NHL game summary from December 23, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Detroit Red Wings (10-17-4)	1	0	1	2
Washington Capitals (6-20-6)	0	2	1	3

1: DET, Vaclav Nedomansky 2 (Larry Giroux, Andre St. Laurent), 7:22 - PP
2: WAS, Bob Sirois 13 (Guy Charron, Bob Girard), 1:44
   WAS, Bob Sirois 14 (Guy Charron, Rick Green), 2:01
3: WAS, Rick Green 3 (Bob Sirois, Gerry Meehan), 9:39 - PP
   DET, Andre St. Laurent 9 (Dennis Polonich, Terry Harper), 14:36

Penalties:

1: Dennis Polonich, DET [Hi-sticking] 1:12
   Larry Bolonchuk, WAS [Holding] 6:53
   Bryan Watson, WAS [Roughing] 8:22
   Larry Bolonchuk, WAS [Hi-sticking] 8:35
   Nick Libett, DET [Hi-sticking] 8:35
   Gord Smith, WAS [Fighting] 13:21
   Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 13:21
   Dennis Hextall, DET [Cross checking] 14:02
2: Eddy Godin, WAS [Hooking] 3:20
   Bryan Watson, WAS [Elbowing] 4:52
   Dennis Polonich, DET [Hi-sticking] 4:52
   Larry Bolonchuk, WAS [Holding] 6:50
   Robert Picard, WAS [Hi-sticking] 13:57
   Dennis Hextall, DET [Roughing] 13:57
   Greg Joly, DET [Tripping] 15:27
   Gord Lane, WAS [Roughing] 17:54
   Al Cameron, DET [Roughing] 17:54
   Larry Giroux, DET [Interference] 18:55
   Rick Green, WAS [Hi-sticking] 19:11
3: Ron Lalonde, WAS [Tripping] 3:02
   Bill Lochead, DET [Holding] 7:44
   Perry Miller, DET [Roughing] 8:39
   Guy Charron, WAS [Roughing] 8:39

Penalty time: DET: 25 minutes
              WAS: 27 minutes

DET Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Jim Rutherford	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Harper	2	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Perry Miller	3	D	0	0	0	2	1	4
Larry Giroux	4	D	0	1	1	2	-2	3
Dan Maloney	7	LW	0	0	0	0	1	5
Dennis Polonich	8	C	0	1	1	9	1	0
Dale McCourt	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Libett	14	LW	0	0	0	2	-2	1
Paul Woods	15	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Andre St. Laurent	16	C	1	1	2	0	1	2
Dennis Hull	19	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Vaclav Nedomansky	20	C	1	0	1	0	0	3
Dennis Hextall	22	C	0	0	0	4	-2	0
Bill Lochead	23	LW	0	0	0	2	0	3
Greg Joly	24	D	0	0	0	2	-2	7
Larry Wright	25	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Al Cameron	26	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Tim Sheehy	29	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-5	38

WAS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Larry Bolonchuk	4	D	0	0	0	6	2	0
Rick Green	5	D	1	1	2	2	2	2
Gord Smith	6	D	0	0	0	5	-1	1
Bob Girard	10	LW	0	1	1	0	2	0
Gerry Meehan	14	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
Guy Charron	15	C	0	2	2	2	2	2
Mike Marson	16	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Tom Rowe	17	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddy Godin	18	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Bryan Watson	19	D	0	0	0	4	0	1
Dave Forbes	21	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Lalonde	22	C	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Robert Picard	24	D	0	0	0	2	0	3
Bob Sirois	25	RW	2	1	3	0	2	4
Bill Collins	26	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Gord Lane	28	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Bernie Wolfe	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)							5	18


Shots: DET:  9-10-19-38
       WAS:  6- 5- 6-17

Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 2-8-1)
         WAS: Bernie Wolfe (W, 2-4-2)

Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Don Koharski

Attendance: 8,128

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