Saturday, February 4, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Capitals 1 at Islanders 6
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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7:07
Mike Bossy (37) PPG Bryan Trottier (52), Stefan Persson (28) WSH 0 – 1 NYI
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11:07
Mike Kaszycki (7) Bobby Nystrom (12), Bob Bourne (21) WSH 0 – 2 NYI
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12:10
Mike Bossy (38) Clark Gillies (37), Bryan Trottier (53) WSH 0 – 3 NYI
2nd Period
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5:09
Guy Charron (21) Bob Sirois (22) WSH 1 – 3 NYI
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10:26
Billy Harris (14) Wayne Merrick (10), Stefan Persson (29) WSH 1 – 4 NYI
3rd Period
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16:04
Mike Bossy (39) Clark Gillies (38), Bryan Trottier (54) WSH 1 – 5 NYI
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17:49
Wayne Merrick (7) Unassisted WSH 1 – 6 NYI
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Charron C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Bob Sirois R | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Rick Bragnalo C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Bob Girard L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mark Lofthouse R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Mike Marson R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Blair Stewart L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Larry Bolonchuk D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Dave Forbes R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.22 |
| Bryan Watson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -0.22 |
| Bill Collins R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | -0.30 |
| Bill Riley R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.38 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Wolfe | L | 38 | 32 | 6 | .842 | 60:00 | -1.30 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bossy R | 3 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 2.93 |
| Bryan Trottier C | 0 | 3 | 2 | +2 | 2.18 |
| Wayne Merrick C | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.90 |
| Clark Gillies L | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1.70 |
| Stefan Persson D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.55 |
| Mike Kaszycki C | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Billy Harris R | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.90 |
| Bob Bourne C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Bobby Nystrom R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Denis Potvin D | 0 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 0.53 |
| Jude Drouin C | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Gerry Hart D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0.38 |
| Pat Price D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.30 |
| Bob Lorimer D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Dave Lewis D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Lorne Henning C | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Garry Howatt L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 60:00 | 1.45 |