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Wednesday, October 6, 1976 · Madison Square Garden

North Stars 5 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 95OVR Tim Young North Stars First Star 2G · 2A · 4 SOG C 83OVR Roland Eriksson North Stars Second Star 4A · 6 SOG RC R 92OVR Rod Gilbert Rangers Third Star 3A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:11 Don Murdoch (1) PPG Ken Hodge (1), Phil Esposito (1) MNS 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 9:16 Doug Hicks (1) SHG Bill Goldsworthy (1), Roland Eriksson (1) MNS 1 – 1 NYR
  3. 9:38 Greg Polis (1) PPG Walt Tkaczuk (1), Mike McEwen (1) MNS 1 – 2 NYR
  4. 12:00 Tim Young (1) PPG Roland Eriksson (2), Pierre Jarry (1) MNS 2 – 2 NYR
  5. 12:36 Bill Goldsworthy (1) PPG Tim Young (1), Roland Eriksson (3) MNS 3 – 2 NYR
  6. 13:19 Wayne Dillon (1) Rod Gilbert (1), Dave Farrish (1) MNS 3 – 3 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 2:32 Dan Newman (1) Rod Gilbert (2), Wayne Dillon (1) MNS 3 – 4 NYR
  2. 9:34 Walt Tkaczuk (1) Greg Polis (1), Dave Maloney (1) MNS 3 – 5 NYR
  3. 14:28 Don Murdoch (2) PPG Phil Esposito (2), Rod Gilbert (3) MNS 3 – 6 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 4:53 Tim Young (2) PPG Dwight Bialowas (1), Roland Eriksson (4) MNS 4 – 6 NYR
  2. 13:08 Pierre Jarry (1) Tim Young (2) MNS 5 – 6 NYR

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Tim Young C 2 2 4 +1 3.20
Roland Eriksson C 0 4 6 0 2.95
Bill Goldsworthy R 1 1 8 +1 1.98
Pierre Jarry L 1 1 4 +1 1.83
Dwight Bialowas D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Dean Talafous C 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Doug Hicks D 1 0 1 0 0.38
Fred Barrett D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Glen Sharpley C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Alex Pirus R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Blake Dunlop C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Steve Jensen L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Bill Hogaboam C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Lou Nanne D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Ernie Hicke L 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Dennis O'Brien D 0 0 0 -1 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Smith L 39 33 6 .846 58:53 -1.20

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rod Gilbert R 0 3 4 +1 2.33
Wayne Dillon C 1 1 3 +2 1.90
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 1 3 0 1.60
Greg Polis R 1 1 3 0 1.60
Don Murdoch R 2 0 3 -1 1.43
Phil Esposito C 0 2 2 -1 1.25
Dan Newman R 1 0 2 +2 1.20
Mike McEwen D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Dave Farrish D 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Dave Maloney D 0 1 2 0 0.63
Ken Hodge R 0 1 6 -1 0.48
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Pat Hickey L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mark Heaslip R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Greschner D 0 0 3 0 0.07
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Gratton W 34 29 5 .853 60:00 -0.85