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Sunday, January 4, 1976 · Madison Square Garden

Maple Leafs 8 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 95OVR Carol Vadnais Rangers First Star 3G · 1A · 7 SOG R 96OVR Rod Gilbert Rangers Second Star 2G · 2A · 5 SOG R 96OVR Lanny McDonald Maple Leafs Third Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:36 Rod Gilbert (12) PPG Larry Sacharuk (3) TOR 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 7:28 Lanny McDonald (16) PPG Ian Turnbull (14) TOR 1 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 4:50 Carol Vadnais (7) Pete Stemkowski (12), Walt Tkaczuk (18) TOR 1 – 2 NYR
  2. 6:15 Dave Williams (6) Ian Turnbull (15), Jack Valiquette (2) TOR 2 – 2 NYR
  3. 8:11 George Ferguson (5) PPG Ian Turnbull (16) TOR 3 – 2 NYR
  4. 8:52 Inge Hammarstrom (9) Darryl Sittler (24) TOR 4 – 2 NYR
  5. 14:47 Errol Thompson (15) PPG Lanny McDonald (15), Stan Weir (19) TOR 5 – 2 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 0:23 Carol Vadnais (8) Rod Gilbert (20), Phil Esposito (24) TOR 5 – 3 NYR
  2. 11:46 Lanny McDonald (17) SHG Darryl Sittler (25) TOR 6 – 3 NYR
  3. 12:36 Inge Hammarstrom (10) Darryl Sittler (26), Bob Neely (6) TOR 7 – 3 NYR
  4. 12:56 Bill Fairbairn (9) Pete Stemkowski (13), Walt Tkaczuk (19) TOR 7 – 4 NYR
  5. 14:01 Rod Gilbert (13) Carol Vadnais (17) TOR 7 – 5 NYR
  6. 14:19 Errol Thompson (16) Unassisted TOR 8 – 5 NYR
  7. 19:09 Carol Vadnais (9) Phil Esposito (25), Rod Gilbert (21) TOR 8 – 6 NYR

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Lanny McDonald R 2 1 6 0 0 0 0:00 2.58
Darryl Sittler C 0 3 3 0 0 +1 0:00 2.25
Ian Turnbull D 0 3 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.95
Inge Hammarstrom L 2 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.80
Errol Thompson L 2 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.50
George Ferguson C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Dave Williams L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.68
Jack Valiquette C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Stan Weir C 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Bob Neely R 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Borje Salming D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Brian Glennie D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Pat Boutette L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Blaine Stoughton L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dave Dunn D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Greg Hubick D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Rod Seiling D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Thomas W 42 36 6 .857 60:00 -0.90

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Carol Vadnais D 3 1 7 0 0 +2 0:00 3.40
Rod Gilbert R 2 2 5 0 0 +1 0:00 3.28
Pete Stemkowski C 0 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.48
Phil Esposito C 0 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Bill Fairbairn R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Larry Sacharuk D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Nick Beverley D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Rick Middleton R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Greg Polis R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Steve Vickers L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Jerry Holland L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
John Bednarski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Doug Jarrett D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Ron Greschner D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Soetaert — 4 4 0 1.000 5:41 0.40
John Davidson L 22 14 8 .636 54:19 -4.60