The Soviet Wings (Krylya Sovetov) were beaten soundly by Buffalo 12-6 on January 4, 1976. It was the Wings only loss in 4 games on their tour. They opened with a 7-4 win over Pittsburgh, then the loss to the Sabres, beat Chicago 4-2 and edged out the NY Islanders 2-1.
The Wings featured the Soviet national team's backup goalie Alexander Sidelnikov but borrowed 4 players from Moscow Spartak team for this tour including LW Alexander Yakushev (1 goal, 3 assists), C Vladimir Shadrin (1 goal, 3 assists), RW Victor Shalimov (who led the Wings with 4 goals and 4 assists) and D Yuri Liapkin (3 goals, 3 assists). Names familiar from the '72 Summit Series and '74 WHA Summit Series. The Wings roster contained such players as LW Sergei Kapustin, D Victor Kuznetsov, Sergei Babinov, Vladimir Repnev, RW Sergei Kotov, Vyacheslav Anisin, Yuri Lebedev, LW Alexander Bodunov, D Yuri Tyurin and Vladimir Krikunov...and unfamiliar names like Yuri Terekhin, Vladimir Rasko, Vladimir Gostyuzhev, Konstantin Klimov, Gennady Maslov and Igor Lapin. But the Wings talent level was nowhere near CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Club of the Army).
CSKA team had Tretiak, Kharlamov, Mikhailov, Vasiliev, Maltsev, Vikulov, Aleksandrov, Gusev, Popov, Lutchenko, Tsygankov, Solodukhin, Volchenkov, Zhluktov, Kutergin, Volchkov, Lobanov, Kuzkin, Petrov, Glazov and Lokotko.
In the 4 games against the NHL, Kharlamov led with 4 goals, 3 assists, followed by Aleksandrov (3 goals, 3 assists) and Mikhailov with 2 goals, 3 assists.
At the conclusion of the tour, on the request of the organizers, CSKA played the Soviet Wings in Washington on Jan. 12, 1976, and it resulted in a 7-7 tie. CSKA jumped out to a 4-1 lead after the first period, but the Wings scored 4 goals in the second to none for CSKA, but then CSKA outscored the Wings 3-2 in the third for the tie. The Wings were led by a pair of goals from Shadrin.