NHL game summary from April 25, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (35-38-14) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (63-11-11) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Rejean Houle 2 (Bob Gainey), :20 |
| DET, | Vaclav Nedomansky 3, 9:40 | |
| MTL, | Guy Lapointe 1 (Steve Shutt, Larry Robinson), 11:09 - PP | |
| 2: | DET, | Dennis Polonich 1 (Errol Thompson, Al Cameron), 6:40 |
| 3: | MTL, | Doug Jarvis 2 (Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson), 1:37 - PP |
| MTL, | Doug Jarvis 3 (Bill Nyrop, Bob Gainey), 17:39 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Yvan Cournoyer, MTL [Hooking] 4:44 |
| Larry Giroux, DET [Interference] 7:21 | |
| Pierre Larouche, MTL [Tripping] 8:23 | |
| Jean Hamel, DET [Cross checking] 9:32 | |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Interference] 13:43 | |
| 2: | Bench penalty, MTL [Too many men on the ice] 9:10 |
| Thommie Bergman, DET [Interference] 12:57 | |
| Larry Robinson, MTL [Tripping] 16:01 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Slashing] 18:45 | |
| 3: | Dale McCourt, DET [Hooking] 0:27 |
| Yvan Cournoyer, MTL [Hooking] 4:54 | |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Tripping] 7:24 |
Penalty time: DET: 10 minutes
MTL: 14 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Harper | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dennis Hull | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| J.P. Leblanc | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Cameron | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Larry Giroux | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Low | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 23 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 44 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 44 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 7-10- 6-23
MTL: 18-11-15-44
Goalies: DET: Ron Low (L, 1-3-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 4-1-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 16,079
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