NHL game summary from April 26, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (53-23-12) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (66-8-12) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MTL, | Jimmy Roberts 1, 7:46 - SH |
| MTL, | Larry Robinson 2 (Murray Wilson, Doug Jarvis), 11:31 | |
| MTL, | Pete Mahovlich 3 (Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt), 19:24 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Doug Jarvis, MTL [Hi-sticking] 7:26 |
| Andre St. Laurent, NYI [Hi-sticking] 7:26 | |
| Jude Drouin, NYI [Tripping] 10:11 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hooking] 18:31 | |
| 2: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 3:06 |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Elbowing, Roughing] 7:30 | |
| Bill Nyrop, MTL [Roughing] 7:30 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hi-sticking] 13:16 | |
| Billy Harris, NYI [Interference] 14:19 | |
| Jean Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 18:55 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Roughing] 19:50 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Roughing] 19:50 | |
| 3: | Doug Risebrough, MTL [Tripping] 5:57 |
| Bert Marshall, NYI [Cross checking] 13:08 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Holding] 14:41 | |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Interference] 15:29 | |
| Pat Price, NYI [Holding] 18:42 |
Penalty time: NYI: 22 minutes
MTL: 14 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 6- 6- 7-19
MTL: 15- 8-10-33
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (L, 6-2-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 6-0-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Willard Norris
Attendance: 16,059
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