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Friday, January 2, 1976 · Capital Centre

Golden Seals 8 at Capitals 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 89OVR Wayne Merrick Golden Seals First Star 3G · 3A · 6 SOG L 70OVR Bob Girard Golden Seals Second Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG RC R 49OVR Jim Pappin Golden Seals Third Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:39 Wayne Merrick (11) PPG Jim Pappin (9), Rick Hampton (12) CGS 1 – 0 WSH
  2. 7:25 Greg Joly (6) Unassisted CGS 1 – 1 WSH
  3. 9:49 Tony White (12) Mike Marson (3) CGS 1 – 2 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 0:43 Gary Sabourin (13) PPG Wayne Merrick (16), Jim Pappin (10) CGS 2 – 2 WSH
  2. 11:51 Wayne Merrick (12) Gary Sabourin (9) CGS 3 – 2 WSH
  3. 13:34 Jim Pappin (5) Gary Holt (3), Wayne King (7) CGS 4 – 2 WSH
  4. 15:09 Bob Girard (5) Wayne Merrick (17), Tim Jacobs (1) CGS 5 – 2 WSH
  5. 18:41 Nelson Pyatt (16) PPG Jack Lynch (7), Hartland Monahan (20) CGS 5 – 3 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 3:27 Al MacAdam (12) Unassisted CGS 6 – 3 WSH
  2. 4:07 Greg Joly (7) PPG Bill Clement (13), Ron Lalonde (4) CGS 6 – 4 WSH
  3. 5:00 Bob Girard (6) Wayne Merrick (18) CGS 7 – 4 WSH
  4. 11:51 Blair Stewart (6) Bob Sirois (3) CGS 7 – 5 WSH
  5. 12:58 Wayne Merrick (13) Bob Girard (13), Len Frig (9) CGS 8 – 5 WSH

California Golden Seals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wayne Merrick C 3 3 6 0 0 +3 0:00 5.03
Bob Girard L 2 1 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.88
Jim Pappin R 1 2 4 0 0 0 0:00 2.30
Gary Sabourin R 1 1 3 0 0 +3 0:00 2.05
Len Frig D 0 1 5 0 0 +5 0:00 1.60
Tim Jacobs D 0 1 2 0 0 +5 0:00 1.53
Gary Holt L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Wayne King C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Rick Hampton D 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Al MacAdam R 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.53
Jim Moxey R 0 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Ralph Klassen C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Dennis Maruk C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bob Murdoch R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
George Pesut D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mike Christie D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Fred Ahern Jr R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 -0.97
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Simmons W 31 26 5 .839 60:00 -1.15

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Greg Joly D 2 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 1.65
Tony White L 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.05
Nelson Pyatt C 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.98
Ron Lalonde C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Blair Stewart L 1 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.68
Hartland Monahan R 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Bob Sirois R 0 1 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.63
Mike Marson R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.40
Bill Clement C 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Bob Gryp L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Harvey Bennett C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bob Paradise D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Willie Brossart D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Yvon Labre D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Jack Lynch D 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -1.40
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Low L 38 31 7 .816 45:00 -2.15
Bernie Wolfe — 13 12 1 .923 15:00 0.45