NHL game summary from May 16, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (59-21-11) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
 Montreal Canadiens (69-11-11) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: no scoring
2: BOS, Brad Park 7 (Terry O'Reilly, Peter McNab), 3:57
MTL, Steve Shutt 8 (Yvan Cournoyer, Larry Robinson), 7:00
3: MTL, Bob Gainey 2 (Doug Jarvis, Rejean Houle), 12:12
BOS, Rick Smith 1 (Wayne Cashman, Peter McNab), 15:48
4: MTL, Guy Lafleur 9 (Larry Robinson), 13:09
Penalties:
1: Larry Robinson, MTL [Tripping] 4:13
Rejean Houle, MTL [Hooking] 6:22
Gregg Sheppard, BOS [Hooking] 9:19
John Wensink, BOS [Boarding] 12:06
Bill Nyrop, MTL [Holding] 18:46
Stan Jonathan, BOS [Hi-sticking] 19:31
2: Larry Robinson, MTL [Boarding] 12:39
Mike Milbury, BOS [Hi-sticking] 15:46
Yvan Cournoyer, MTL [Slashing] 15:46
3: Dennis O'Brien, BOS [Elbowing] 5:37
Guy Lafleur, MTL [Tripping] 6:43
4: none
Penalty time: BOS: 10 minutes
MTL: 12 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 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) | -5 | 32 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nyrop | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 35 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 8-10-10- 4-32
MTL: 8- 5- 7-15-35
Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (L, 6-2-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 10-1-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, John D'Amico
Attendance: 17,426
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