The Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Islanders, 4 to 3, in Game 1 of the 1977 playoff series on April 23, 1977.

Final

Islanders

0-1-0

3

Canadiens

1-0-0

4

Team

NYI

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

MTL

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

Peter Mahovlich (EV) assisted by Rejean Houle and Murray Wilson

Billy Harris (EV) assisted by Dave Lewis and Bryan Trottier

2nd period

NYI

MTL

Billy Harris (EV) assisted by Clark Gillies and Gerry Hart

Murray Wilson (EV) assisted by Serge Savard

3rd period

NYI

MTL

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Guy Lapointe and Jacques Lemaire

Steve Shutt (EV) assisted by Jacques Lemaire

Islanders

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Billy Smith (L) B. Smith	0	1	0	38	34	.895	4	4.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jude Drouin J. Drouin	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Billy Harris B. Harris	3	0	3	+2	0	1	0	5	60.0
Gerry Hart G. Hart	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Lorne Henning L. Henning	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Garry Howatt G. Howatt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Dave Lewis D. Lewis	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy MacMillan B. MacMillan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bert Marshall B. Marshall	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
J.P. Parise	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jean Potvin J. Potvin	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	19	16	.842	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	0	1	+2	0	0	6	16.7
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	1	1	+1	0	0	5	0.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	0	2	2	+2	2	0	2	0.0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	1	0	1	+1	0	0	4	25.0
Bill Nyrop B. Nyrop	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Jimmy Roberts J. Roberts	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	1	0	1	+2	0	1	4	25.0
Murray Wilson M. Wilson	1	1	2	+2	0	0	3	33.3