The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New York Rangers, 5 to 2, on December 28, 1976.

Final

Rangers

15-14-10

5

Capitals

10-21-4

2

Team

NYR

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

WSH

Rick Bragnalo (EV) assisted by Gerry Meehan and Bryan Watson

2nd period

NYR

WSH

Tony White (SH) assisted by Gord Smith and Bill Collins

Steve Vickers (EV) assisted by Wayne Dillon and Rod Gilbert

Ken Hodge (EV) assisted by Ron Greschner and Bill Goldsworthy

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Bill Goldsworthy and Dave Farrish

3rd period

NYR

WSH

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Mike McEwen

Greg Polis (EV) assisted by Don Murdoch and Walt Tkaczuk

Rangers

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Gratton (W) G. Gratton	1	0	0	16	14	.875	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Wayne Dillon W. Dillon	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	2	0	2	+2	2	1	6	33.3
Dave Farrish D. Farrish	0	1	1	+2	0	0	5	0.0
Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0.0
Rod Gilbert R. Gilbert	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	0.0
Bill Goldsworthy B. Goldsworthy	0	2	2	+3	0	0	3	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	1	1	+2	0	0	4	0.0
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Hodge K. Hodge	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	1	1	+1	0	0	8	0.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	1	0	1	+1	2	0	6	16.7
Pete Stemkowski P. Stemkowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	1	0	1	-1	0	0	1	100.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ron Low (L) R. Low	0	1	0	45	40	.889	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Garnet Bailey G. Bailey	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Rick Bragnalo R. Bragnalo	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	5	20.0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bill Collins B. Collins	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Lalonde R. Lalonde	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Gerry Meehan G. Meehan	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0
Hartland Monahan H. Monahan	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Paul Nicholson P. Nicholson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Douglas Patey D. Patey	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Smith G. Smith	0	1	1	-2	4	0	1	0
Bryan Watson B. Watson	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Tony White T. White	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	3	33.3