 Somewhat overshadowed by Henderson 's winning goal , was a four @-@ point game by Phil Esposito , two goals and two assists , and a hand in all three goals of the third period . Esposito was the only player on either team to score four points in a game during the series . According to Ron Ellis , he had " never seen another player have a period where there was so much pressure and was still able to accomplish what he did . " Sinden considered it to be Esposito 's " finest hour . " Esposito describes it as " there was no stopping me . And I think some of the guys got a little angry with me . If we had lost , I would have been the goat . But we didn 't lose . I just had enough faith in myself , that I was going to get it done , one way or another . " 
