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Wednesday, March 24, 1976 · Detroit Olympia

Capitals 3 at Red Wings 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 88OVR Michel Bergeron Red Wings First Star 2G · 4 SOG RC L 87OVR Dan Maloney Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG L 54OVR Mike Bloom Red Wings Third Star 1G · 1A · 7 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:02 Jean Hamel (2) Dennis Hextall (43) WSH 0 – 1 DET
  2. 13:44 Jack Lynch (9) PPG Gerry Meehan (31), Ron Lalonde (16) WSH 1 – 1 DET
  3. 18:35 Michel Bergeron (31) Dan Maloney (36), Barry Salovaara (10) WSH 1 – 2 DET

2nd Period

  1. 3:33 Michel Bergeron (32) Barry Salovaara (11) WSH 1 – 3 DET
  2. 5:16 Dan Maloney (24) Dennis Polonich (9) WSH 1 – 4 DET
  3. 11:09 Nelson Pyatt (25) Blair Stewart (13) WSH 2 – 4 DET
  4. 18:18 Bill Lochead (8) Buster Harvey (17), Mike Bloom (13) WSH 2 – 5 DET

3rd Period

  1. 4:59 Mike Bloom (13) PPG Bill Lochead (9), Bryan Watson (17) WSH 2 – 6 DET
  2. 5:45 Rick Lapointe (10) PPG Walt McKechnie (50) WSH 2 – 7 DET
  3. 15:23 Garnet Bailey (12) Harvey Bennett (12), Jean Lemieux (21) WSH 3 – 7 DET

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jack Lynch D 1 0 5 0 1.13
Gerry Meehan C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Harvey Bennett C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Garnet Bailey L 1 0 3 +1 0.75
Nelson Pyatt C 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Ron Lalonde C 0 1 0 0 0.63
Jean Lemieux D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Blair Stewart L 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Bob Paradise D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Hartland Monahan R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Bob Sirois R 0 0 4 -3 -0.15
Greg Joly D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Peter Scamurra D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Yvon Labre D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Rick Bragnalo C 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Tony White L 0 0 2 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Low — 17 15 2 .882 20:00 0.00
Bernie Wolfe L 22 17 5 .773 40:00 -2.05

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Michel Bergeron R 2 0 4 +3 2.25
Dan Maloney L 1 1 5 +1 1.90
Mike Bloom L 1 1 7 0 1.90
Barry Salovaara D 0 2 0 +4 1.85
Bill Lochead L 1 1 4 +1 1.83
Rick Lapointe D 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Jean Hamel D 1 0 1 +2 0.98
Walt McKechnie C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Dennis Hextall C 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Buster Harvey R 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Bryan Watson D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Terry Harper D 0 0 6 0 0.45
Nick Libett L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Al Cameron D 0 0 4 0 0.15
Brian Watts L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Wong C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dennis Polonich C 0 1 1 0 -1.10
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford W 28 25 3 .893 60:00 0.25