NHL game summary from April 21, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (53-25-8) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Los Angeles Kings (38-36-15) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Boston Bruins win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Rick Middleton 3 (Peter McNab, Wayne Cashman), 3:42 |
| BOS, | Stan Jonathan 4 (Terry O'Reilly), 7:35 | |
| BOS, | Rick Middleton 4 (Mike Milbury, Peter McNab), 7:46 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | LA , | Gary Sargent 3 (Marcel Dionne, Mike Murphy), :42 - PP |
| LA , | Tom Williams 3 (Mike Murphy, Vic Venasky), 5:39 | |
| LA , | Butch Goring 7 (Marcel Dionne, Tom Williams), 8:51 - PP | |
| BOS, | Gregg Sheppard 3, 12:58 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Hi-sticking] 17:26 |
| Bert Wilson, LA [Hi-sticking] 17:26 | |
| 2: | Gary Doak, BOS [Cross checking] 1:11 |
| Larry Brown, LA [Holding] 8:18 | |
| Gene Carr, LA [Hi-sticking] 9:56 | |
| Mike Milbury, BOS [Hi-sticking] 9:56 | |
| Neil Komadoski, LA [Hooking] 17:42 | |
| Brad Park, BOS [Hooking] 18:49 | |
| 3: | Dave Hutchison, LA [Hi-sticking] 6:08 |
| Rick Smith, BOS [Holding] 8:19 | |
| Ab DeMarco, LA [Tripping] 12:12 | |
| Jean Ratelle, BOS [Tripping] 14:24 |
Penalty time: BOS: 12 minutes
LA : 12 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Forbes | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Matti Hagman | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 10 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 10 | 38 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ab Demarco | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Brown | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Hutchison | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Murdoch | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Mike Murphy | 7 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bert Wilson | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Vic Venasky | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Carr | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Schultz | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcel Dionne | 16 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Tom Williams | 17 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Berry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Butch Goring | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Gary Sargent | 22 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Neil Komadoski | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Kozak | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 18 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 18 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 17-13- 8-38
LA : 3- 4-11-18
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 4-1-0)
LA : Rogie Vachon (L, 4-5-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 16,005
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