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Thursday, February 10, 1977 · Detroit Olympia

Rangers 5 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 85OVR Walt Tkaczuk Rangers First Star 3A · 3 SOG L 80OVR Steve Vickers Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG L 62OVR Nick Libett Red Wings Third Star 2A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 11:10 Bill Lochead (13) PPG Jim Nahrgang (7), Nick Libett (20) NYR 0 – 1 DET
  2. 19:40 Jim Nahrgang (4) J.P. Leblanc (8), Michel Bergeron (10) NYR 0 – 2 DET

2nd Period

  1. 9:31 Walt McKechnie (20) Nick Libett (21), Bill Lochead (9) NYR 0 – 3 DET
  2. 11:11 Mike McEwen (10) Walt Tkaczuk (27), Rod Gilbert (40) NYR 1 – 3 DET
  3. 17:59 Steve Vickers (17) Walt Tkaczuk (28), Rod Gilbert (41) NYR 2 – 3 DET

3rd Period

  1. 1:58 Phil Esposito (27) Ken Hodge (26), Dan Newman (3) NYR 3 – 3 DET
  2. 10:08 Walt McKechnie (21) Jean Hamel (5) NYR 3 – 4 DET
  3. 13:25 Pat Hickey (17) Ron Greschner (26), Greg Polis (17) NYR 4 – 4 DET
  4. 17:46 Don Murdoch (32) Walt Tkaczuk (29), Steve Vickers (25) NYR 5 – 4 DET

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 3 3 +3 2.55
Steve Vickers L 1 1 6 +3 2.28
Rod Gilbert R 0 2 2 +2 1.55
Ron Greschner D 0 1 2 +3 1.22
Don Murdoch R 1 0 4 +2 1.20
Pat Hickey L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Phil Esposito C 1 0 5 -1 0.98
Mike McEwen D 1 0 3 0 0.83
Greg Polis R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Dan Newman R 0 1 0 0 0.63
Ken Hodge R 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Bill Goldsworthy R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dave Farrish D 0 0 3 0 -0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
John Bednarski D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Soetaert — 15 12 3 .800 29:31 -1.05
Gilles Gratton W 13 12 1 .923 30:29 0.45

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Nick Libett L 0 2 6 +1 1.85
Jim Nahrgang D 1 1 4 +1 1.83
Walt McKechnie C 2 0 4 +1 1.80
Bill Lochead L 1 1 4 -2 1.23
J.P. Leblanc C 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Michel Bergeron R 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Jean Hamel D 0 1 0 +1 0.48
Rick Wilson D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Buster Harvey R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Rick Lapointe D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Fred Williams R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Greg Joly D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Danny Grant L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Terry Harper D 0 0 2 -4 -0.45
Al Cameron D 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 1 -3 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Giacomin L 37 32 5 .865 59:37 -0.55