Wednesday, January 18, 1978 · Chicago Stadium
Capitals 2 at Blackhawks 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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16:41
Cliff Koroll (8) Stan Mikita (17), John Marks (12) WSH 0 – 1 CHI
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17:28
Bob Murray (7) Alain Daigle (2), Darcy Rota (12) WSH 0 – 2 CHI
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19:07
Cliff Koroll (9) David Logan (3), Stan Mikita (18) WSH 0 – 3 CHI
2nd Period
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2:10
Guy Charron (19) Bob Sirois (17), Gord Smith (5) WSH 1 – 3 CHI
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11:13
Stan Mikita (5) Cliff Koroll (7), John Marks (13) WSH 1 – 4 CHI
3rd Period
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4:41
Jean Lemieux (2) PPG Guy Charron (18), Bill Riley (7) WSH 2 – 4 CHI
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19:25
Cliff Koroll (10) Stan Mikita (19), Bob Murray (5) WSH 2 – 5 CHI
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Charron C | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | 1.15 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Jean Lemieux D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.75 |
| Bob Sirois R | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.55 |
| Bill Riley R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Bryan Watson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Bill Collins R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Rick Bragnalo C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Dave Forbes R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Bob Girard L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Craig Patrick R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Ron Lalonde C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Larry Bolonchuk D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0:00 | -0.60 |
| Mike Marson R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.68 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.68 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Wolfe | L | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 59:32 | 0.30 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Koroll R | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 3.85 |
| Stan Mikita C | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 3.30 |
| Bob Murray D | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0:00 | 2.35 |
| John Marks R | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 1.78 |
| David Logan D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0:00 | 1.45 |
| Darcy Rota L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Alain Daigle R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Bob Kelly R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| J.P. Bordeleau R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Ivan Boldirev C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Kirk Bowman L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Doug Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Keith Magnuson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Ted Bulley L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Dale Tallon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Grant Mulvey R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.37 |
| Phil Russell D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Esposito | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 | 1.10 |