NHL game summary from January 12, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Los Angeles Kings (17-15-9) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Boston Bruins (26-9-6) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
1: BOS, Gregg Sheppard 2 (Terry O'Reilly, Gary Doak), 10:34
LA , Danny Grant 4 (Marcel Dionne), 17:06
2: BOS, Gregg Sheppard 3 (Terry O'Reilly, Rick Smith), 1:34
BOS, Terry O'Reilly 13 (Bobby Schmautz, Rick Middleton), 7:48 - PP
BOS, Wayne Cashman 8 (Peter McNab, John Wensink), 13:13
3: BOS, Peter McNab 17 (Brad Park, Mike Milbury), 11:55
BOS, Gregg Sheppard 4 (Brad Park, Wayne Cashman), 16:00 - PP
Penalties:
1: Bert Wilson, LA [Hooking] 8:20
2: Gary Sargent, LA [Tripping] 6:34
Jean Ratelle, BOS [Tripping] 9:40
3: Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 7:22
Gary Doak, BOS [Roughing] 9:24
Bert Wilson, LA [Roughing] 9:24
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 14:37
Gary Sargent, LA [Roughing] 14:37
Don Kozak, LA [Hooking] 15:50
Penalty time: LA : 10 minutes
BOS: 8 minutes
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Manery | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Larry Brown | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Bob Murdoch | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Murphy | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Bert Wilson | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| Ernie Hicke | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hartland Monahan | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syl Apps | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Grant | 15 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marcel Dionne | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Williams | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dave Taylor | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Butch Goring | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Gary Sargent | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| Don Kozak | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Steve Short | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (13 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -15 | 18 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Al Sims | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 35 | ||||||
Shots: LA : 9- 2- 7-18
BOS: 10-11-14-35
Goalies: LA : Rogie Vachon (L, 15-10-8)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 6-2-1)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 14,202
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