All NHL game summaries from December 9, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Flyers (14-7-6) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Boston Bruins (19-7-2) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | BOS, | Wayne Cashman 8 (Gregg Sheppard, Terry O'Reilly), 4:04 |
| PHI, | Rick MacLeish 18 (Gary Dornhoefer), 7:40 | |
| PHI, | Gary Dornhoefer 10 (Reggie Leach, Tom Bladon), 11:31 - PP | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | PHI, | Bobby Clarke 10, 19:40 - SH-EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Joe Zanussi, BOS [Tripping] 10:09 |
| Orest Kindrachuk, PHI [Holding] 12:12 | |
| Andre Dupont, PHI [Elbowing] 16:23 | |
| 2: | Ray Maluta, BOS [Holding] 1:54 |
| Gilles Gilbert, BOS [Slashing] 15:26 | |
| 3: | Bench penalty, BOS [Delay of game] 16:03 |
| Mel Bridgman, PHI [Interference] 19:28 |
Penalty time: PHI: 6 minutes
BOS: 8 minutes
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Parent | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Watson | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Harvey Bennett | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 4 | 16 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 4 | 16 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Forbes | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dallas Smith | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ray Maluta | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matti Hagman | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Zanussi | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -6 | 18 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -6 | 18 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 7- 6- 3-16
BOS: 8- 5- 5-18
Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 13-7-5)
BOS: Gilles Gilbert (L, 8-5-1)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Ron Finn
Attendance: 13,321
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Penguins (11-12-5) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Buffalo Sabres (15-8-3) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | PIT, | Wayne Bianchin 12 (Greg Malone, Blair Chapman), 17:34 |
| 2: | PIT, | Blair Chapman 5, 5:46 |
| BUF, | Rick Martin 14 (Gilbert Perreault, Lee Fogolin), 18:36 - PP | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Don Awrey, PIT [Holding] 11:59 | |
| Jocelyn Guevremont, BUF [Hooking] 16:32 | ||
| Ron Stackhouse, PIT [Interference] 17:33 | ||
| 3: | Russ Anderson, PIT [Cross checking] 9:32 | |
| Brian Spencer, BUF [Interference] 10:00 | ||
Penalty time: PIT: 6 minutes
BUF: 4 minutes
| PIT Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Herron | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Burrows | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Russ Anderson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Kehoe | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blair Chapman | 9 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wayne Bianchin | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Stan Gilbertson | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Schock | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean Pronovost | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Syl Apps | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Corrigan | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Faubert | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 18 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 18 | ||||||
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Savard | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gary McAdam | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Brian Spencer | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Martin | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Desjardins | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: PIT: 4- 9- 5-18
BUF: 8-10-12-30
Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (W, 3-1-0)
BUF: Gerry Desjardins (L, 15-5-3)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Randy Mitton
Attendance: 16,433
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