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Saturday, March 18, 1978 · Pacific Coliseum

Red Wings 5 at Canucks 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 76OVR Nick Libett Red Wings First Star 2G · 1A · 5 SOG C 93OVR Dale McCourt Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG RC R 78OVR Hilliard Graves Canucks Third Star 2G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 13:24 Dennis Ververgaert (19) Mike Walton (33), Sheldon Kannegiesser (6) DET 0 – 1 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 0:24 Hilliard Graves (14) Unassisted DET 0 – 2 VAN
  2. 7:39 Andre St. Laurent (29) PPG Errol Thompson (23), Nick Libett (14) DET 1 – 2 VAN
  3. 10:47 Hilliard Graves (15) Bob Manno (10), Garry Monahan (12) DET 1 – 3 VAN
  4. 11:27 Bill Lochead (17) Thommie Bergman (2) DET 2 – 3 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 1:20 Nick Libett (20) PPG Dennis Polonich (17), Dale McCourt (32) DET 3 – 3 VAN
  2. 3:09 Nick Libett (21) Rick Bowness (7) DET 4 – 3 VAN
  3. 6:40 Dale McCourt (25) Thommie Bergman (3) DET 5 – 3 VAN
  4. 8:02 Bob Manno (4) PPG Rick Blight (34), Garry Monahan (13) DET 5 – 4 VAN

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nick Libett L 2 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 2.65
Dale McCourt C 1 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.83
Bill Lochead L 1 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.28
Thommie Bergman D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.25
Andre St. Laurent C 1 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.68
Rick Bowness R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Errol Thompson L 0 1 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.48
Perry Miller D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Dennis Polonich C 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.25
Paul Woods C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Larry Wright C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dennis Hull L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Reed Larson D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Greg Joly D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Terry Harper D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford W 15 11 4 .733 60:00 -1.90

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Hilliard Graves R 2 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.80
Bob Manno D 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.45
Garry Monahan L 0 2 0 0 0 +1 0:00 1.40
Dennis Ververgaert R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Mike Walton C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Sheldon Kannegiesser D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Rick Blight R 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Gerry O'Flaherty L 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Don Lever C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Pit Martin C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Claire Alexander D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Brad Gassoff L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Jere Gillis L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Curt Ridley L 33 28 5 .848 59:39 -0.95