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Wednesday, February 4, 1976 · Madison Square Garden

Islanders 6 at Rangers 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 63OVR Larry Sacharuk Rangers First Star 2G · 2A · 6 SOG D 92OVR Jean Potvin Islanders Second Star 1G · 2A · 6 SOG D 97OVR Denis Potvin Islanders Third Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:52 Steve Vickers (21) PPG Phil Esposito (34), Larry Sacharuk (6) NYI 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 10:43 Larry Sacharuk (5) PPG Carol Vadnais (25), Steve Vickers (30) NYI 0 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 10:27 Larry Sacharuk (6) Phil Esposito (35), Nick Beverley (6) NYI 0 – 3 NYR
  2. 11:30 Clark Gillies (23) PPG Denis Potvin (42), Jean Potvin (39) NYI 1 – 3 NYR
  3. 11:41 Andre St. Laurent (4) Gerry Hart (9) NYI 2 – 3 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 3:31 Rod Gilbert (23) Wayne Dillon (18) NYI 2 – 4 NYR
  2. 5:24 Denis Potvin (22) Unassisted NYI 3 – 4 NYR
  3. 11:04 Clark Gillies (24) Bryan Trottier (41), Denis Potvin (43) NYI 4 – 4 NYR
  4. 13:56 Jean Potvin (11) Unassisted NYI 5 – 4 NYR
  5. 14:33 Jude Drouin (18) Pat Price (1), Jean Potvin (40) NYI 6 – 4 NYR
  6. 15:46 Phil Esposito (21) Ron Greschner (12), Larry Sacharuk (7) NYI 6 – 5 NYR

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jean Potvin D 1 2 6 +1 2.30
Denis Potvin D 1 2 3 0 2.23
Clark Gillies L 2 0 5 0 1.88
Andre St. Laurent C 1 0 2 +2 1.20
Jude Drouin C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Pat Price D 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 3 0 0.85
Gerry Hart D 0 1 1 +2 0.85
Billy Harris R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Ed Westfall R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Garry Howatt L 0 0 2 +2 0.07
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Billy MacMillan R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
J.P. Parise L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ralph Stewart C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 4 +2 -0.07
Dave Lewis D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 42 37 5 .881 60:00 -0.05

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Larry Sacharuk D 2 2 6 0 3.20
Phil Esposito C 1 2 3 -1 2.08
Steve Vickers L 1 1 6 -1 1.68
Wayne Dillon C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Rod Gilbert R 1 0 4 -1 0.60
Ron Greschner D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 5 -1 0.32
Greg Polis R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bill Fairbairn R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 3 0 0.07
Jerry Holland L 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Bednarski D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Doug Jarrett D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Nick Beverley D 0 1 1 0 -0.05
Gilles Marotte D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bill Collins R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dunc Wilson — 25 23 2 .920 39:57 0.80
John Davidson L 14 10 4 .714 19:30 -2.00