NHL game summary from December 12, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (12-15-2) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Boston Bruins (18-5-6) |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
1: BOS, Bill Bennett 1 (Rick Middleton, Peter McNab), 8:33
VAN, Thomas Gradin 10 (Pit Martin, Harold Snepsts), 16:32 - PP
2: BOS, Brad Park 2 (Wayne Cashman), 1:40
BOS, Peter McNab 18 (Rick Middleton), 5:51 - PP
BOS, Dick Redmond 2 (Brad Park), 12:18 - PP
BOS, John Wensink 15 (Al Sims, Terry O'Reilly), 13:10
3: BOS, John Wensink 16 (Terry O'Reilly, Mike Milbury), 7:47
VAN, Harold Snepsts 1 (Thomas Gradin, Lars Lindgren), 16:43 - PP
BOS, John Wensink 17 (Peter McNab), 18:22
VAN, Hilliard Graves 9 (Lars Lindgren, Harold Snepsts), 19:44
Penalties:
1: Randy Holt, VAN [Hooking] 6:11
Gerry Cheevers, BOS [Interference] 14:45
2: Al Sims, BOS [Interference] 2:39
Pit Martin, VAN [Hooking] 5:36
Curt Fraser, VAN [Tripping] 10:20
Peter McNab, BOS [Holding] 16:51
3: Gerry Cheevers, BOS [Hi-sticking] 16:24
Penalty time: VAN: 6 minutes
BOS: 8 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Randy Holt | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Roland Eriksson | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gary Bromley | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -20 | 18 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Bennett | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Tom Songin | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mike Walton | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Sims | 29 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 38 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 3- 9- 6-18
BOS: 15-15- 8-38
Goalies: VAN: Gary Bromley (L, 4-8-1)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 8-0-3)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Don Koharski
Attendance: 10,551
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