All NHL game summaries from December 2, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Los Angeles Kings (8-11-9) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Montreal Canadiens (19-4-4) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1: | MTL, | Bob Gainey 4 (Serge Savard), :26 |
| MTL, | Murray Wilson 2 (Serge Savard, Mario Tremblay), 3:40 | |
| LA , | Juha Widing 1 (Ab DeMarco, Dave Schultz), 10:01 | |
| 2: | LA , | Butch Goring 10 (Tom Williams, Frank St. Marseille), 5:59 - PP |
| LA , | Gene Carr 8 (Marcel Dionne), 12:20 - SH | |
| 3: | MTL, | Steve Shutt 27 (Pete Mahovlich, Jacques Lemaire), 19:20 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Serge Savard, MTL [Hooking] 13:39 |
| 2: | Guy Lapointe, MTL [Tripping] 4:54 |
| Larry Brown, LA [Interference] 10:48 | |
| 3: | Vic Venasky, LA [Tripping] 14:49 |
Penalty time: LA : 4 minutes
MTL: 4 minutes
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Edwards | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ab Demarco | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Brown | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Wilson | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Venasky | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Frank St. Marseille | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Gene Carr | 12 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Schultz | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Juha Widing | 15 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Marcel Dionne | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Williams | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Gary Sargent | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Don Kozak | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -6 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -6 | 20 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 43 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 43 | ||||||
Shots: LA : 8- 6- 6-20
MTL: 10-14-19-43
Goalies: LA : Gary Edwards (T, 0-3-1)
MTL: Ken Dryden (T, 16-3-4)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Bob Luther, Neil Armstrong
Attendance: 16,024
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Penguins (9-11-5) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 New York Islanders (15-7-3) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1: | PIT, | Mike Corrigan 5 (Rick Kehoe), 5:05 |
| NYI, | Denis Potvin 10 (Bob Nystrom, Jean Potvin), 14:28 - PP | |
| 2: | PIT, | Lew Morrison 1 (Russ Anderson, Mike Corrigan), 5:48 |
| PIT, | Jean Pronovost 10 (Dennis Owchar), 11:19 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Bert Marshall 2 (Jude Drouin, J.P. Parise), 11:28 |
| PIT, | Jean Pronovost 11 (Syl Apps), 19:58 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ron Schock, PIT [Tripping] 13:22 | |
| Bert Marshall, NYI [Cross checking] 16:13 | ||
| 2: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 2:11 | |
| Dave Burrows, PIT [Holding] 6:16 | ||
| Pat Price, NYI [Hooking] 13:11 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: PIT: 4 minutes
NYI: 6 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 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dave Burrows | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Russ Anderson | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Kehoe | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Blair Chapman | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Wayne Bianchin | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Stan Gilbertson | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Morrison | 16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Schock | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jean Pronovost | 19 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Kelly | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Awrey | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dennis Owchar | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syl Apps | 26 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Corrigan | 27 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 28 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 39 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 39 | ||||||
Shots: PIT: 8- 9-11-28
NYI: 20-14- 5-39
Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (W, 1-0-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (L, 5-3-2)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gordon Broseker
Attendance: 14,865
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