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Saturday, January 21, 1978 · Civic Arena

Capitals 5 at Penguins 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 63OVR Jim Bedard Capitals First Star 41 SV · .953 RC C 61OVR Gerry Meehan Capitals Second Star 2G · 2 SOG C 92OVR Peter Mahovlich Penguins Third Star 1G · 11 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 18:04 Gerry Meehan (10) PPG Bill Riley (9), Bob Sirois (18) WSH 1 – 0 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 6:23 Mike Marson (2) Unassisted WSH 2 – 0 PIT
  2. 12:08 Gord Smith (3) Guy Charron (19) WSH 3 – 0 PIT
  3. 16:44 Bob Paradise (1) Dave Schultz (17), Gene Carr (24) WSH 3 – 1 PIT
  4. 19:52 Peter Mahovlich (18) SHG Unassisted WSH 3 – 2 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 6:51 Dave Forbes (7) Gord Lane (4) WSH 4 – 2 PIT
  2. 11:18 Gerry Meehan (11) Unassisted WSH 5 – 2 PIT

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Gerry Meehan C 2 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.80
Mike Marson R 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Dave Forbes R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Gord Smith D 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.90
Gord Lane D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Bill Riley R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Guy Charron C 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Bob Sirois R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Bryan Watson D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.23
Rick Bragnalo C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Ron Lalonde C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Bob Girard L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Craig Patrick R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jean Lemieux D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Bill Collins R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Larry Bolonchuk D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Bedard W 43 41 2 .953 60:00 2.60

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Peter Mahovlich C 1 0 11 0 0 -1 0:00 1.43
Bob Paradise D 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Gene Carr C 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Jean Pronovost R 0 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 0.53
Tom Edur D 0 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 0.45
Rick Kehoe R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Dave Schultz L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.18
Colin Campbell D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Greg Malone C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Dave Burrows D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Wayne Bianchin R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Blair Chapman R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Brian Spencer L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Peter Lee R 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.23
Jim Hamilton R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Russ Anderson D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dunc Wilson L 22 17 5 .773 60:00 -2.05