All NHL game summaries from May 11, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Flyers (52-25-15) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
 Boston Bruins (59-19-11) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Boston Bruins win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Mike Milbury 1 (Terry O'Reilly, Peter McNab), 17:04 |
| 2: | PHI, | Bill Barber 6 (Bob Kelly, Jimmy Watson), 2:56 |
| BOS, | Brad Park 5 (Peter McNab, Gregg Sheppard), 4:29 - PP | |
| PHI, | Orest Kindrachuk 4 (Rick Lapointe, Rick MacLeish), 13:40 | |
| PHI, | Orest Kindrachuk 5 (Paul Holmgren), 13:51 | |
| BOS, | Bobby Schmautz 6 (Peter McNab, Brad Park), 17:58 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Don Marcotte 4 (Wayne Cashman, Peter McNab), 6:18 |
| BOS, | Peter McNab 6 (Bobby Schmautz), 12:22 | |
| BOS, | Jean Ratelle 3, 18:56 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Boarding] 0:25 | |
| Gary Dornhoefer, PHI [Elbowing] 3:58 | ||
| Dennis O'Brien, BOS [Hi-sticking] 8:19 | ||
| Ross Lonsberry, PHI [Hi-sticking] 8:19 | ||
| Stan Jonathan, BOS [Roughing, Fighting] 19:34 | ||
| Mel Bridgman, PHI [Roughing, Fighting] 19:34 | ||
| 2: | Rick Smith, BOS [Roughing] 2:17 | |
| Orest Kindrachuk, PHI [Roughing] 2:17 | ||
| Rick MacLeish, PHI [Tripping] 3:58 | ||
| Wayne Cashman, BOS [Fighting] 12:03 | ||
| Bob Kelly, PHI [Fighting] 12:03 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: PHI: 20 minutes
BOS: 18 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 | -2 | 2 |
| Tom Bladon | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Hoyda | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
| Gary Dornhoefer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Watson | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -12 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -12 | 24 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 11 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 11 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 9-10- 5-24
BOS: 12-12- 9-33
Goalies: PHI: Bernie Parent (L, 7-5-0)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 6-0-0)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 14,602
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