All NHL game summaries from April 23, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (53-22-12) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (65-8-12) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Billy Harris 4 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 8:39 - PP |
| MTL, | Pete Mahovlich 2 (Rejean Houle, Murray Wilson), 12:14 | |
| NYI, | Billy Harris 5 (Dave Lewis, Bryan Trottier), 12:56 | |
| 2: | NYI, | Billy Harris 6 (Clark Gillies, Gerry Hart), :49 |
| MTL, | Murray Wilson 1 (Serge Savard), 9:40 | |
| 3: | MTL, | Guy Lafleur 6 (Guy Lapointe, Jacques Lemaire), 2:25 |
| MTL, | Steve Shutt 4 (Jacques Lemaire), 4:07 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gerry Hart, NYI [Holding] 3:31 | |
| Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Hooking] 7:25 | ||
| 2: | Bert Marshall, NYI [Interference] 12:15 | |
| Larry Robinson, MTL [Interference] 12:48 | ||
| Billy Smith, NYI [Slashing] 12:48 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: NYI: 6 minutes
MTL: 4 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Billy MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| J.P. Parise | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Ed Westfall | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Murray Wilson | 17 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 8- 6- 5-19
MTL: 15- 9-14-38
Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (L, 6-1-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 5-0-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Willard Norris
Attendance: 16,243
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