NHL game summary from April 22, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buffalo Sabres (50-26-13) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 New York Islanders (48-23-17) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| New York Islanders win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Jude Drouin 2 (Billy MacMillan, J.P. Parise), 7:45 |
| 2: | BUF, | Gilbert Perreault 4 (Terry Martin, Jocelyn Guevremont), 4:42 |
| NYI, | Ed Westfall 1 (Denis Potvin, Jude Drouin), 13:07 - PP | |
| 3: | BUF, | Jerry Korab 1 (Jacques Richard), 4:09 |
| NYI, | Clark Gillies 2 (Bryan Trottier, Billy Harris), 5:58 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bill Hajt, BUF [Elbowing] 0:59 |
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Elbowing] 4:41 | |
| Garry Howatt, NYI [Roughing] 14:41 | |
| 2: | Brian Spencer, BUF [Kneeing] 8:02 |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Elbowing] 8:34 | |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Slashing] 10:09 | |
| Terry Martin, BUF [Slashing] 10:09 | |
| Bill Hajt, BUF [Holding] 11:50 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Holding] 15:09 | |
| 3: | Danny Gare, BUF [Hi-sticking] 1:24 |
| Denis Potvin, NYI [Roughing] 1:24 | |
| Rick Martin, BUF [Hi-sticking] 8:16 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Roughing] 8:16 | |
| Jerry Korab, BUF [Elbowing] 12:39 |
Penalty time: BUF: 14 minutes
NYI: 14 minutes
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Lorentz | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Richard | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary McAdam | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Stanfield | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Brian Spencer | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Breitenbach | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Gerry Desjardins | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: BUF: 8- 5- 4-17
NYI: 9- 8-12-29
Goalies: BUF: Gerry Desjardins (L, 4-5-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 4-1-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 14,865
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