NHL game summary from April 28, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (66-9-12) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
 New York Islanders (54-23-12) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Guy Lapointe 2 (Larry Robinson, Jacques Lemaire), 11:10 |
| NYI, | Denis Potvin 3 (Jude Drouin, Billy Harris), 12:49 - PP | |
| MTL, | Jimmy Roberts 2, 17:29 | |
| NYI, | Denis Potvin 4 (Jude Drouin, J.P. Parise), 19:50 | |
| 2: | NYI, | J.P. Parise 3 (Jude Drouin, Denis Potvin), 6:04 |
| 3: | NYI, | Andre St. Laurent 1 (Bob Nystrom), 11:09 |
| MTL, | Guy Lapointe 3 (Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lafleur), 16:20 | |
| NYI, | Bryan Trottier 2 (Ed Westfall), 19:49 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Nystrom, NYI [Elbowing] 0:56 |
| Bob Gainey, MTL [Interference] 4:04 | |
| Jean Potvin, NYI [Elbowing] 4:56 | |
| Andre St. Laurent, NYI [Roughing] 9:33 | |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Roughing] 9:33 | |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Tripping] 12:09 | |
| 2: | Rick Chartraw, MTL [Charging] 15:18 |
| Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Hi-sticking] 19:04 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Roughing] 19:04 | |
| 3: | J.P. Parise, NYI [Hooking] 5:36 |
| Bob Gainey, MTL [Hi-sticking] 14:46 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 14:46 |
Penalty time: MTL: 12 minutes
NYI: 12 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 8 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Polich | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -8 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -8 | 38 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 7 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 7 | 24 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 16- 5-17-38
NYI: 9- 7- 8-24
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 6-1-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 7-2-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, John D'Amico
Attendance: 15,317
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