Sunday, December 12, 1976 · Boston Garden
Red Wings 5 at Bruins 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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6:43
Bobby Sheehan (3) Buster Harvey (6) DET 1 – 0 BOS
2nd Period
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2:10
Don Marcotte (7) Peter McNab (16), Terry O'Reilly (18) DET 1 – 1 BOS
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2:57
Wayne Cashman (9) PPG Peter McNab (17), Gregg Sheppard (18) DET 1 – 2 BOS
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9:21
Dennis Hextall (4) PPG Bill Lochead (2), Greg Joly (1) DET 2 – 2 BOS
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11:44
Dennis Hextall (5) PPG Greg Joly (2), Michel Bergeron (6) DET 3 – 2 BOS
3rd Period
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13:16
Bill Lochead (3) Dennis Hextall (14), Dan Maloney (11) DET 4 – 2 BOS
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13:39
Johnny Bucyk (10) Jean Ratelle (19), Bobby Schmautz (9) DET 4 – 3 BOS
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18:55
Dan Maloney (11) Dennis Hextall (15), Bill Lochead (3) DET 5 – 3 BOS
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hextall C | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3.13 |
| Bill Lochead L | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.15 |
| Greg Joly D | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1.63 |
| Dan Maloney L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.38 |
| Bobby Sheehan C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Buster Harvey R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Michel Bergeron R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Nick Libett L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Terry Harper D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| J.P. Leblanc C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Mike Bloom L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Al Cameron D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Walt McKechnie C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Dennis Polonich C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jean Hamel D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Jim Nahrgang D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Rick Lapointe D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 60:00 | -0.05 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab C | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1.63 |
| Don Marcotte L | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Terry O'Reilly R | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Johnny Bucyk L | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.75 |
| Wayne Cashman L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0.53 |
| Jean Ratelle C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Bobby Schmautz R | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0.33 |
| Dallas Smith D | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Gregg Sheppard C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0.25 |
| Matti Hagman C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Joe Zanussi D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mike Milbury D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Ray Maluta D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brad Park D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Rick Middleton R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Gary Doak D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.45 |
| Dave Forbes R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 59:39 | -0.10 |