NHL game summary from November 9, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Washington Capitals (2-8-2) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Detroit Red Wings (5-4-3) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | DET, | Greg Joly 1 (Reed Larson, Dale McCourt), 17:12 - PP |
| 2: | WAS, | Gerry Meehan 4 (Robert Picard, Bill Riley), 14:32 - PP |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dennis Hextall, DET [Hi-sticking] 4:14 |
| Bryan Watson, WAS [Hi-sticking] 4:14 | |
| Gord Lane, WAS [Tripping] 6:31 | |
| Bryan Watson, WAS [Slashing] 16:44 | |
| Al Cameron, DET [Slashing] 16:44 | |
| Robert Picard, WAS [Hooking] 17:07 | |
| 2: | Dennis Hextall, DET [Interference] 4:02 |
| Andre St. Laurent, DET [Interference] 13:33 | |
| Bill Lochead, DET [Holding] 15:54 | |
| Bob Sirois, WAS [Holding] 15:54 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Hi-sticking] 19:57 | |
| Rick Green, WAS [Hi-sticking] 19:57 | |
| 3: | Garnet "Ace" Bailey, WAS [Tripping] 10:36 |
Penalty time: WAS: 14 minutes
DET: 12 minutes
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Lynch | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Green | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gord Smith | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Riley | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt McKechnie | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Patrick | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Meehan | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Guy Charron | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Rowe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Watson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Forbes | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Lalonde | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Picard | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Sirois | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Collins | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gord Lane | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernie Wolfe | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perry Miller | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Maloney | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Al McDonough | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rob Plumb | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Grant | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Larry Wright | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Low | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: WAS: 5- 8- 5-18
DET: 11- 9- 9-29
Goalies: WAS: Bernie Wolfe (T, 1-2-2)
DET: Ron Low (T, 2-1-1)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Willard Norris, Don Koharski
Attendance: 11,714
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