NHL game summary from April 17, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buffalo Sabres (46-21-17) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Philadelphia Flyers (48-20-15) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | PHI, | Rick MacLeish 2 (Orest Kindrachuk, Kevin McCarthy), 6:19 - PP |
| BUF, | Terry Martin 1 (Danny Gare, Jerry Korab), 6:34 | |
| 2: | PHI, | Bob Kelly 2 (Orest Kindrachuk, Rick Lapointe), 1:08 |
| PHI, | Rick MacLeish 3 (Jimmy Watson, Bob Kelly), 6:13 | |
| 3: | PHI, | Bill Barber 1 (Bobby Clarke, Bob Dailey), 1:28 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Fighting] 0:45 |
| Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Roughing, Fighting] 0:45 | |
| Mel Bridgman, PHI [Slashing] 4:25 | |
| Danny Gare, BUF [Slashing] 4:25 | |
| Andre Savard, BUF [Interference] 5:29 | |
| Bob Kelly, PHI [Holding] 18:58 | |
| 2: | Andre Savard, BUF [Holding] 4:04 |
| Rick Lapointe, PHI [Hooking] 7:52 | |
| Ross Lonsberry, PHI [Roughing] 9:34 | |
| Danny Gare, BUF [Roughing] 9:34 | |
| Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 12:44 | |
| Lee Fogolin, BUF [Roughing] 12:44 | |
| Danny Gare, BUF [Fighting] 16:39 | |
| Andre Dupont, PHI [Roughing, Fighting] 16:39 | |
| 3: | Rick Lapointe, PHI [Closing hand on puck] 10:36 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont, BUF [Holding] 10:45 |
Penalty time: BUF: 24 minutes
PHI: 24 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Andre Savard | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Gary McAdam | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ric Seiling | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -1 | 6 |
| Derek Smith | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Terry Martin | 25 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 25 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 25 | ||||||
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Parent | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dailey | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: BUF: 9- 8- 8-25
PHI: 11- 9- 8-28
Goalies: BUF: Don Edwards (L, 2-2-0)
PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 3-0-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 17,077
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