NHL game summary from March 2, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (23-24-17) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Boston Bruins (39-13-8) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1: | BOS, | Jean Ratelle 18 (Terry O'Reilly, Gregg Sheppard), 15:44 - PP |
| BOS, | Wayne Cashman 14, 18:42 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Don Marcotte 18 (Wayne Cashman, Gregg Sheppard), 2:16 |
| ATL, | Bobby Lalonde 13 (Tom Lysiak), 4:21 | |
| BOS, | Brad Park 14 (Rick Smith, Don Marcotte), 11:32 - PP | |
| 3: | ATL, | Ken Houston 15 (Dick Redmond, Eric Vail), 18:03 - PP |
| ATL, | Rey Comeau 8, 18:48 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gregg Sheppard, BOS [Hooking] 1:18 |
| Willi Plett, ATL [Hooking] 5:49 | |
| Rick Smith, BOS [Interference] 7:56 | |
| Eric Vail, ATL [Hooking] 9:31 | |
| Miles Zaharko, ATL [Tripping] 15:18 | |
| 2: | Wayne Cashman, BOS [Fighting, Misconduct] 5:16 |
| Gregg Sheppard, BOS [Game misconduct] 5:16 | |
| Pat Ribble, ATL [Roughing, Fighting] 5:16 | |
| Stan Jonathan, BOS [Charging] 7:04 | |
| Greg Fox, ATL [Tripping] 10:16 | |
| 3: | Stan Jonathan, BOS [Roughing] 16:09 |
Penalty time: ATL: 15 minutes
BOS: 33 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Fox | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Ribble | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Redmond | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 7 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Miles Zaharko | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Harold Phillipoff | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Yves Belanger | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| Al Sims | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Clayton Pachal | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Grahame | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 6- 5- 9-20
BOS: 10- 6- 9-25
Goalies: ATL: Yves Belanger (L, 5-10-0)
BOS: Ron Grahame (W, 15-4-4)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 11,544
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