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Saturday, April 1, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Capitals 2 at Islanders 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 99OVR Denis Potvin Islanders First Star 3A · 11 SOG R 98OVR Mike Bossy Islanders Second Star 2G · 7 SOG RC G 52OVR Bernie Wolfe Capitals Third Star 41 SV · .932

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:34 Guy Charron (36) Bob Sirois (33) WSH 1 – 0 NYI
  2. 15:47 Lorne Henning (11) SHG Denis Potvin (59), Dave Lewis (11) WSH 1 – 1 NYI

2nd Period

  1. 12:21 Tom Rowe (10) Robert Picard (22), Rick Green (13) WSH 2 – 1 NYI

3rd Period

  1. 11:52 Mike Bossy (50) PPG Bryan Trottier (74), Denis Potvin (60) WSH 2 – 2 NYI
  2. 19:55 Mike Bossy (51) PPG Clark Gillies (48), Denis Potvin (61) WSH 2 – 3 NYI

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Tom Rowe R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Guy Charron C 1 0 1 0 0.83
Robert Picard D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Bob Sirois R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Rick Green D 0 1 0 -1 0.32
Bob Girard L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Rick Bragnalo C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Dave Forbes R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Lalonde C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bill Collins R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Gord Smith D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Yvon Labre D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Garnet Bailey L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Marson R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bryan Watson D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Gerry Meehan C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Bill Riley R 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bernie Wolfe L 44 41 3 .932 60:00 1.85

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Denis Potvin D 0 3 11 +1 2.85
Mike Bossy R 2 0 7 0 2.03
Dave Lewis D 0 1 5 +1 1.00
Lorne Henning C 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Bryan Trottier C 0 1 3 0 0.85
Clark Gillies L 0 1 4 0 0.78
Wayne Merrick C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Gerry Hart D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Billy Harris R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ed Westfall R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Bobby Nystrom R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Alex McKendry L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Bourne C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pat Price D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Bert Marshall D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Stefan Persson D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Mike Kaszycki C 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glenn Resch W 18 16 2 .889 60:00 0.10