NHL game summary from April 23, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Flyers (50-21-15) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Buffalo Sabres (47-23-17) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Philadelphia Flyers lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | PHI, | Bob Kelly 3, 5:58 |
| PHI, | Ross Lonsberry 1 (Mel Bridgman, Paul Holmgren), 8:02 - PP | |
| PHI, | Rick MacLeish 6, 14:13 | |
| BUF, | Craig Ramsay 2 (Lee Fogolin, Danny Gare), 15:13 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | PHI, | Bill Barber 3 (Bobby Clarke, Bob Kelly), 14:59 |
| BUF, | Craig Ramsay 3 (Lee Fogolin, Danny Gare), 16:57 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jerry Korab, BUF [Roughing] 6:26 |
| Don Saleski, PHI [Interference] 8:56 | |
| Danny Gare, BUF [Roughing] 12:27 | |
| Rick Lapointe, PHI [Roughing] 12:27 | |
| 2: | Rick Martin, BUF [Tripping] 8:33 |
| Craig Ramsay, BUF [Cross checking] 10:26 | |
| Orest Kindrachuk, PHI [Hooking] 13:11 | |
| 3: | Mel Bridgman, PHI [Interference] 8:34 |
Penalty time: PHI: 8 minutes
BUF: 8 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 | 3 |
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Dave Hoyda | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 27 | ||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Lee Fogolin | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Schoenfeld | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Martin | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Craig Ramsay | 10 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Gilbert Perreault | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rene Robert | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary McAdam | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ric Seiling | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Gare | 18 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Derek Smith | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Luce | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Schock | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Hajt | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Terry Martin | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -4 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -4 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 11-12- 4-27
BUF: 9-15- 9-33
Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 5-1-0)
BUF: Don Edwards (L, 3-4-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 16,433
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