Wednesday March 22, 1978
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All NHL game summaries from March 22, 1978



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (28-26-18) 0 1 0 1
Detroit Red Wings (28-30-12) 1 2 1 4

1: DET,Paul Woods 15 (Jim Rutherford), 13:34 - SH
2: DET,Dale McCourt 27 (Bill Lochead), 3:28
ATL,Ed Kea 3 (Willi Plett, Tom Lysiak), 15:09
DET,Dale McCourt 28 (Paul Woods), 17:12
3: DET,Dale McCourt 29 (Paul Woods, Jim Rutherford), 3:24
Penalties:

1: Dave Shand, ATL [Hi-sticking] 6:13
Thommie Bergman, DET [Holding] 11:58
Willi Plett, ATL [Charging] 16:54
2: Willi Plett, ATL [Fighting] 7:24
Reed Larson, DET [Fighting] 7:24
Dennis Hextall, DET [Elbowing] 10:19
Guy Chouinard, ATL [Tripping] 11:13
Willi Plett, ATL [Fighting] 16:10
Reed Larson, DET [Fighting] 16:10
Richard Mulhern, ATL [Fighting] 20:00
Andre St. Laurent, DET [Fighting] 20:00
Dennis Polonich, DET [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 20:00
Bobby Simpson, ATL [Roughing, Fighting] 20:00
3: Bill Lochead, DET [Tripping] 11:24
Pat Ribble, ATL [Elbowing] 16:50
Penalty time: ATL: 30 minutes DET: 28 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Ribble 3 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Richard Mulhern 4 D 0 0 0 5 -1 2
Dick Redmond 5 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 1 1 0 -2 0
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Rey Comeau 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ed Kea 19 D 1 0 1 0 0 1
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Simpson 22 LW 0 0 0 7 -1 0
Miles Zaharko 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Harold Phillipoff 24 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 1 1 12 -1 0
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1521
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1521

DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 2 2 0 0 0
Terry Harper 2 D 0 0 0 0 3 0
Thommie Bergman 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 7 0 1
Dale McCourt 10 C 3 0 3 0 4 5
Rick Bowness 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Paul Woods 15 C 1 2 3 0 4 1
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 0 0 0 5 0 5
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Hextall 22 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Bill Lochead 23 LW 0 1 1 2 3 0
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Larry Wright 25 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Cameron 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Reed Larson 28 D 0 0 0 10 1 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1422
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1422
Shots: ATL: 6- 7- 7-20 DET: 8- 5- 9-22 Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 20-12-18) DET: Jim Rutherford (W, 17-15-4) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, Bob Luther Attendance: 13,874



Team123F
Colorado Rockies (16-36-20) 2 2 1 5
Pittsburgh Penguins (22-33-17) 0 1 1 2

1: COL,John Van Boxmeer 11 (Andy Spruce), 2:18
COL,Wilf Paiement 27 (Denis Dupere, Mike Christie), 6:29 - PP
2: PIT,Gene Carr 16 (Dave Burrows), 4:31
COL,Denis Dupere 10 (John Van Boxmeer, Mike Kitchen), 13:33
COL,Wilf Paiement 28, 19:27
3: PIT,John Flesch 7 (Tom Cassidy, Tom Edur), 16:52
COL,Denis Dupere 11, 19:40 - EN
Penalties:

1: Fred Ahern, COL [Interference] 3:13
Tom Edur, PIT [Tripping] 6:00
Gene Carr, PIT [Hi-sticking] 8:14
2: none
3: Jean Pronovost, PIT [Roughing double minor, Game misconduct] 0:47
Dave Schultz, PIT [Slashing, Fighting] 0:47
Wilf Paiement, COL [Slashing, Fighting] 0:47
Bench penalty, PIT [Unsportsmanlike conduct - Coach] 0:47
Wilf Paiement, COL [Fighting, Misconduct] 7:21
Dave Schultz, PIT [Fighting, Misconduct] 7:21
Barry Beck, COL [Game misconduct] 7:21
Penalty time: COL: 34 minutes PIT: 42 minutes
COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bryan Lefley 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Christie 3 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 1 1 2 0 0 2
Barry Beck 5 D 0 0 0 10 1 4
Mark Suzor 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 2 0 2 22 2 4
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nelson Pyatt 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Ron Andruff 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Denis Dupere 15 LW 2 1 3 0 2 5
Larry Skinner 20 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andy Spruce 22 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Fred Ahern 24 RW 0 0 0 2 1 2
Dennis Owchar 25 D 0 0 0 0 2 4
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 1 1 0 3 0
Ron Delorme 27 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bill McKenzie 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 7 defensemen)1033
TOTAL   (9 forwards, 7 defensemen)1033

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Denis Herron 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Edur 2 D 0 1 1 2 -1 4
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Dave Burrows 4 D 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Colin Campbell 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 0 1 5
Dave Schultz 8 LW 0 0 0 22 -1 1
Blair Chapman 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Peter Lee 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
John Flesch 11 RW 1 0 1 0 0 5
Greg Malone 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Wayne Bianchin 14 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Derek Sanderson 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jean Pronovost 19 RW 0 0 0 14 0 0
Brian Spencer 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Tom Cassidy 25 C 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Gene Carr 28 C 1 0 1 2 1 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1139
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1139
Shots: COL: 10-12-11-33 PIT: 17-10-12-39 Goalies: COL: Bill McKenzie (W, 3-4-2) PIT: Denis Herron (L, 17-22-14) Referee: John McCauley Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Randy Mitton Attendance: 6,988



Team123F
New York Rangers (25-32-13) 2 3 1 6
St. Louis Blues (17-43-12) 1 0 0 1

1: STL,Bernie Federko 13 (Barry Gibbs, Phil Myre), 1:16
NYR,Phil Esposito 30 (Ron Duguay, Pat Hickey), 17:24 - PP
NYR,Ron Greschner 20 (Wayne Dillon), 18:31
2: NYR,Ron Greschner 21 (Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais), 1:35 - PP
NYR,Pat Hickey 37, 9:11 - SH
NYR,Phil Esposito 31 (Pat Hickey, Ron Duguay), 16:43 - PP
3: NYR,Ron Greschner 22 (Walt Tkaczuk), 10:30 - PP
Penalties:

1: Gary Holt, STL [Hooking] 16:38
Jack Brownschidle, STL [Interference] 19:50
2: Dave Maloney, NYR [Charging] 4:17
Wayne Dillon, NYR [Hooking] 8:51
Gary Holt, STL [Hooking] 16:25
Wayne Dillon, NYR [Hooking] 17:57
3: Dave Farrish, NYR [Interference] 4:32
Phil Esposito, NYR [Hooking] 6:01
Gary Holt, STL [Hooking] 9:26
Penalty time: NYR: 10 minutes STL: 8 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Thomas 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Ron Greschner 4 D 3 0 3 0 1 3
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 4
Don Awrey 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Dillon 9 C 0 1 1 4 0 0
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 3 3 0 -1 1
Pat Hickey 16 LW 1 2 3 0 1 3
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Mark Heaslip 19 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dan Newman 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Esposito 77 C 2 0 2 2 0 4
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)427
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)427

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bruce Affleck 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Red Berenson 9 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jack Brownschidle 10 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brian Sutter 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Claude Larose 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Currie 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rod Seiling 16 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inge Hammarstrom 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Neil Komadoski 20 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gary Holt 21 LW 0 0 0 6 0 0
Barry Gibbs 22 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bob Hess 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernie Federko 24 C 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Ken Richardson 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jimmy Roberts 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Myre 30 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-518
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-518
Shots: NYR: 7-12- 8-27 STL: 5- 7- 6-18 Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (W, 10-18-7) STL: Phil Myre (L, 12-30-8) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Ryan Bozak Attendance: 10,560



Team123F
New York Islanders (43-16-13) 1 3 2 6
Toronto Maple Leafs (39-22-10) 1 0 1 2

1: TOR,Stan Weir 10 (Ian Turnbull), 2:31
NYI,Lorne Henning 10 (Ed Westfall), 18:08 - SH
2: NYI,Bryan Trottier 41 (Mike Bossy), 1:31
NYI,Denis Potvin 29 (Bryan Trottier, Stefan Persson), 5:12 - PP
NYI,Billy Harris 22 (Garry Howatt, Wayne Merrick), 6:20
3: TOR,Dan Maloney 17 (Mike Pelyk, Darryl Sittler), 12:28
NYI,Bob Nystrom 23 (Gerry Hart, Bob Bourne), 12:57
NYI,Stefan Persson 6 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 13:35 - PP
Penalties:

1: Pat Boutette, TOR [Interference] 0:52
Billy Harris, NYI [Slashing] 0:52
Clark Gillies, NYI [Fighting] 8:17
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Fighting] 8:17
Pat Boutette, TOR [Interference] 9:42
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Slashing] 14:28
Jimmy Jones, TOR [Slashing] 14:28
Gerry Hart, NYI [Holding] 17:59
2: Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Hooking] 4:14
Darryl Sittler, TOR [Roughing] 9:17
Dan Maloney, TOR [Charging] 19:33
Stefan Persson, NYI [Tripping] 19:47
3: Brian Glennie, TOR [Hi-sticking] 5:19
Garry Howatt, NYI [Hi-sticking] 5:19
Trevor Johansen, TOR [Tripping] 6:31
Mike Bossy, NYI [Hooking] 6:43
Trevor Johansen, TOR [Holding] 13:24
Garry Howatt, NYI [Fighting] 15:20
Lanny McDonald, TOR [Fighting] 15:20
Kurt Walker, TOR [Elbowing] 19:33
Penalty time: NYI: 22 minutes TOR: 30 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glenn Resch 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Denis Potvin 5 D 1 0 1 0 0 3
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stefan Persson 7 D 1 1 2 2 0 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 1 1 7 0 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 1 1 5 1 1
Lorne Henning 10 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Billy Harris 15 RW 1 0 1 2 0 2
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Bryan Trottier 19 C 1 2 3 2 1 3
Mike Bossy 22 RW 0 1 1 2 1 3
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)1027
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)1027

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 1 1 0 -2 0
Trevor Johansen 4 D 0 0 0 4 -1 2
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 0 0 5 -1 3
Dan Maloney 9 LW 1 0 1 2 2 2
George Ferguson 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ron Wilson 11 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Stan Weir 14 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 4 -2 3
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Mike Pelyk 20 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 7 -2 1
Brian Glennie 24 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Kurt Walker 26 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 1 1 2 -1 4
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-1126
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-1126
Shots: NYI: 10-12- 5-27 TOR: 11- 3-12-26 Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (W, 24-8-5) TOR: Mike Palmateer (L, 32-17-9) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Ron Finn, Kevin Collins Attendance: 16,485



Team123F
Chicago Blackhawks (28-26-17) 2 2 2 6
Washington Capitals (13-45-12) 1 0 1 2

1: CHI,Grant Mulvey 12 (Ivan Boldirev, Doug Hicks), 5:46 - PP
CHI,Grant Mulvey 13 (Ted Bulley), 14:30
WAS,Garnet "Ace" Bailey 5 (Rick Green), 17:21
2: CHI,Dale Tallon 3 (Bob Murray), 4:49 - PP
CHI,Darcy Rota 15 (Alain Daigle, Pierre Plante), 11:28
3: CHI,Ivan Boldirev 30 (Ted Bulley), 5:35
WAS,Gerry Meehan 16 (Bryan Watson, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), 10:41
CHI,Grant Mulvey 14 (Ivan Boldirev, Bob Murray), 14:07
Penalties:

1: Bryan Watson, WAS [Elbowing] 0:50
Dave Forbes, WAS [Holding] 5:29
Bob Murray, CHI [Interference] 11:52
2: Gord Lane, WAS [Holding] 3:05
Darcy Rota, CHI [Charging] 8:42
Pierre Plante, CHI [Hi-sticking] 11:52
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Fighting] 17:39
Bill Riley, WAS [Fighting] 17:39
3: Gord Lane, WAS [Slashing] 2:48
Stan Mikita, CHI [Slashing] 2:48
Bob Murray, CHI [Holding] 18:44
Penalty time: CHI: 15 minutes WAS: 13 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Logan 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Murray 6 D 0 2 2 4 1 2
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 1 2 3 0 1 6
Pierre Plante 15 RW 0 1 1 2 0 1
Kirk Bowman 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Darcy Rota 18 LW 1 0 1 2 1 3
Dale Tallon 19 D 1 0 1 0 0 3
Stan Mikita 21 C 0 0 0 2 0 4
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 3 0 3 5 3 5
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Kelly 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Hoffmeyer 26 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Doug Hicks 28 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 2 2 0 1 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1030
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1030

WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rick Green 5 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Gord Smith 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Yvon Labre 7 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Riley 8 RW 0 0 0 5 -1 0
Garnet "Ace" Bailey 9 LW 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Bob Girard 10 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rick Bragnalo 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gerry Meehan 14 C 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Guy Charron 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Mike Marson 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Rowe 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bryan Watson 19 D 0 1 1 2 -2 3
Dave Forbes 21 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Ron Lalonde 22 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Picard 24 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Bob Sirois 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Gord Lane 28 D 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Jim Bedard 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1025
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1025
Shots: CHI: 8-13- 9-30 WAS: 7- 7-11-25 Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 25-20-12) WAS: Jim Bedard (L, 7-21-5) Referee: Denis Morel Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 10,335



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