All NHL game summaries from April 26, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (53-23-12) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (66-8-12) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MTL, | Jimmy Roberts 1, 7:46 - SH |
| MTL, | Larry Robinson 2 (Murray Wilson, Doug Jarvis), 11:31 | |
| MTL, | Pete Mahovlich 3 (Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt), 19:24 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Doug Jarvis, MTL [Hi-sticking] 7:26 |
| Andre St. Laurent, NYI [Hi-sticking] 7:26 | |
| Jude Drouin, NYI [Tripping] 10:11 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hooking] 18:31 | |
| 2: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 3:06 |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Elbowing, Roughing] 7:30 | |
| Bill Nyrop, MTL [Roughing] 7:30 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Hi-sticking] 13:16 | |
| Billy Harris, NYI [Interference] 14:19 | |
| Jean Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 18:55 | |
| Pete Mahovlich, MTL [Roughing] 19:50 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Roughing] 19:50 | |
| 3: | Doug Risebrough, MTL [Tripping] 5:57 |
| Bert Marshall, NYI [Cross checking] 13:08 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Holding] 14:41 | |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Interference] 15:29 | |
| Pat Price, NYI [Holding] 18:42 |
Penalty time: NYI: 22 minutes
MTL: 14 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 6- 6- 7-19
MTL: 15- 8-10-33
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (L, 6-2-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 6-0-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Willard Norris
Attendance: 16,059
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (55-25-8) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
 Philadelphia Flyers (52-20-16) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Boston Bruins lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Peter McNab 3 (John Wensink, Rick Middleton), 13:45 |
| PHI, | Andre Dupont 1 (Reggie Leach, Bobby Clarke), 14:53 | |
| 2: | PHI, | Orest Kindrachuk 2 (Jimmy Watson), 5:35 |
| PHI, | Paul Holmgren 1 (Bob Kelly, Jimmy Watson), 7:58 | |
| BOS, | Gregg Sheppard 4 (Wayne Cashman), 14:01 | |
| BOS, | Mike Milbury 1 (Peter McNab), 15:01 | |
| PHI, | Gary Dornhoefer 1 (Rick MacLeish, Andre Dupont), 15:16 | |
| BOS, | Jean Ratelle 4 (Rick Smith, Brad Park), 15:39 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
| 4: | no scoring | |
| 5: | BOS, | Terry O'Reilly 4 (Don Marcotte, Gary Doak), 10:07 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Holding] 4:50 | |
| Bob Dailey, PHI [Hooking] 5:11 | ||
| Mike Milbury, BOS [Delay of game] 8:32 | ||
| Don Saleski, PHI [Hooking] 10:52 | ||
| 2: | Mike Milbury, BOS [Roughing] 2:38 | |
| Andre Dupont, PHI [Roughing] 2:38 | ||
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Fighting] 17:29 | ||
| Bob Dailey, PHI [Fighting] 17:29 | ||
| 3: | none | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: BOS: 11 minutes
PHI: 11 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Forbes | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Matti Hagman | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Halward | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 33 | ||||||
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Dailey | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Rick Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Joe Watson | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| Wayne Stephenson | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 47 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 47 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 7-10- 1- 8- 7-33
PHI: 11-14- 8-11- 3-47
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 6-1-0)
PHI: Wayne Stephenson (L, 4-1-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 17,077
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