All NHL game summaries 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (67-11-11) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Toronto Maple Leafs (47-36-10) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens win, 4 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 5 (Rejean Houle, Larry Robinson), 7:21 |
| 2: | MTL, | Steve Shutt 6 (Rejean Houle, Jacques Lemaire), 2:15 - PP |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Trevor Johansen, TOR [Holding] 9:05 |
| 2: | Lanny McDonald, TOR [Tripping] 1:25 |
| 3: | Bench penalty, TOR [Too many men on the ice] 13:30 |
| Rick Chartraw, MTL [Tripping] 16:40 |
Penalty time: MTL: 2 minutes
TOR: 6 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 29 | ||||||
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Turnbull | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Trevor Johansen | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Ellis | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lanny McDonald | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| Jack Valiquette | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Maloney | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| George Ferguson | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Stan Weir | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Boutette | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Jones | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Pelyk | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Carlyle | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Glennie | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darryl Sittler | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| John Anderson | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Palmateer | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 7-14- 8-29
TOR: 9- 9- 5-23
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 8-1-0)
TOR: Mike Palmateer (L, 6-7-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 16,485
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