All NHL game summaries from December 26, 1976

Team	1	2	3	F
Cleveland Barons (11-18-7)	1	2	0	3
Boston Bruins (22-11-3)	4	0	2	6

1:	CLE,	Brent Meeke 1 (Mike Christie, Dave Gardner), 1:13
	BOS,	Earl Anderson 3 (Wayne Cashman, Peter McNab), 9:09 - PP
	BOS,	Bobby Schmautz 6 (Brad Park), 13:53
	BOS,	Johnny Bucyk 14 (Jean Ratelle, Brad Park), 18:21
	BOS,	Jean Ratelle 17 (Dallas Smith), 19:11
2:	CLE,	Dave Gardner 7 (Mike Fidler, Bob Murdoch), 13:11 - PP
	CLE,	Wayne Merrick 8 (Mike Fidler, Frank Spring), 17:46
3:	BOS,	Terry O'Reilly 6 (Gregg Sheppard, Don Marcotte), 14:41
	BOS,	Wayne Cashman 10 (Rick Smith, Peter McNab), 19:54

Penalties:

1:	Bob Girard, CLE [Interference] 7:40
2:	Rick Smith, BOS [Holding] 3:58
	Gary Doak, BOS [Holding] 11:14
	Johnny Bucyk, BOS [Slashing] 19:56
3:	Rick Smith, BOS [Hooking] 6:02
	Mike Fidler, CLE [Hooking] 7:13
	Mike Milbury, BOS [Fighting] 10:44
	Al MacAdam, CLE [Fighting] 10:44

Penalty time: CLE: 9 minutes BOS: 13 minutes

CLE Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Christie	3	D	0	1	1	0	-1	0
Bob Stewart	4	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Greg Smith	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Gardner	7	C	1	1	2	0	-3	1
Phil Roberto	8	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Wayne Merrick	9	C	1	0	1	0	0	3
Ralph Klassen	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Fidler	12	LW	0	2	2	2	0	1
Frank Spring	14	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Neilson	15	D	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Glenn Patrick	18	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Jim Moxey	19	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Murdoch	20	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	6
Dennis Maruk	21	C	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Brent Meeke	24	D	1	0	1	0	-2	2
Al MacAdam	25	RW	0	0	0	5	-1	1
Bob Girard	26	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gilles Meloche	27	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-15	21
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-15	21

BOS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Peter McNab	8	C	0	2	2	0	1	2
Johnny Bucyk	9	LW	1	0	1	2	2	2
Jean Ratelle	10	C	1	1	2	0	2	4
Bobby Schmautz	11	RW	1	0	1	0	0	1
Wayne Cashman	12	LW	1	1	2	0	1	4
Rick Middleton	16	RW	0	0	0	0	2	1
Hank Nowak	18	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gregg Sheppard	19	C	0	1	1	0	0	2
Dallas Smith	20	D	0	1	1	0	3	0
Don Marcotte	21	LW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Brad Park	22	D	0	2	2	0	4	4
Rick Smith	23	D	0	1	1	4	-1	0
Terry O'Reilly	24	RW	1	0	1	0	0	2
Gary Doak	25	D	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Mike Milbury	26	D	0	0	0	5	1	0
Earl Anderson	27	RW	1	0	1	0	1	1
Matti Hagman	28	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							15	24
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					15	24

Shots: CLE: 6- 9- 6-21 BOS: 13- 3- 8-24 Goalies: CLE: Gilles Meloche (L, 9-12-3) BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 13-4-2) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 13,073

Team	1	2	3	F
Washington Capitals (10-20-4)	1	0	1	2
Buffalo Sabres (23-8-3)	1	4	0	5

1:	BUF,	Jim Lorentz 10 (Rick Martin, Andre Savard), 6:54
	WAS,	Rick Bragnalo 6, 14:21 - SH
2:	BUF,	Andre Savard 15 (Bill Hajt, Rick Martin), 4:54
	BUF,	Lee Fogolin 2 (Gilbert Perreault, Rene Robert), 9:23 - PP
	BUF,	Fred Stanfield 4 (Brian Spencer, Gary McAdam), 10:03
	BUF,	Brian Spencer 4 (Gary McAdam, Gilbert Perreault), 14:45
3:	WAS,	Ron Lalonde 6 (Bill Collins, Tony White), 2:55

Penalties:

1:	Andre Savard, BUF [Tripping] 0:42
	Terry Martin, BUF [Hooking] 9:23
	Bryan Watson, WAS [Elbowing] 12:58
	Rick Martin, BUF [Hooking] 14:48
	Ron Lalonde, WAS [Holding] 18:16
2:	Bench penalty, BUF [Too many men on the ice] 7:11
	Rick Green, WAS [Hooking] 8:18
	Lee Fogolin, BUF [Cross checking] 17:03
	Bill Hajt, BUF [Cross checking] 19:13
3:	Bench penalty, WAS [Too many men on the ice] 14:16
	Rick Martin, BUF [Hooking] 15:20

Penalty time: WAS: 8 minutes BUF: 14 minutes

WAS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ron Low	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Lynch	2	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rick Green	5	D	0	0	0	2	1	0
Gord Smith	6	D	0	0	0	0	-3	3
Garnet "Ace" Bailey	9	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Doug Patey	10	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hartland Monahan	12	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Gerry Meehan	14	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Guy Charron	15	C	0	0	0	0	-2	4
Rick Bragnalo	18	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
Bryan Watson	19	D	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Tony White	20	LW	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Lalonde	22	C	1	0	1	2	-1	1
Tom Rowe	24	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bill Collins	26	RW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Paul Nicholson	27	LW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Gord Lane	28	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-11	25
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-11	25

BUF Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jerry Korab	4	D	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Lee Fogolin	5	D	1	0	1	2	3	1
Jim Schoenfeld	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	7
Rick Martin	7	LW	0	2	2	4	2	3
Jim Lorentz	8	C	1	0	1	0	1	2
Craig Ramsay	10	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Gilbert Perreault	11	C	0	2	2	0	0	1
Andre Savard	12	C	1	1	2	2	2	8
Rene Robert	14	RW	0	1	1	0	-2	0
Gary McAdam	15	RW	0	2	2	0	2	1
Fred Stanfield	17	LW	1	0	1	0	0	2
Danny Gare	18	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Don Luce	20	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Brian Spencer	21	LW	1	1	2	0	2	1
Jocelyn Guevremont	22	D	0	0	0	0	1	3
Bill Hajt	24	D	0	1	1	2	2	3
Terry Martin	25	LW	0	0	0	2	0	2
Gerry Desjardins	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	44
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					10	44

Shots: WAS: 10- 5-10-25 BUF: 14-18-12-44 Goalies: WAS: Ron Low (L, 7-16-3) BUF: Gerry Desjardins (W, 23-5-3) Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: Willard Norris, Ron Finn Attendance: 16,433

Team	1	2	3	F
Colorado Rockies (8-21-5)	1	2	0	3
Chicago Blackhawks (11-20-5)	2	2	1	5

1:	CHI,	Dick Redmond 9 (Cliff Koroll), 3:52
	COL,	Chuck Arnason 9 (Gary Croteau), 4:58
	CHI,	Alain Daigle 6 (Stan Mikita, Keith Magnuson), 12:14
2:	COL,	Gary Croteau 10 (Dave Hudson, Chuck Arnason), 2:21
	COL,	Nelson Pyatt 12 (Ron Andruff, Jim McElmury), 6:06
	CHI,	J.P. Bordeleau 10 (Ivan Boldirev, John Marks), 6:53
	CHI,	J.P. Bordeleau 11 (Keith Magnuson, Ivan Boldirev), 18:07
3:	CHI,	Stan Mikita 5, 19:27 - EN

Penalties:

1:	Phil Russell, CHI [Hooking] 7:08
	John Marks, CHI [Tripping] 19:46
2:	John Van Boxmeer, COL [Holding] 7:47
	Guy Delparte, COL [Tripping] 13:10
	Phil Russell, CHI [Slashing] 19:49
3:	Ivan Boldirev, CHI [Hi-sticking] 2:36
	Mike Kitchen, COL [Roughing] 2:36
	Keith Magnuson, CHI [Tripping] 12:05

Penalty time: COL: 6 minutes CHI: 10 minutes

COL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bryan Lefley	2	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Edur	3	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Tracy Pratt	5	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Guy Delparte	7	RW	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Wilf Paiement	9	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	8
Chuck Arnason	10	RW	1	1	2	0	1	8
Dave Hudson	11	C	0	1	1	0	2	1
Nelson Pyatt	12	C	1	0	1	0	-1	4
Ron Andruff	14	C	0	1	1	0	-2	1
Simon Nolet	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-3	4
Gary Croteau	18	RW	1	1	2	0	1	2
John Van Boxmeer	19	D	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Paul Gardner	21	C	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Barry Dean	22	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Jim McElmury	24	D	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Mike Kitchen	26	D	0	0	0	2	1	2
Michel Plasse	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-11	41
TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-11	41

CHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Keith Magnuson	3	D	0	2	2	2	1	4
Phil Russell	5	D	0	0	0	4	1	5
Bob Murray	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Hull	10	LW	0	0	0	0	2	3
John Marks	11	RW	0	1	1	2	0	0
Ivan Boldirev	12	C	0	2	2	2	-1	3
Dick Redmond	15	D	1	0	1	0	1	6
Kirk Bowman	16	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Alain Daigle	17	RW	1	0	1	0	1	4
Darcy Rota	18	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Dale Tallon	19	D	0	0	0	0	1	2
Cliff Koroll	20	RW	0	1	1	0	2	1
Stan Mikita	21	C	1	1	2	0	2	2
Grant Mulvey	22	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0
J.P. Bordeleau	23	RW	2	0	2	0	-1	5
Duane Wylie	27	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Esposito	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	37
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					10	37

Shots: COL: 13-14-14-41 CHI: 15- 9-13-37 Goalies: COL: Michel Plasse (L, 6-16-4) CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 11-19-3) Referee: Charles Banfield Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Bob Luther Attendance: n/a

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Islanders (22-8-4)	0	1	1	2
New York Rangers (14-14-10)	0	1	0	1

1:	no scoring
2:	NYI,	Bob Nystrom 16, 5:46
	NYR,	Bill Goldsworthy 7 (Ken Hodge, Phil Esposito), 9:09
3:	NYI,	Garry Howatt 6 (Pat Price), 7:58

Penalties:

1:	Dave Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 0:50
	Denis Potvin, NYI [Hi-sticking] 1:32
	J.P. Parise, NYI [Holding] 6:53
	Jean Potvin, NYI [Hooking] 14:29
	Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 16:42
	Denis Potvin, NYI [Interference] 17:18
2:	Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 19:26
3:	none

Penalty time: NYI: 8 minutes NYR: 6 minutes

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gerry Hart	2	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Price	3	D	0	1	1	0	2	0
Jean Potvin	4	D	0	0	0	2	0	2
Denis Potvin	5	D	0	0	0	4	0	3
Bert Marshall	6	D	0	0	0	0	1	2
Garry Howatt	8	LW	1	0	1	0	2	4
Clark Gillies	9	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	5
Lorne Henning	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Billy MacMillan	11	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
J.P. Parise	12	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Bob Bourne	14	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Harris	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jude Drouin	17	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ed Westfall	18	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Trottier	19	C	0	0	0	0	2	4
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	1	0	1	0	0	3
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Billy Smith	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							5	33
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					5	33

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	2	-1	4
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Rod Gilbert	7	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Bill Goldsworthy	12	RW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Greg Polis	20	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Pete Stemkowski	21	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	2	0	3
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Gilles Gratton	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	1	1	0	1	9
Ken Hodge	88	RW	0	1	1	0	1	4
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-5	43
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-5	43

Shots: NYI: 9-11-13-33 NYR: 14-15-14-43 Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 9-3-2) NYR: Gilles Gratton (L, 6-9-4) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: John Brown, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 17,500

Team	1	2	3	F
Toronto Maple Leafs (16-15-6)	0	0	2	2
Pittsburgh Penguins (15-16-5)	2	0	2	4

1:	PIT,	Jean Pronovost 19 (Mario Faubert, Dave Burrows), 9:46
	PIT,	Dennis Owchar 3 (Pierre Larouche), 12:29
2:	no scoring
3:	TOR,	Pat Boutette 10 (Jack Valiquette, Borje Salming), 4:13
	PIT,	Pierre Larouche 13 (Syl Apps, Jean Pronovost), 10:31 - PP
	PIT,	Rick Kehoe 15 (Syl Apps, Jean Pronovost), 12:17 - PP
	TOR,	Don Ashby 9, 18:00

Penalties:

1:	Jim McKenny, TOR [Holding] 10:26
	Blair Chapman, PIT [Slashing] 13:41
	Darryl Sittler, TOR [Slashing] 13:41
	Lanny McDonald, TOR [Hooking] 17:57
2:	Ian Turnbull, TOR [Hooking] 0:42
	Greg Malone, PIT [Holding] 12:34
3:	Jim McKenny, TOR [Hooking] 9:46
	Borje Salming, TOR [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 11:51

Penalty time: TOR: 12 minutes PIT: 4 minutes

TOR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ian Turnbull	2	D	0	0	0	2	0	5
Bob Neely	3	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lanny McDonald	7	RW	0	0	0	2	0	3
Jack Valiquette	8	C	0	1	1	0	1	3
Don Ashby	9	C	1	0	1	0	-1	4
Inge Hammarstrom	11	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Weir	14	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Pat Boutette	15	LW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Jim McKenny	18	D	0	0	0	4	0	1
Claire Alexander	20	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Borje Salming	21	D	0	1	1	2	0	4
Dave "Tiger" Williams	22	LW	0	0	0	0	1	3
Randy Carlyle	23	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Garland	25	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Darryl Sittler	27	C	0	0	0	2	0	4
Mike Palmateer	29	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)							0	33
TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)					0	33

PIT Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ron Stackhouse	3	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Dave Burrows	4	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Rick Kehoe	8	RW	1	0	1	0	0	5
Blair Chapman	9	RW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Pierre Larouche	10	C	1	1	2	0	1	5
Greg Malone	12	C	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Wayne Bianchin	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Gilbertson	15	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lew Morrison	16	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Schock	17	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Jean Pronovost	19	RW	1	2	3	0	0	3
Don Awrey	24	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Dennis Owchar	25	D	1	0	1	0	0	1
Syl Apps	26	C	0	2	2	0	0	0
Mike Corrigan	27	LW	0	0	0	0	1	4
Mario Faubert	28	D	0	1	1	0	1	3
Dunc Wilson	29	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							0	30
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)					0	30

Shots: TOR: 6-10-17-33 PIT: 12-15- 3-30 Goalies: TOR: Mike Palmateer (L, 12-6-3) PIT: Dunc Wilson (W, 10-9-4) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Swede Knox, Bob Hodges Attendance: 6,603

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