All NHL game summaries from April 13, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Flyers (47-20-15) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
 Colorado Rockies (19-42-21) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers win, 2 games to 0 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | PHI, | Reggie Leach 1 (Rick MacLeish, Rick Lapointe), 2:41 |
| COL, | Dennis Owchar 1 (Andy Spruce, Dave Hudson), 6:59 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | PHI, | Don Saleski 1 (Mel Bridgman, Orest Kindrachuk), 1:13 |
| PHI, | Bob Kelly 1 (Mel Bridgman), 10:36 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Andre Dupont, PHI [Interference] 4:37 | |
| Rick Lapointe, PHI [Hooking] 12:26 | ||
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: PHI: 4 minutes
COL: 0 minutes
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Parent | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dailey | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 45 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 45 | ||||||
| COL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Favell | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Lefley | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Christie | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Van Boxmeer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Barry Beck | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Randy Pierce | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Wilf Paiement | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Klassen | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Hudson | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Andruff | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denis Dupere | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Contini | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Larry Skinner | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Andy Spruce | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Ahern | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Owchar | 25 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Kitchen | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Delorme | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 17 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 17 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 15-10-20-45
COL: 9- 4- 4-17
Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 2-0-0)
COL: Doug Favell (L, 0-2-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 16,399
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (34-29-19) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Detroit Red Wings (34-34-14) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Detroit Red Wings win, 2 games to 0 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | ATL, | Tom Lysiak 1 (Harold Phillipoff), 6:29 |
| DET, | Vaclav Nedomansky 2 (Paul Woods), 12:09 | |
| 3: | DET, | Bill Lochead 1 (Dale McCourt, Paul Woods), 8:58 |
| ATL, | Bobby Lalonde 1, 14:06 | |
| DET, | Bill Lochead 2 (Paul Woods, Reed Larson), 18:26 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Greg Fox, ATL [Tripping] 10:20 | |
| Tom Lysiak, ATL [Charging] 16:21 | ||
| 2: | Dennis Polonich, DET [Cross checking] 1:02 | |
| Greg Fox, ATL [Roughing] 9:16 | ||
| Jean Hamel, DET [Roughing] 9:16 | ||
| Pat Ribble, ATL [Roughing] 9:56 | ||
| Paul Woods, DET [Roughing] 9:56 | ||
| Dave Shand, ATL [Roughing] 19:44 | ||
| Andre St. Laurent, DET [Roughing] 19:44 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: ATL: 10 minutes
DET: 8 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Fox | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Ribble | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dick Redmond | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 7 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Rey Comeau | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| John Gould | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Harold Phillipoff | 24 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rick Bowness | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Hull | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 6- 9-12-27
DET: 7-12- 6-25
Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 0-2-0)
DET: Jim Rutherford (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Ron Finn, John D'Amico
Attendance: 16,671
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto Maple Leafs (43-29-10) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Los Angeles Kings (31-36-15) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Toronto Maple Leafs win, 2 games to 0 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | TOR, | Ron Ellis 1 (Darryl Sittler), 1:12 |
| TOR, | Lanny McDonald 1 (Darryl Sittler), 10:38 | |
| TOR, | Jimmy Jones 1 (Pat Boutette, Borje Salming), 15:29 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | TOR, | Darryl Sittler 1 (Ian Turnbull), 13:15 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Danny Grant, LA [Slashing] 1:57 |
| Ian Turnbull, TOR [Hi-sticking] 2:28 | |
| Dave Taylor, LA [Fighting] 7:32 | |
| Pat Boutette, TOR [Roughing, Fighting] 7:32 | |
| Borje Salming, TOR [Tripping] 18:55 | |
| 2: | Randy Manery, LA [Holding] 2:38 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Hi-sticking] 16:14 | |
| 3: | Glenn Goldup, LA [Tripping] 4:28 |
| Glenn Goldup, LA [Charging] 12:10 |
Penalty time: TOR: 13 minutes
LA : 13 minutes
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Turnbull | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Trevor Johansen | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | 6 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lanny McDonald | 7 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jack Valiquette | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Maloney | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| George Ferguson | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Weir | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Boutette | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Jones | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Pelyk | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Borje Salming | 21 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Glennie | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kurt Walker | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Sittler | 27 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Palmateer | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 19 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Manery | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Murdoch | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Rob Palmer | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Murphy | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bert Wilson | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Venasky | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Hartland Monahan | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syl Apps | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Danny Grant | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Marcel Dionne | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Williams | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Taylor | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Glenn Goldup | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Sargent | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Darryl Edestrand | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rogie Vachon | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 21 | ||||||
Shots: TOR: 11- 3- 5-19
LA : 6- 7- 8-21
Goalies: TOR: Mike Palmateer (W, 2-0-0)
LA : Rogie Vachon (L, 0-2-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 12,889
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buffalo Sabres (45-20-17) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
 New York Rangers (31-38-13) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Series tied, 1-1 (best of 3) | |||||||
| 1: | BUF, | Rene Robert 1, 3:06 |
| NYR, | Steve Vickers 2 (Walt Tkaczuk, Don Murdoch), 14:36 | |
| BUF, | Derek Smith 1 (Jerry Korab), 16:29 | |
| NYR, | Pat Hickey 1 (Ron Duguay, Wayne Dillon), 19:59 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Ron Duguay 1 (Carol Vadnais, Don Murdoch), 15:07 - PP |
| BUF, | Danny Gare 1 (Derek Smith), 18:04 - PP | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
| 4: | NYR, | Don Murdoch 1 (Walt Tkaczuk, Steve Vickers), 1:37 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rene Robert, BUF [Hi-sticking] 4:19 | |
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hi-sticking] 4:19 | ||
| Rene Robert, BUF [Slashing] 6:40 | ||
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Holding] 15:44 | ||
| Rick Martin, BUF [Tripping] 15:44 | ||
| 2: | Don Awrey, NYR [Hooking] 11:47 | |
| Bill Hajt, BUF [Holding] 15:02 | ||
| Don Murdoch, NYR [Holding] 16:38 | ||
| Rick Martin, BUF [Roughing] 16:38 | ||
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Interference] 17:05 | ||
| 3: | Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Holding] 5:25 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 7:05 | ||
| Gary McAdam, BUF [Roughing] 18:16 | ||
| Dan Newman, NYR [Roughing] 18:16 | ||
| Rick Martin, BUF [Fighting] 20:00 | ||
| Phil Esposito, NYR [Fighting] 20:00 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: BUF: 19 minutes
NYR: 19 minutes
| BUF Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stewart | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Andre Savard | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| Gary McAdam | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ric Seiling | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Derek Smith | 19 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Terry Martin | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -6 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -6 | 29 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | 0 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Awrey | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Wayne Dillon | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mark Heaslip | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Newman | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 6 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 6 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: BUF: 11- 7-10- 1-29
NYR: 13- 9- 8- 2-32
Goalies: BUF: Don Edwards (L, 1-1-0)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Matt Pavelich
Attendance: 17,500
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