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Sunday, March 21, 1976 · Chicago Stadium

Red Wings 6 at Blackhawks 0

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 94OVR Walt McKechnie Red Wings First Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG G 59OVR Ed Giacomin Red Wings Second Star 26 SV · 1.000 R 88OVR Michel Bergeron Red Wings Third Star 2G · 6 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 17:50 Walt McKechnie (25) Dan Maloney (35), Dennis Polonich (8) DET 1 – 0 CHI

2nd Period

  1. 3:46 Mike Bloom (12) Bill Lochead (8), Rick Lapointe (18) DET 2 – 0 CHI

3rd Period

  1. 0:06 Michel Bergeron (29) Dennis Hextall (42) DET 3 – 0 CHI
  2. 3:05 Dennis Polonich (8) Walt McKechnie (48), Bryan Watson (15) DET 4 – 0 CHI
  3. 7:52 Michel Bergeron (30) Bryan Watson (16) DET 5 – 0 CHI
  4. 16:17 Dan Maloney (23) Walt McKechnie (49) DET 6 – 0 CHI

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Walt McKechnie C 1 2 3 +3 2.68
Michel Bergeron R 2 0 6 +2 2.25
Dan Maloney L 1 1 3 +3 2.05
Dennis Polonich C 1 1 3 +3 2.05
Bryan Watson D 0 2 0 +2 1.55
Dennis Hextall C 0 1 4 +2 1.23
Rick Lapointe D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Mike Bloom L 1 0 4 +1 0.90
Bill Lochead L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Al Cameron D 0 0 2 +2 0.45
J.P. Leblanc C 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Terry Harper D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Jean Hamel D 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Barry Salovaara D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Brian Watts L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nick Libett L 0 0 1 +2 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Giacomin W 26 26 0 1.000 60:00 2.60

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ivan Boldirev C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Stan Mikita C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Dennis Hull L 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Alain Daigle R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Grant Mulvey R 0 0 0 0 0.00
J.P. Bordeleau R 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Marks R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Cliff Koroll R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dick Redmond D 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Bob Murray D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Phil Russell D 0 0 3 -3 -0.22
Chico Maki R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Bobby Sheehan C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Bill White D 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Dale Tallon D 0 0 3 -4 -0.53
Pit Martin C 0 0 0 -4 -0.60
Darcy Rota L 0 0 2 -2 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Villemure — 6 4 2 .667 16:42 -1.10
Tony Esposito L 25 21 4 .840 43:05 -0.90