All NHL game summaries from December 2, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (7-9-7) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Vancouver Canucks (7-10-5) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1: | ATL, | Pat Ribble 4 (Guy Chouinard, Ken Houston), 6:36 |
| 2: | ATL, | Tom Lysiak 7 (Curt Bennett, Ken Houston), 4:53 |
| VAN, | Rick Blight 7 (Pit Martin, Jere Gillis), 9:18 | |
| 3: | VAN, | Mike Walton 14 (Don Lever, Dennis Kearns), 5:00 |
| VAN, | Chris Oddleifson 4, 15:02 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ed Kea, ATL [Hooking] 3:19 |
| 2: | Ed Kea, ATL [Tripping] 16:42 |
| Dave Shand, ATL [Hooking] 19:37 | |
| 3: | Pat Ribble, ATL [Slashing] 8:22 |
Penalty time: ATL: 8 minutes
VAN: 0 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Ribble | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Curt Bennett | 5 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Harold Phillipoff | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 14 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 14 | ||||||
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Walton | 4 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John Grisdale | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gerry O'Flaherty | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Garry Monahan | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Larry Goodenough | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cesare Maniago | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 27 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 3- 7- 4-14
VAN: 6- 8-13-27
Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 5-3-7)
VAN: Cesare Maniago (W, 3-6-3)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Swede Knox
Attendance: n/a
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland Barons (8-13-2) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Washington Capitals (2-16-5) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1: | CLE, | Mike Fidler 9 (Greg Smith, Dave Gardner), 15:09 - PP |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | CLE, | Rick Hampton 4 (Rick Shinske, Ken Kuzyk), 4:41 |
| WAS, | Bob Sirois 10 (Gerry Meehan, Craig Patrick), 10:01 | |
| WAS, | Doug Gibson 1 (Bill Collins, Ron Lalonde), 10:23 | |
| CLE, | Dennis Maruk 14 (Kris Manery, Mike Christie), 18:31 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Murdoch, CLE [Tripping] 6:38 |
| Randy Holt, CLE [Cross checking] 12:01 | |
| Robert Picard, WAS [Hooking] 14:14 | |
| Randy Holt, CLE [Fighting] 16:25 | |
| Tom Rowe, WAS [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 16:25 | |
| Rick Hampton, CLE [Hooking] 19:03 | |
| 2: | Randy Holt, CLE [Hooking] 5:39 |
| Ron Lalonde, WAS [Holding] 13:11 | |
| 3: | Larry Bolonchuk, WAS [Hi-sticking] 1:12 |
| Randy Holt, CLE [Delay of game] 19:58 | |
| Jack Lynch, WAS [Delay of game] 19:58 |
Penalty time: CLE: 15 minutes
WAS: 33 minutes
| CLE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Edwards | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Hampton | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Mike Christie | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Stewart | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Greg Smith | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dave Gardner | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Fidler | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Mike Crombeen | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Neilson | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Ahern | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Murdoch | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Dennis Maruk | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Shinske | 22 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Kuzyk | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kris Manery | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Girard | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Randy Holt | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Lynch | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Bolonchuk | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Green | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gord Smith | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Craig Patrick | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Meehan | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Guy Charron | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Tom Rowe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddy Godin | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bryan Watson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Forbes | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ron Lalonde | 22 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Picard | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Sirois | 25 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bill Collins | 26 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gord Lane | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Gibson | 29 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Bedard | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: CLE: 15- 5-13-33
WAS: 14-12-12-38
Goalies: CLE: Gary Edwards (W, 2-4-2)
WAS: Jim Bedard (L, 0-1-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Gordon Broseker
Attendance: 12,371
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