NHL game summary from May 9, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (58-19-11) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Philadelphia Flyers (52-24-15) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Boston Bruins lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: BOS, Bobby Schmautz 4 (Jean Ratelle, Rick Smith), 6:20
BOS, Don Marcotte 3 (Mike Milbury, Wayne Cashman), 15:43
2: BOS, Wayne Cashman 4 (Brad Park, Gregg Sheppard), 13:57
PHI, Jimmy Watson 1 (Paul Holmgren, Mel Bridgman), 16:26
3: PHI, Orest Kindrachuk 3 (Bob Dailey, Rick MacLeish), 6:34 - PP
BOS, Bobby Schmautz 5 (Mike Milbury, Gregg Sheppard), 19:25 - EN
Penalties:
1: John Wensink, BOS [Fighting] 0:11
Tom Bladon, PHI [Fighting] 0:11
2: John Wensink, BOS [Fighting] 0:26
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 0:26
Rick Lapointe, PHI [Fighting] 0:26
Mel Bridgman, PHI [Fighting] 0:26
Gerry Cheevers, BOS [Slashing] 1:23
Bob Kelly, PHI [Hi-sticking] 4:03
Rick Smith, BOS [Hi-sticking] 4:03
Bob Kelly, PHI [Roughing] 8:37
Brad Park, BOS [Roughing] 8:37
3: Mel Bridgman, PHI [Charging] 4:55
Brad Park, BOS [Roughing] 4:55
Gregg Sheppard, BOS [Hooking] 6:25
Dennis O'Brien, BOS [Misconduct] 6:25
Bob Kelly, PHI [Misconduct] 6:25
Penalty time: BOS: 35 minutes
PHI: 31 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 15 | 16 | ||||||
| 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 | 1 |
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Dave Hoyda | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 4 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Saleski | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 6- 6- 3-15
PHI: 8- 7-13-28
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 5-0-0)
PHI: Bernie Parent (L, 7-4-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 17,077
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