NHL game summary from April 11, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (33-34-14) |
4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
 Atlanta Flames (34-28-19) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Detroit Red Wings lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | DET, | Dale McCourt 1 (Nick Libett, Vaclav Nedomansky), 4:52 - PP |
| DET, | Errol Thompson 1 (Vaclav Nedomansky), 7:05 - PP | |
| DET, | Vaclav Nedomansky 1, 7:32 - PP | |
| DET, | Dennis Hextall 1, 15:18 - SH | |
| 2: | ATL, | Guy Chouinard 1 (Pat Ribble, Eric Vail), 5:26 |
| 3: | ATL, | Eric Vail 1 (Bob MacMillan, Greg Fox), :09 |
| ATL, | Dick Redmond 1 (Bob MacMillan, Richard Mulhern), 8:07 | |
| DET, | Andre St. Laurent 1 (Terry Harper), 19:59 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Harold Phillipoff, ATL [Cross checking] 3:16 |
| Greg Fox, ATL [Roughing] 4:19 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing] 4:19 | |
| Dave Shand, ATL [Cross checking] 5:29 | |
| Bill Clement, ATL [Hooking] 6:32 | |
| Bobby Simpson, ATL [Roughing] 10:03 | |
| Greg Joly, DET [Slashing, Roughing] 10:03 | |
| Jean Hamel, DET [Holding] 15:53 | |
| 2: | Paul Woods, DET [Holding] 7:43 |
| Greg Fox, ATL [Tripping] 15:30 | |
| 3: | John Gould, ATL [Slashing] 6:51 |
| Greg Joly, DET [Slashing] 6:51 |
Penalty time: DET: 12 minutes
ATL: 14 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dennis Hull | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Low | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 22 | ||||||
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Fox | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Ribble | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dick Redmond | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Tim Ecclestone | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Zaharko | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Phillipoff | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 3 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 3 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 13- 4- 6-23
ATL: 7-10-12-29
Goalies: DET: Ron Low (W, 1-0-0)
ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 0-1-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 15,155
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