All NHL game summaries from April 21, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (54-18-11) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
 Chicago Blackhawks (32-32-19) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Boston Bruins lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | John Wensink 1 (Terry O'Reilly, Peter McNab), 13:01 |
| BOS, | John Wensink 2 (Bobby Schmautz), 15:49 | |
| 2: | CHI, | Stan Mikita 2 (J.P. Bordeleau, Bob Murray), 15:43 - PP |
| 3: | BOS, | Terry O'Reilly 3 (Rick Smith, Dennis O'Brien), 1:14 |
| CHI, | Grant Mulvey 2 (Bob Murray), 13:04 | |
| CHI, | Cliff Koroll 1 (Ivan Boldirev, Bob Murray), 19:33 | |
| 4: | BOS, | Peter McNab 3 (Rick Smith, Don Marcotte), 10:17 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Kelly, CHI [Slashing] 8:29 | |
| Mike Milbury, BOS [Fighting] 12:40 | ||
| Keith Magnuson, CHI [Fighting] 12:40 | ||
| John Wensink, BOS [Holding] 13:32 | ||
| 2: | Mike Milbury, BOS [Hooking] 5:29 | |
| Mike Milbury, BOS [Holding] 15:16 | ||
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking] 18:44 | ||
| Darcy Rota, CHI [Hi-sticking] 18:44 | ||
| 3: | Don Marcotte, BOS [Hooking] 7:55 | |
| Ivan Boldirev, CHI [Hooking] 13:31 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: BOS: 15 minutes
CHI: 11 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Al Sims | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 3 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 30 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Logan | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 6 | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ivan Boldirev | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kirk Bowman | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alain Daigle | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darcy Rota | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Dale Tallon | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Grant Mulvey | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Doug Wilson | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Hicks | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Ted Bulley | 29 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 13- 5- 7- 5-30
CHI: 7-15- 6- 1-29
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 1-0-0)
CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 0-3-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 13,187
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (61-11-11) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||
 Detroit Red Wings (35-36-14) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | DET, | Nick Libett 2 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Dennis Hextall), 7:54 - PP |
| MTL, | Steve Shutt 2 (Larry Robinson, Yvon Lambert), 8:38 - PP | |
| 2: | DET, | Nick Libett 3 (Vaclav Nedomansky), 13:48 |
| 3: | MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 1 (Serge Savard, Steve Shutt), :30 |
| MTL, | Pierre Larouche 1 (Steve Shutt), 3:46 | |
| MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 4 (Yvon Lambert, Serge Savard), 12:38 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bill Lochead, DET [Roughing] 0:34 |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Roughing double minor] 0:34 | |
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Fighting] 4:50 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing, Fighting] 4:50 | |
| Rick Chartraw, MTL [Interference] 7:31 | |
| Rick Bowness, DET [Elbowing] 8:05 | |
| Rejean Houle, MTL [Hi-sticking] 9:56 | |
| Bill Lochead, DET [Hi-sticking] 14:39 | |
| Rejean Houle, MTL [Slashing] 14:39 | |
| Greg Joly, DET [Roughing] 18:59 | |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Roughing] 18:59 | |
| 2: | Errol Thompson, DET [Hooking] 4:29 |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Hi-sticking] 7:53 | |
| Dennis Hextall, DET [Hi-sticking] 9:14 | |
| Guy Lafleur, MTL [Slashing] 10:43 | |
| Terry Harper, DET [Holding] 14:15 | |
| Guy Lafleur, MTL [Hi-sticking] 15:46 | |
| Al Cameron, DET [Interference] 16:07 | |
| 3: | Guy Lafleur, MTL [Roughing] 0:22 |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing] 0:22 | |
| Dennis Hextall, DET [Roughing] 18:19 |
Penalty time: MTL: 25 minutes
DET: 27 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 32 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -2 | 0 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Rick Bowness | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Dennis Hull | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Low | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 19 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 7-12-13-32
DET: 9- 6- 4-19
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 2-1-0)
DET: Ron Low (L, 1-2-0)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 16,672
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (50-18-15) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Toronto Maple Leafs (44-31-10) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | TOR, | Ron Ellis 2 (Jimmy Jones, Dave "Tiger" Williams), 14:37 |
| 3: | TOR, | Ian Turnbull 2, 5:36 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Darryl Sittler, TOR [Roughing] 0:29 |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Fighting] 2:05 | |
| Jerry Butler, TOR [Fighting] 2:05 | |
| Lanny McDonald, TOR [Hi-sticking] 5:15 | |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Hi-sticking] 5:15 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Holding] 12:21 | |
| Pat Boutette, TOR [Roughing] 15:52 | |
| Dave Lewis, NYI [Elbowing] 19:45 | |
| 2: | Dan Maloney, TOR [Interference] 4:34 |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Interference] 10:38 | |
| Brian Glennie, TOR [Holding] 18:05 | |
| 3: | Ian Turnbull, TOR [Hooking] 6:57 |
| Gerry Hart, NYI [Hi-sticking] 13:17 | |
| Lanny McDonald, TOR [Hi-sticking] 13:17 |
Penalty time: NYI: 15 minutes
TOR: 19 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Bert Marshall | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 1 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jude Drouin | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Turnbull | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Trevor Johansen | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Ellis | 6 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Lanny McDonald | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Valiquette | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Maloney | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ferguson | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stan Weir | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Boutette | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Pelyk | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Borje Salming | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brian Glennie | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kurt Walker | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Sittler | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Palmateer | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 5- 8- 6-19
TOR: 9- 5- 9-23
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 2-1-0)
TOR: Mike Palmateer (W, 3-2-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 16,485
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