NHL game summary from April 2, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (57-9-11) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 Washington Capitals (14-49-14) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1: | MTL, | Steve Shutt 47 (Larry Robinson), 3:58 |
| MTL, | Doug Jarvis 11 (Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe), 5:35 - SH | |
| 2: | WAS, | Robert Picard 10 (Guy Charron), :53 |
| WAS, | Garnet "Ace" Bailey 6 (Gerry Meehan), 2:50 | |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 36, 3:31 | |
| WAS, | Guy Charron 37 (Bob Sirois, Yvon Labre), 5:55 | |
| MTL, | Guy Lafleur 58 (Yvan Cournoyer, Doug Risebrough), 10:56 | |
| 3: | WAS, | Tom Rowe 11 (Rick Green, Rick Bragnalo), 16:27 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Chartraw, MTL [Tripping] 5:05 | |
| Gilles Lupien, MTL [Tripping] 7:41 | ||
| Gord Smith, WAS [Holding] 18:31 | ||
| Guy Lafleur, MTL [Roughing] 19:52 | ||
| Bryan Watson, WAS [Roughing] 19:52 | ||
| 2: | Larry Robinson, MTL [Hi-sticking] 6:05 | |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Roughing] 6:36 | ||
| Rick Green, WAS [Roughing] 6:36 | ||
| Robert Picard, WAS [Tripping] 7:28 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: MTL: 10 minutes
WAS: 8 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Larocque | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 8 defensemen) | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 8 defensemen) | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| WAS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Green | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gord Smith | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Yvon Labre | 7 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Girard | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Bragnalo | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerry Meehan | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Guy Charron | 15 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Marson | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Rowe | 17 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bryan Watson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Forbes | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Lalonde | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Robert Picard | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Sirois | 25 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Collins | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Lane | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Bedard | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 6- 9- 5-20
WAS: 8- 6- 9-23
Goalies: MTL: Michel Larocque (T, 22-2-4)
WAS: Jim Bedard (T, 8-23-7)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Willard Norris
Attendance: 12,937
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