The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the New York Islanders, 4 to 3, in Game 4 of the 1977 playoff series on April 17, 1977.

Final

Islanders

4-0-0

4

Sabres

0-4-0

3

Team

NYI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

BUF

Jocelyn Guevremont (EV) unassisted

Billy Harris (PP) assisted by Clark Gillies and Bryan Trottier

2nd period

NYI

BUF

Don Luce (PP) assisted by Gilbert Perreault and Jocelyn Guevremont

Ed Westfall (SH) assisted by Lorne Henning

Denis Potvin (EV) assisted by Ed Westfall and Dave Lewis

3rd period

NYI

BUF

Rene Robert (EV) assisted by Gilbert Perreault

Billy MacMillan (EV) assisted by Andre St. Laurent

Islanders

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (W) B. Smith	1	0	0	29	26	.897	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jude Drouin J. Drouin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Billy Harris B. Harris	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Gerry Hart G. Hart	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Lorne Henning L. Henning	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	+1	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Lewis D. Lewis	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy MacMillan B. MacMillan	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
J.P. Parise	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Jean Potvin J. Potvin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gerry Desjardins (L) G. Desjardins	0	1	0	21	17	.810	4	4.09	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Ken Breitenbach K. Breitenbach	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Danny Gare D. Gare	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	3	0.0
Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	3	33.3
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	2	0.0
Jim Lorentz J. Lorentz	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Don Luce D. Luce	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	4	0.0
Rene Robert R. Robert	1	0	1	-1	5	0	0	2	50.0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	3	0.0
Brian Spencer B. Spencer	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Fred Stanfield F. Stanfield	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Alex Tidey A. Tidey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0