Sunday, February 5, 1978 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Capitals 1 at Sabres 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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9:35
Gilbert Perreault (35) Rene Robert (40), Jim Lorentz (7) WSH 0 – 1 BUF
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19:24
Danny Gare (26) PPG Craig Ramsay (26), Jocelyn Guevremont (16) WSH 0 – 2 BUF
2nd Period
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1:46
Craig Ramsay (17) Unassisted WSH 0 – 3 BUF
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19:55
Jerry Korab (4) Craig Ramsay (27), Don Luce (21) WSH 0 – 4 BUF
3rd Period
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3:10
Guy Charron (22) Blair Stewart (1), Bob Sirois (23) WSH 1 – 4 BUF
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sirois R | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Guy Charron C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Blair Stewart L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Larry Bolonchuk D | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.08 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Bill Collins R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Bob Girard L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Mike Marson R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Mark Lofthouse R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Rick Bragnalo C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Bill Riley R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.38 |
| Dave Forbes R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.75 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bedard | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 60:00 | -0.20 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Ramsay L | 1 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 2.38 |
| Danny Gare R | 1 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 1.35 |
| Don Luce C | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.15 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.13 |
| Rene Robert R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.93 |
| Jim Lorentz C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Richie Dunn D | 0 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 0.68 |
| Derek Smith C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Andre Savard C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gary McAdam R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ron Schock C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Wayne Ramsey D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bill Hajt D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Joe Kowal L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.30 |
| Jerry Korab D | 1 | 0 | 2 | +3 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 59:14 | 1.95 |
| Bob Sauve | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0:46 | 0.00 |