NHL game summary from April 17, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (34-35-14) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (60-10-11) |
0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | MTL, | Doug Jarvis 1 (Bob Gainey, Guy Lapointe), 5:53 |
| MTL, | Rejean Houle 1 (Pierre Mondou, Larry Robinson), 6:46 | |
| DET, | Bill Lochead 3 (Dale McCourt, Paul Woods), 7:45 | |
| MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 1 (Rejean Houle, Larry Robinson), 14:39 | |
| MTL, | Steve Shutt 1 (Guy Lafleur, Jacques Lemaire), 17:31 | |
| DET, | Dale McCourt 2 (Thommie Bergman, Vaclav Nedomansky), 18:56 | |
| 3: | MTL, | Yvan Cournoyer 2 (Rejean Houle, Pierre Mondou), 3:25 |
| MTL, | Pierre Mondou 1 (Yvan Cournoyer, Rejean Houle), 7:25 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Doug Risebrough, MTL [Hi-sticking] 0:20 |
| Jean Hamel, DET [Interference] 0:20 | |
| Bob Gainey, MTL [Holding] 1:43 | |
| Andre St. Laurent, DET [Hooking] 3:39 | |
| Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Tripping] 7:07 | |
| Jean Hamel, DET [Holding] 11:29 | |
| Mario Tremblay, MTL [Holding] 15:18 | |
| 2: | Rick Chartraw, MTL [Hi-sticking] 9:25 |
| 3: | Doug Risebrough, MTL [Hooking] 14:28 |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Slashing] 19:52 |
Penalty time: DET: 8 minutes
MTL: 12 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rick Bowness | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Dennis Hull | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Ron Low | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 24 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 36 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 6- 9- 9-24
MTL: 10-13-13-36
Goalies: DET: Ron Low (L, 1-1-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 15,095
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