NHL game summary from December 5, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (7-10-8) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Montreal Canadiens (16-5-4) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1: no scoring
2: ATL, Bobby Lalonde 7 (Eric Vail, Curt Bennett), 2:57
MTL, Guy Lafleur 20 (Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lapointe), 11:11 - PP
3: MTL, Guy Lafleur 21 (Bill Nyrop), 1:55
ATL, John Gould 7 (Bill Clement, Ed Kea), 6:13
Penalties:
1: none
2: Rey Comeau, ATL [Hooking] 10:34
Bob Gainey, MTL [Elbowing] 11:30
Guy Lapointe, MTL [Tripping] 19:02
3: Doug Risebrough, MTL [Tripping] 2:13
Penalty time: ATL: 2 minutes
MTL: 6 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Gibbs | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Ribble | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Curt Bennett | 5 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 7 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miles Zaharko | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Harold Phillipoff | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 22 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 5- 7-10-22
MTL: 8- 9- 8-25
Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (T, 5-3-8)
MTL: Ken Dryden (T, 12-3-2)
Referee: Ron Hoggarth
Linesmen: Jim Christison, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 15,109
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