -2 3
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1442
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1442
Shots: PHI: 10-10-17- 8-45 TOR: 12-12-10- 8-42 Goalies: PHI: Wayne Stephenson (W, 2-0-0) TOR: Mike Palmateer (L, 3-2-0) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Willard Norris Attendance: 16,485



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