The New York Islanders took a loss to the Montreal Canadiens, 4 to 2, on December 31, 1977.

Final

Canadiens

25-7-4

4

Islanders

20-9-8

2

Team

MTL

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYI

Mike Bossy (EV) assisted by Bryan Trottier and Clark Gillies

2nd period

MTL

NYI

Pierre Larouche (PP) assisted by Yvon Lambert and Guy Lafleur

Bryan Trottier (EV) assisted by J.P. Parise and Gerry Hart

Yvan Cournoyer (EV) assisted by Doug Risebrough and Pierre Mondou

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Jacques Lemaire and Serge Savard

3rd period

MTL

NYI

Rejean Houle (EV) assisted by Jacques Lemaire

Canadiens

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	29	27	.931	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Rick Chartraw R. Chartraw	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	1	3	33.3
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glenn Resch (L) G. Resch	0	1	0	19	15	.789	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	1	0	1	0	0	6	16.7
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Jude Drouin J. Drouin	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	1	1	0	0	5	0.0
Billy Harris B. Harris	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gerry Hart G. Hart	0	1	1	0	2	0
Lorne Henning L. Henning	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
J.P. Parise	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0
Jean Potvin J. Potvin	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1	1	2	+1	0	3	33.3
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	0	0	-1	0	0