NHL game summary from February 7, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (21-20-12) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
 Vancouver Canucks (14-24-13) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1: | ATL, | Eric Vail 12 (Rey Comeau, Bob MacMillan), :56 |
| ATL, | Guy Chouinard 14 (Richard Mulhern), 5:31 | |
| ATL, | John Gould 12 (Bill Clement, Dick Redmond), 13:36 | |
| ATL, | Bob MacMillan 22 (Dan Bouchard), 14:31 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | VAN, | Claire Alexander 4 (Dennis Kearns, Hilliard Graves), 3:20 - PP |
| VAN, | Dennis Ververgaert 9 (Dennis Kearns, Chris Oddleifson), 15:29 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Sheldon Kannegiesser, VAN [Hooking] 11:27 |
| 2: | Willi Plett, ATL [Tripping] 2:50 |
| Rey Comeau, ATL [Holding] 16:18 | |
| 3: | Bench penalty, ATL [Too many men on the ice] 1:37 |
| Hilliard Graves, VAN [Slashing] 4:01 | |
| Ed Kea, ATL [Hooking] 12:00 | |
| Bobby Simpson, ATL [Slashing] 14:36 |
Penalty time: ATL: 10 minutes
VAN: 4 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Ribble | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dick Redmond | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Miles Zaharko | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 29 | ||||||
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Walton | 4 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rob Flockhart | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Gassoff | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claire Alexander | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Cesare Maniago | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Ridley | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 19 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 16- 5- 8-29
VAN: 6- 6- 7-19
Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (W, 14-9-12)
VAN: Curt Ridley (L, 7-13-6),
Cesare Maniago Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Swede Knox Attendance: n/a
Cesare Maniago Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Swede Knox Attendance: n/a
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