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Tuesday, January 31, 1978 · Detroit Olympia

Penguins 5 at Red Wings 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 92OVR Denis Herron Penguins First Star 48 SV · .941 L 76OVR Nick Libett Red Wings Second Star 2G · 7 SOG R 91OVR Jean Pronovost Penguins Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:09 Rick Kehoe (18) Dave Burrows (8), Gene Carr (27) PIT 1 – 0 DET
  2. 14:22 Nick Libett (12) SHG Greg Joly (13), Dennis Hextall (18) PIT 1 – 1 DET
  3. 15:23 Jean Pronovost (27) PPG Tom Edur (27), Gene Carr (28) PIT 2 – 1 DET
  4. 16:17 Blair Chapman (13) PPG Greg Malone (25), Dave Schultz (18) PIT 3 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 8:40 Dale McCourt (17) PPG Reed Larson (26), Dan Maloney (18) PIT 3 – 2 DET
  2. 9:35 Tom Edur (7) PPG Peter Mahovlich (19) PIT 4 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 8:31 Nick Libett (13) SHG Dennis Hextall (19) PIT 4 – 3 DET
  2. 19:19 Jean Pronovost (28) Greg Malone (26) PIT 5 – 3 DET

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jean Pronovost R 2 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.73
Gene Carr C 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.55
Tom Edur D 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.45
Rick Kehoe R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Greg Malone C 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.95
Peter Mahovlich C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Blair Chapman R 1 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.83
Dave Burrows D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Dave Schultz L 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.25
Peter Lee R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Flesch R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Kim Davis C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mario Faubert D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Colin Campbell D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Paradise D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Brian Spencer L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.22
Russ Anderson D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Denis Herron W 51 48 3 .941 60:00 2.55

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nick Libett L 2 0 7 0 0 +1 0:00 2.18
Dale McCourt C 1 0 7 0 0 -1 0:00 1.13
Dennis Hextall C 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.10
Reed Larson D 0 1 9 0 0 -1 0:00 1.00
Greg Joly D 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Perry Miller D 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.23
Bill Lochead L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Larry Wright C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Terry Harper D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Al Cameron D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Dennis Hull L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Paul Woods C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Rick Bowness R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Dan Maloney L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 -0.80
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Low L 19 15 4 .789 59:21 -1.50