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Thursday, February 23, 1978 · Detroit Olympia

Capitals 1 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 66OVR Jim Rutherford Red Wings First Star 29 SV · .967 C 57OVR Dennis Polonich Red Wings Second Star 2G · 3 SOG L 63OVR Dan Maloney Maple Leafs Third Star 2A · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 14:21 Dennis Polonich (10) Andre St. Laurent (24), Dan Maloney (22) WSH 0 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 1:38 Dale McCourt (23) Unassisted WSH 0 – 2 DET
  2. 10:43 Bob Girard (6) PPG Rick Bragnalo (7), Guy Charron (22) WSH 1 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 6:38 Paul Woods (13) Bill Lochead (12) WSH 1 – 3 DET
  2. 10:50 Dennis Polonich (11) Andre St. Laurent (25), Dan Maloney (23) WSH 1 – 4 DET

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Guy Charron C 0 1 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.85
Rick Bragnalo C 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Bob Girard L 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.53
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Dave Forbes R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Rick Green D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Tom Rowe R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Larry Bolonchuk D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Ron Lalonde C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Blair Stewart L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Gord Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bill Collins R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Robert Picard D 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Gord Lane D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Mike Marson R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.23
Bill Riley R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Bryan Watson D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bernie Wolfe L 24 20 4 .833 60:00 -1.00

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dennis Polonich C 2 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.73
Dan Maloney L 0 2 0 0 0 +2 0:00 1.40
Dale McCourt C 1 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.28
Paul Woods C 1 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.20
Andre St. Laurent C 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.17
Bill Lochead L 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.85
Reed Larson D 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.52
Terry Harper D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Al Cameron D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Jean Hamel D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Greg Joly D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Nick Libett L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dennis Hull L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rick Bowness R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Larry Wright C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford W 30 29 1 .967 60:00 2.15