NHL game summary from March 5, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (17-33-14) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Boston Bruins (41-13-8) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1: | VAN, | Dennis Ververgaert 15 (Claire Alexander, Gerry O'Flaherty), :47 |
| VAN, | Rick Blight 19 (Pit Martin), 3:37 - PP | |
| BOS, | Stan Jonathan 19 (Brad Park, Jean Ratelle), 6:00 | |
| BOS, | Peter McNab 31 (Brad Park, Jean Ratelle), 8:51 - PP | |
| BOS, | John Wensink 12 (Peter McNab), 11:52 | |
| BOS, | John Wensink 13 (Terry O'Reilly, Mike Milbury), 13:08 | |
| BOS, | Rick Middleton 16 (Jean Ratelle, Brad Park), 13:48 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | BOS, | Jean Ratelle 19 (Don Marcotte, Wayne Cashman), 2:49 |
| VAN, | Ron Sedlbauer 15 (Dennis Kearns, Hilliard Graves), 14:37 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Stan Jonathan, BOS [Roughing] 2:12 |
| Dennis Kearns, VAN [Holding] 8:36 | |
| 2: | Mike Milbury, BOS [Charging] 1:18 |
| Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Tripping] 15:42 | |
| 3: | Garry Monahan, VAN [Hooking] 5:18 |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Interference] 5:20 | |
| Gerry O'Flaherty, VAN [Hi-sticking] 9:38 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Roughing] 9:38 |
Penalty time: VAN: 8 minutes
BOS: 8 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Brad Gassoff | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Claire Alexander | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gerry O'Flaherty | 23 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Monahan | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Cesare Maniago | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 24 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Johnny Bucyk | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Al Sims | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Clayton Pachal | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Grahame | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 26 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 5- 8-11-24
BOS: 11- 9- 6-26
Goalies: VAN: Cesare Maniago (L, 8-18-7)
BOS: Ron Grahame (W, 17-4-4)
Referee: Denis Morel
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Kevin Collins
Attendance: 12,377
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