NHL game summary from April 19, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (35-35-14) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (60-11-11) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Series tied, 1-1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | MTL, | Larry Robinson 1 (Guy Lapointe, Guy Lafleur), 3:37 - PP |
| MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 3 (Doug Jarvis), 15:19 | |
| DET, | Dale McCourt 3 (Thommie Bergman, Paul Woods), 18:06 | |
| DET, | Dale McCourt 4 (Reed Larson, Andre St. Laurent), 19:22 - PP | |
| 3: | DET, | Errol Thompson 2, :22 |
| DET, | Nick Libett 1 (Jim Rutherford), 19:22 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dennis Hull, DET [Tripping] 5:40 |
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Roughing] 7:02 | |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Tripping] 9:16 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing] 15:46 | |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Roughing] 15:46 | |
| 2: | Dennis Hextall, DET [Interference] 2:14 |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Hi-sticking] 3:21 | |
| Reed Larson, DET [Roughing] 3:21 | |
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Holding] 18:53 | |
| 3: | Doug Jarvis, MTL [Interference] 2:18 |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Interference] 16:32 |
Penalty time: DET: 8 minutes
MTL: 14 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 1 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Bowness | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dennis Hull | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 36 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 6-19-11-36
MTL: 12- 9- 7-28
Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (W, 2-0-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 1-1-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 15,019
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