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Sunday, December 26, 1976 · Madison Square Garden

Islanders 2 at Rangers 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 92OVR Billy Smith Islanders First Star 42 SV · .977 G 40OVR Gilles Gratton Rangers Second Star 31 SV · .939 C 90OVR Phil Esposito Rangers Third Star 1A · 9 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 5:46 Bobby Nystrom (16) Unassisted NYI 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 9:09 Bill Goldsworthy (7) Ken Hodge (23), Phil Esposito (25) NYI 1 – 1 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 7:58 Garry Howatt (6) Pat Price (5) NYI 2 – 1 NYR

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Garry Howatt L 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Bobby Nystrom R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Pat Price D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Bryan Trottier C 0 0 4 +2 0.60
Bert Marshall D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Clark Gillies L 0 0 5 -1 0.23
Billy Harris R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Jude Drouin C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Lorne Henning C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Billy MacMillan R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Bourne C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ed Westfall R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gerry Hart D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jean Potvin D 0 0 2 0 0.00
J.P. Parise L 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Denis Potvin D 0 0 3 0 -0.08
Dave Lewis D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Billy Smith W 43 42 1 .977 60:00 3.45

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Esposito C 0 1 9 +1 1.45
Ken Hodge R 0 1 4 +1 1.08
Bill Goldsworthy R 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Don Murdoch R 0 0 4 0 0.30
Greg Polis R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Rod Gilbert R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Steve Vickers L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Dave Maloney D 0 0 3 0 0.07
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Ron Greschner D 0 0 4 -1 0.00
Mike McEwen D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Pat Hickey L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Pete Stemkowski C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dave Farrish D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Gratton L 33 31 2 .939 59:13 1.60