NHL game summary from April 23, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (62-11-11) |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
 Detroit Red Wings (35-37-14) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Doug Risebrough 1 (Doug Jarvis), 13:00 - SH |
| MTL, | Bob Gainey 1 (Jacques Lemaire), 13:24 - SH | |
| MTL, | Guy Lafleur 1 (Larry Robinson), 15:51 - PP | |
| 2: | MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 2 (Serge Savard, Larry Robinson), 1:24 |
| MTL, | Pierre Mondou 2 (Serge Savard, Guy Lafleur), 5:46 - PP | |
| MTL, | Steve Shutt 3 (Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lafleur), 7:54 | |
| MTL, | Guy Lafleur 2 (Pierre Mondou, Rejean Houle), 11:30 | |
| 3: | MTL, | Steve Shutt 4 (Pierre Larouche, Guy Lafleur), 14:37 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bill Lochead, DET [Holding] 1:52 |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Hi-sticking] 4:10 | |
| Reed Larson, DET [Roughing] 4:10 | |
| Rejean Houle, MTL [Hooking] 4:21 | |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Hooking] 12:17 | |
| Dennis Hextall, DET [Tripping] 15:44 | |
| 2: | Terry Harper, DET [Hooking] 4:00 |
| Pierre Larouche, MTL [Tripping] 8:49 | |
| Brian Engblom, MTL [Hooking] 17:15 | |
| 3: | Dennis Hextall, DET [Hi-sticking] 18:18 |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Hi-sticking] 18:18 |
Penalty time: MTL: 12 minutes
DET: 10 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 28 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 28 | 32 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Dennis Hull | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| J.P. Leblanc | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Larry Giroux | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -30 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -30 | 20 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 9-18- 5-32
DET: 8- 7- 5-20
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 3-1-0)
DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 2-1-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 16,673
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