Tuesday, December 28, 1976 · Capital Centre
Rangers 5 at Capitals 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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4:34
Rick Bragnalo (7) Gerry Meehan (11), Bryan Watson (4) NYR 0 – 1 WSH
2nd Period
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5:14
Tony White (4) SHG Gord Smith (9), Bill Collins (5) NYR 0 – 2 WSH
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10:32
Steve Vickers (12) Wayne Dillon (16), Rod Gilbert (34) NYR 1 – 2 WSH
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15:28
Ken Hodge (11) Ron Greschner (15), Bill Goldsworthy (8) NYR 2 – 2 WSH
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19:56
Phil Esposito (17) Bill Goldsworthy (9), Dave Farrish (10) NYR 3 – 2 WSH
3rd Period
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4:25
Phil Esposito (18) Mike McEwen (15) NYR 4 – 2 WSH
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15:39
Greg Polis (10) Don Murdoch (15), Walt Tkaczuk (21) NYR 5 – 2 WSH
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito C | 2 | 0 | 6 | +2 | 2.10 |
| Bill Goldsworthy R | 0 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1.92 |
| Don Murdoch R | 0 | 1 | 8 | +1 | 1.38 |
| Dave Farrish D | 0 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 1.30 |
| Ron Greschner D | 0 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 1.23 |
| Greg Polis R | 1 | 0 | 6 | +1 | 1.20 |
| Ken Hodge R | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 1.20 |
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Mike McEwen D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Steve Vickers L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.68 |
| Wayne Dillon C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Rod Gilbert R | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Pete Stemkowski C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Dave Maloney D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.30 |
| Pat Hickey L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Doug Jarrett D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nick Fotiu L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gratton | W | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 60:00 | -0.10 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony White L | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.13 |
| Rick Bragnalo C | 1 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.98 |
| Bill Collins R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Bryan Watson D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.40 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0.33 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0.03 |
| Yvon Labre D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Guy Charron C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.08 |
| Tom Rowe R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Douglas Patey R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Paul Nicholson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Ron Lalonde C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Garnet Bailey L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Hartland Monahan R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Low | L | 45 | 40 | 5 | .889 | 60:00 | 0.25 |