NHL game summary from April 6, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (33-33-15) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
 New York Islanders (43-21-17) |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | VAN, | Dennis Ververgaert 1 (Dennis Kearns, Rick Blight), 2:58 - PP |
| NYI, | Gerry Hart 1 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier), 6:01 | |
| VAN, | John Gould 1 (Chris Oddleifson), 8:18 - SH | |
| NYI, | Billy Harris 1, 8:28 - PP | |
| 2: | NYI, | Lorne Henning 1 (Ed Westfall, Bert Marshall), :10 - SH |
| NYI, | Billy MacMillan 1 (Jude Drouin, J.P. Parise), 5:36 | |
| NYI, | Bob Nystrom 1 (Garry Howatt, Denis Potvin), 8:20 | |
| 3: | VAN, | Bob Dailey 1 (Chris Oddleifson), 4:27 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mike Walton, VAN [Fighting] 1:40 |
| Andre St. Laurent, NYI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 1:40 | |
| Bobby Lalonde, VAN [Hooking] 7:31 | |
| Dennis Ververgaert, VAN [Hooking] 10:36 | |
| J.P. Parise, NYI [Hooking] 12:02 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Roughing] 18:22 | |
| 2: | Dave Lewis, NYI [Holding] 2:39 |
| 3: | Bryan Trottier, NYI [Interference] 4:23 |
| Harold Snepsts, VAN [Hooking] 10:40 | |
| Dave Lewis, NYI [Hooking] 18:46 |
Penalty time: VAN: 11 minutes
NYI: 17 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Robitaille | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Dailey | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 7 |
| Mike Walton | 4 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Tracy Pratt | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| John Grisdale | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gerry O'Flaherty | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Garry Monahan | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Curt Ridley | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 32 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Fortier | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 10-13- 9-32
NYI: 7-13-10-30
Goalies: VAN: Curt Ridley (L, 0-1-0)
NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Lloyd Gilmour
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Neil Armstrong
Attendance: 14,865
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