NHL game summary from December 11, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (8-15-4) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Montreal Canadiens (23-4-4) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1: | MTL, | Guy Lapointe 7 (Murray Wilson, Jacques Lemaire), 2:16 - PP |
| 2: | MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 14 (Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson), 9:42 - PP |
| MTL, | Steve Shutt 29 (Larry Robinson, Guy Lafleur), 14:15 - PP | |
| 3: | MTL, | Guy Lafleur 24 (Guy Lapointe), 14:05 |
| MTL, | Guy Lapointe 8 (Bill Nyrop, Doug Risebrough), 16:25 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Wilson, DET [Holding] 0:45 | |
| 2: | Jean Hamel, DET [Closing hand on puck] 9:20 | |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Tripping] 10:54 | ||
| Rick Lapointe, DET [Interference] 14:04 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: DET: 6 minutes
MTL: 2 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Lapointe | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Maloney | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt McKechnie | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.P. Leblanc | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michel Bergeron | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Wilson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Bloom | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Fred "Buster" Harvey | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 15 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 15 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Larocque | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 48 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 48 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 4- 6- 5-15
MTL: 15-20-13-48
Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 2-7-3)
MTL: Michel Larocque (W, 5-1-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Willard Norris
Attendance: 15,892
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