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Sunday, March 12, 1978 · Detroit Olympia

Canucks 4 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 76OVR Ron Sedlbauer Canucks First Star 2G · 4 SOG C 89OVR Andre St. Laurent Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG L 69OVR Dan Maloney Maple Leafs Third Star 1G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:32 Nick Libett (19) Dennis Hextall (28), Jean Hamel (4) VAN 0 – 1 DET
  2. 11:49 Ron Sedlbauer (17) Chris Oddleifson (17), Dennis Kearns (38) VAN 1 – 1 DET
  3. 16:17 Dan Maloney (16) Andre St. Laurent (32), Reed Larson (33) VAN 1 – 2 DET
  4. 17:11 Gerry O'Flaherty (6) Claire Alexander (10), Hilliard Graves (24) VAN 2 – 2 DET

2nd Period

  1. 2:01 Rick Blight (22) Chris Oddleifson (18) VAN 3 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 1:15 Dennis Polonich (14) Unassisted VAN 3 – 3 DET
  2. 16:08 Andre St. Laurent (28) Greg Joly (17) VAN 3 – 4 DET
  3. 17:23 Ron Sedlbauer (18) Pit Martin (28), Claire Alexander (11) VAN 4 – 4 DET

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ron Sedlbauer L 2 0 4 +2 2.10
Claire Alexander D 0 2 0 +2 1.40
Chris Oddleifson C 0 2 0 0 1.25
Rick Blight R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Pit Martin C 0 1 2 0 0.78
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Gerry O'Flaherty L 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Hilliard Graves R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Mike Walton C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Garry Monahan L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Brad Gassoff L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jere Gillis L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Manno D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Don Lever C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Sheldon Kannegiesser D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Curt Ridley T 28 24 4 .857 60:00 -0.60

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Andre St. Laurent C 1 1 5 +2 2.05
Dan Maloney L 1 0 4 +3 1.50
Dennis Polonich C 1 0 2 +4 1.50
Reed Larson D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Dennis Hextall C 0 1 2 0 0.78
Greg Joly D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Nick Libett L 1 0 3 -1 0.68
Jean Hamel D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Bill Lochead L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Perry Miller D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dale McCourt C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Rick Bowness R 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Paul Woods C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dennis Hull L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Larry Wright C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Terry Harper D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford T 14 10 4 .714 60:00 -2.00