Tuesday, April 4, 1978 · Capital Centre
Sabres 3 at Capitals 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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1:18
Rene Robert (24) Rick Martin (33), Jim Schoenfeld (19) BUF 1 – 0 WSH
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5:56
Bob Sirois (23) Guy Charron (31), Bob Girard (17) BUF 1 – 1 WSH
2nd Period
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2:10
Mike Marson (4) Robert Picard (23) BUF 1 – 2 WSH
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6:41
Tom Rowe (12) Guy Charron (32), Robert Picard (24) BUF 1 – 3 WSH
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12:20
Garnet Bailey (7) Robert Picard (25), Yvon Labre (6) BUF 1 – 4 WSH
3rd Period
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17:13
Bill Hajt (3) Craig Ramsay (42), Jim Schoenfeld (20) BUF 2 – 4 WSH
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19:40
Bill Stewart (1) Don Luce (33), Rene Robert (46) BUF 3 – 4 WSH
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Robert R | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.98 |
| Jim Schoenfeld D | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.85 |
| Rick Martin L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Don Luce C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Bill Stewart D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.68 |
| Craig Ramsay L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.63 |
| Bill Hajt D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.53 |
| Gilbert Perreault C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Terry Martin L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Lee Fogolin D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Jim Lorentz C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Jocelyn Guevremont D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Gary McAdam R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Derek Smith C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Larry Carriere D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Andre Savard C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Ric Seiling R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | — | 15 | 12 | 3 | .800 | 27:47 | -1.05 |
| Bob Sauve | L | 10 | 9 | 1 | .900 | 31:36 | 0.15 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 2.25 |
| Guy Charron C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.70 |
| Garnet Bailey L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.20 |
| Mike Marson R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.13 |
| Yvon Labre D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.08 |
| Bob Sirois R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.90 |
| Bob Girard L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Tom Rowe R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.83 |
| Gerry Meehan C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.45 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Bill Riley R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Rick Bragnalo C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Dave Forbes R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Bill Collins R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Ron Lalonde C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Gord Smith D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Bryan Watson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bedard | W | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 60:00 | -0.55 |