Sunday, January 8, 1978 · Detroit Olympia
Kings 3 at Red Wings 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
1:44
Dan Maloney
(8)
Andre St. Laurent (13), Reed Larson (18)
LAK 0 – 1 DET
-
3:56
Dale McCourt
(9)
PPG
Vaclav Nedomansky (8)
LAK 0 – 2 DET
-
9:20
Butch Goring
(17)
Unassisted
LAK 1 – 2 DET
-
10:15
Bill Lochead
(14)
Dale McCourt (20), Paul Woods (9)
LAK 1 – 3 DET
2nd Period
-
0:46
Dave Taylor
(7)
Marcel Dionne (15), Tom Williams (12)
LAK 2 – 3 DET
-
5:03
Dave Taylor
(8)
Randy Manery (12), Marcel Dionne (16)
LAK 3 – 3 DET
-
6:22
Dan Maloney
(9)
Terry Harper (4)
LAK 3 – 4 DET
3rd Period
No scoring
Los Angeles Kings
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Taylor R | 2 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.73 |
| Marcel Dionne C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.55 |
| Butch Goring C | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.83 |
| Randy Manery D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Tom Williams L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Mike Murphy R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Pete Stemkowski C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Larry Brown D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Vic Venasky C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Syl Apps C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gary Sargent D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bob Murdoch D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Hartland Monahan R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Rob Palmer D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Don Kozak R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Glenn Goldup R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.52 |
| Bert Wilson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 59:11 | -0.50 |
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Maloney L | 2 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 2.18 |
| Dale McCourt C | 1 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.83 |
| Reed Larson D | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.08 |
| Bill Lochead L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Paul Woods C | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Terry Harper D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky C | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Andre St. Laurent C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.55 |
| Perry Miller D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Dennis Polonich C | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0.07 |
| Dennis Hull L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Danny Grant L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Larry Wright C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Greg Joly D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Al Cameron D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.22 |
| Nick Libett L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Dennis Hextall C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | W | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 60:00 | -0.45 |