NHL game summary from March 4, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Washington Capitals (12-40-12) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 St. Louis Blues (15-38-10) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | WAS, | Bill Riley 10 (Garnet "Ace" Bailey, Gord Smith), 1:41 |
| STL, | Jack Brownschidle 2 (Garry Unger), 8:22 - PP | |
| STL, | Red Berenson 10 (Bill Fairbairn), 18:23 - SH | |
| 3: | WAS, | Gerry Meehan 14 (Garnet "Ace" Bailey, Robert Picard), 2:13 - PP |
| STL, | Garry Unger 27 (Gary Holt, Curt Bennett), 16:16 | |
| WAS, | Robert Picard 7 (Gerry Meehan, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), 19:37 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Tom Rowe, WAS [Hi-sticking] 3:23 |
| Gord Smith, WAS [Hooking] 14:14 | |
| Larry Bolonchuk, WAS [Hi-sticking] 17:16 | |
| Bernie Federko, STL [Hi-sticking] 17:16 | |
| Bill Fairbairn, STL [Holding] 18:17 | |
| 2: | Brian Sutter, STL [Hooking] 3:42 |
| Gord Smith, WAS [Holding] 6:34 | |
| Gord Lane, WAS [Hi-sticking] 8:16 | |
| Claude Larose, STL [Hi-sticking] 8:16 | |
| Tom Rowe, WAS [Tripping] 12:04 | |
| Barry Gibbs, STL [Holding] 17:22 | |
| 3: | Claude Larose, STL [Tripping] 0:59 |
| Tom Rowe, WAS [Slashing] 4:00 | |
| Larry Bolonchuk, WAS [Holding] 6:53 | |
| Claude Larose, STL [Hi-sticking] 12:33 | |
| Bill Riley, WAS [Hi-sticking] 12:33 |
Penalty time: WAS: 18 minutes
STL: 14 minutes
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bolonchuk | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Green | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gord Smith | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Yvon Labre | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Riley | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 9 | LW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Girard | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Bragnalo | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Meehan | 14 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Guy Charron | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Marson | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Rowe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Bryan Watson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Lalonde | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Picard | 24 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bill Collins | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gord Lane | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Bedard | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 1 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 1 | 28 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Affleck | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Red Berenson | 9 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 10 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Larose | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Fairbairn | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Currie | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Inge Hammarstrom | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Komadoski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gary Holt | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Gibbs | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Hess | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Myre | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 22 | ||||||
Shots: WAS: 10- 9- 8-27
STL: 4- 6-12-22
Goalies: WAS: Jim Bedard (T, 7-18-5)
STL: Phil Myre (T, 11-25-7)
Referee: Charles Banfield
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Bob Luther
Attendance: 12,265
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