NHL game summary from April 21, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (54-18-11) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
 Chicago Blackhawks (32-32-19) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Boston Bruins lead, 3 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | John Wensink 1 (Terry O'Reilly, Peter McNab), 13:01 |
| BOS, | John Wensink 2 (Bobby Schmautz), 15:49 | |
| 2: | CHI, | Stan Mikita 2 (J.P. Bordeleau, Bob Murray), 15:43 - PP |
| 3: | BOS, | Terry O'Reilly 3 (Rick Smith, Dennis O'Brien), 1:14 |
| CHI, | Grant Mulvey 2 (Bob Murray), 13:04 | |
| CHI, | Cliff Koroll 1 (Ivan Boldirev, Bob Murray), 19:33 | |
| 4: | BOS, | Peter McNab 3 (Rick Smith, Don Marcotte), 10:17 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Kelly, CHI [Slashing] 8:29 | |
| Mike Milbury, BOS [Fighting] 12:40 | ||
| Keith Magnuson, CHI [Fighting] 12:40 | ||
| John Wensink, BOS [Holding] 13:32 | ||
| 2: | Mike Milbury, BOS [Hooking] 5:29 | |
| Mike Milbury, BOS [Holding] 15:16 | ||
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Hi-sticking] 18:44 | ||
| Darcy Rota, CHI [Hi-sticking] 18:44 | ||
| 3: | Don Marcotte, BOS [Hooking] 7:55 | |
| Ivan Boldirev, CHI [Hooking] 13:31 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: BOS: 15 minutes
CHI: 11 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Al Sims | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 3 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 30 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Logan | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Magnuson | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| Bob Murray | 6 | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ivan Boldirev | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kirk Bowman | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alain Daigle | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darcy Rota | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Dale Tallon | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Stan Mikita | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Grant Mulvey | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Doug Wilson | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Hicks | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Ted Bulley | 29 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -9 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 13- 5- 7- 5-30
CHI: 7-15- 6- 1-29
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 1-0-0)
CHI: Tony Esposito (L, 0-3-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 13,187
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