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Friday, December 17, 1976 · Omni Coliseum

Islanders 4 at Flames 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 97OVR Denis Potvin Islanders First Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG R 83OVR Bobby Nystrom Islanders Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG G 92OVR Billy Smith Islanders Third Star 33 SV · .943

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:54 Denis Potvin (11) Bob Bourne (10), Clark Gillies (8) NYI 1 – 0 AFM

2nd Period

  1. 3:32 Clark Gillies (16) Bryan Trottier (12), Denis Potvin (23) NYI 2 – 0 AFM
  2. 13:36 Richard Mulhern (5) Tom Lysiak (19) NYI 2 – 1 AFM

3rd Period

  1. 1:13 Garry Howatt (4) Bobby Nystrom (11), Denis Potvin (24) NYI 3 – 1 AFM
  2. 2:33 Bobby Nystrom (15) J.P. Parise (11), Gerry Hart (9) NYI 4 – 1 AFM
  3. 17:51 Bill Clement (8) PPG Barry Gibbs (10), Eric Vail (17) NYI 4 – 2 AFM

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Denis Potvin D 1 2 3 +3 2.68
Bobby Nystrom R 1 1 4 +2 1.98
Clark Gillies L 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Gerry Hart D 0 1 0 +4 1.08
Bob Bourne C 0 1 1 +2 1.00
J.P. Parise L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Garry Howatt L 1 0 1 +1 0.83
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Billy Harris R 0 0 4 +2 0.60
Jude Drouin C 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Lorne Henning C 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jean Potvin D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Billy MacMillan R 0 0 0 -1 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 35 33 2 .943 60:00 1.80

Atlanta Flames

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Richard Mulhern D 1 0 7 -1 1.13
Eric Vail L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Bill Clement C 1 0 1 0 0.68
Tom Lysiak C 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Barry Gibbs D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Ed Kea D 0 0 4 0 0.30
Tim Ecclestone L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Curt Bennett R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Guy Chouinard C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Willi Plett R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Ken Houston R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Rey Comeau C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
John Gould R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bobby Simpson L 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Randy Manery D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Pat Quinn D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Dave Shand D 0 0 1 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Phil Myre L 24 20 4 .833 60:00 -1.00