All NHL game summaries from May 2, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Flyers (51-22-15) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
 Boston Bruins (56-18-11) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Boston Bruins lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Jean Ratelle 1 (Bob Miller, Brad Park), 7:45 |
| PHI, | Reggie Leach 2 (Bobby Clarke, Rick MacLeish), 15:24 - PP | |
| 2: | BOS, | Don Marcotte 2 (Jean Ratelle, Bobby Schmautz), 15:28 |
| 3: | PHI, | Bobby Clarke 3 (Jimmy Watson, Bill Barber), 5:02 |
| 4: | BOS, | Rick Middleton 2 (Jean Ratelle, Rick Smith), 1:43 |
Penalties:
| 1: | John Wensink, BOS [Misconduct] 1:58 | |
| Don Saleski, PHI [Misconduct] 1:58 | ||
| Bob Dailey, PHI [Interference] 4:01 | ||
| Mel Bridgman, PHI [Fighting] 9:37 | ||
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing, Fighting] 9:37 | ||
| Brad Park, BOS [Hooking] 14:32 | ||
| Jimmy Watson, PHI [Hi-sticking] 18:24 | ||
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking] 18:24 | ||
| 2: | Mel Bridgman, PHI [Charging] 0:28 | |
| Kevin McCarthy, PHI [Tripping] 4:52 | ||
| Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 6:19 | ||
| Mel Bridgman, PHI [Elbowing] 11:05 | ||
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Elbowing] 11:05 | ||
| Dennis O'Brien, BOS [Elbowing] 12:51 | ||
| John Wensink, BOS [Roughing] 20:00 | ||
| 3: | Bobby Clarke, PHI [Hooking] 0:54 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 3:06 | ||
| Rick Lapointe, PHI [Roughing] 3:06 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: PHI: 29 minutes
BOS: 31 minutes
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Parent | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dailey | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dave Hoyda | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -11 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -11 | 23 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 11 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 11 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 5-10- 8- 0-23
BOS: 7-10- 6- 2-25
Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (L, 6-2-0)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 3-0-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 14,602
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto Maple Leafs (47-33-10) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (64-11-11) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Serge Savard 1 (Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt), :23 |
| TOR, | Ron Ellis 3 (Darryl Sittler, Dan Maloney), 2:25 | |
| MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 5 (Doug Risebrough, Larry Robinson), 17:06 | |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 3 (Bob Gainey, Larry Robinson), 19:13 | |
| 2: | TOR, | Ian Turnbull 5 (Lanny McDonald), 8:27 |
| 3: | MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 6 (Doug Risebrough, Pierre Bouchard), 3:14 |
| MTL, | Guy Lafleur 3 (Steve Shutt), 8:54 | |
| TOR, | Pat Boutette 3 (Jimmy Jones, Ian Turnbull), 14:30 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Chartraw, MTL [Cross checking] 2:43 | |
| Randy Carlyle, TOR [Interference] 8:42 | ||
| Trevor Johansen, TOR [Holding] 12:59 | ||
| 2: | Guy Lapointe, MTL [Elbowing] 1:54 | |
| Guy Lafleur, MTL [Tripping] 10:02 | ||
| Pat Boutette, TOR [Slashing] 19:05 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: TOR: 6 minutes
MTL: 6 minutes
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Turnbull | 2 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Trevor Johansen | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | 6 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lanny McDonald | 7 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jack Valiquette | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Maloney | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Ferguson | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stan Weir | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pat Boutette | 15 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Jones | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Mike Pelyk | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Randy Carlyle | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Brian Glennie | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Kurt Walker | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Sittler | 27 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Palmateer | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 15 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 15 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 36 | ||||||
Shots: TOR: 5- 4- 6-15
MTL: 21- 7- 8-36
Goalies: TOR: Mike Palmateer (L, 6-4-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 5-1-0)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Neil Armstrong
Attendance: 16,363
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