NHL game summary from April 21, 1978

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

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