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Wednesday, March 15, 1978 · Pacific Coliseum

Penguins 4 at Canucks 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 95OVR Claire Alexander Canucks First Star 4A · 6 SOG C 71OVR Don Lever Canucks Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG C 90OVR Mike Walton Canucks Third Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:58 Derek Sanderson (1) PPG Jean Pronovost (23), Peter Mahovlich (33) PIT 1 – 0 VAN
  2. 4:27 Dennis Ververgaert (18) PPG Claire Alexander (12), Mike Walton (30) PIT 1 – 1 VAN
  3. 8:35 Rick Kehoe (25) Derek Sanderson (1), Ron Stackhouse (11) PIT 2 – 1 VAN
  4. 10:33 Rick Blight (23) Chris Oddleifson (19), Ron Sedlbauer (10) PIT 2 – 2 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 0:45 Garry Monahan (8) Dennis Kearns (39) PIT 2 – 3 VAN
  2. 2:41 Pit Martin (14) Don Lever (28), Claire Alexander (13) PIT 2 – 4 VAN
  3. 14:19 Rick Blight (24) Chris Oddleifson (20), Claire Alexander (14) PIT 2 – 5 VAN
  4. 14:46 Tom Edur (9) Peter Lee (8), Rick Kehoe (18) PIT 3 – 5 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 5:34 Blair Chapman (19) Greg Malone (36), Dave Schultz (23) PIT 4 – 5 VAN
  2. 11:15 Don Lever (16) PPG Mike Walton (31), Pit Martin (29) PIT 4 – 6 VAN
  3. 13:30 Mike Walton (26) PPG Claire Alexander (15), Don Lever (29) PIT 4 – 7 VAN

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Derek Sanderson C 1 1 5 +1 1.90
Rick Kehoe R 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Peter Lee R 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Blair Chapman R 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Tom Edur D 1 0 2 0 0.90
Greg Malone C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Jean Pronovost R 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Peter Mahovlich C 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Ron Stackhouse D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Brian Spencer L 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Russ Anderson D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Wayne Bianchin R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dave Burrows D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
John Flesch R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Bob Paradise D 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Dave Schultz L 0 1 2 -1 -0.13
Gene Carr C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dunc Wilson L 34 27 7 .794 60:00 -2.55

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Claire Alexander D 0 4 6 +1 3.10
Don Lever C 1 2 3 0 2.23
Mike Walton C 1 2 2 0 2.15
Rick Blight R 2 0 4 +2 2.10
Chris Oddleifson C 0 2 1 +2 1.63
Pit Martin C 1 1 2 0 1.53
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Dennis Ververgaert R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Garry Monahan L 1 0 3 -1 0.68
Gerry O'Flaherty L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Hilliard Graves R 0 0 2 -1 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
Sheldon Kannegiesser D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cesare Maniago W 31 27 4 .871 60:00 -0.30