NHL game summary from April 11, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (30-38-13) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Buffalo Sabres (45-19-17) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Buffalo Sabres lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | BUF, | Gilbert Perreault 1 (Rick Martin, Bill Stewart), 16:41 |
| 2: | BUF, | Rick Martin 1 (Gilbert Perreault, Bill Stewart), 12:28 |
| 3: | NYR, | Steve Vickers 1 (Dallas Smith, Don Murdoch), 2:35 |
| BUF, | Jocelyn Guevremont 1 (Don Luce), 8:33 | |
| BUF, | Gary McAdam 1 (Danny Gare, Jocelyn Guevremont), 17:50 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Interference] 8:12 |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 18:52 | |
| 2: | Lee Fogolin, BUF [Holding] 9:01 |
| Rick Martin, BUF [Cross checking] 19:32 | |
| 3: | Jerry Korab, BUF [Elbowing] 4:05 |
| Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Hooking] 12:15 |
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes
BUF: 6 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Don Awrey | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Wayne Dillon | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dallas Smith | 15 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Mark Heaslip | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Dan Newman | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 25 | ||||||
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stewart | 3 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Andre Savard | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary McAdam | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ric Seiling | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Derek Smith | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry Martin | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 27 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 8- 3-14-25
BUF: 5-13- 9-27
Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 0-1-0)
BUF: Don Edwards (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Ron Finn, John D'Amico
Attendance: 16,433
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