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Thursday, December 7, 1978 · Boston Garden

Red Wings 5 at Bruins 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 74OVR Errol Thompson Red Wings First Star 3G · 1A · 7 SOG R 97OVR Rick Middleton Bruins Second Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG C 86OVR Jean Ratelle Bruins Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:06 Rick Middleton (12) Al Sims (5), Thomas Songin (1) DET 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 16:56 Peter McNab (15) Terry O'Reilly (21) DET 0 – 2 BOS
  3. 19:24 Errol Thompson (9) PPG Willie Huber (2), Reed Larson (11) DET 1 – 2 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 0:51 Terry O'Reilly (8) Mike Milbury (8), Peter McNab (17) DET 1 – 3 BOS
  2. 1:15 Dale McCourt (10) Reed Larson (12), Errol Thompson (13) DET 2 – 3 BOS
  3. 6:32 Errol Thompson (10) PPG Vaclav Nedomansky (11), Dale McCourt (15) DET 3 – 3 BOS
  4. 10:45 John Wensink (14) Bob Miller (14), Al Sims (6) DET 3 – 4 BOS
  5. 18:39 Errol Thompson (11) Dale McCourt (16) DET 4 – 4 BOS
  6. 19:27 Jean Ratelle (8) Rick Middleton (18), Mike Milbury (9) DET 4 – 5 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 4:15 Jean Ratelle (9) Rick Middleton (19), Mike Milbury (10) DET 4 – 6 BOS
  2. 12:00 Thommie Bergman (4) Unassisted DET 5 – 6 BOS

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Errol Thompson L 3 1 7 +2 3.70
Dale McCourt C 1 2 4 -1 2.15
Reed Larson D 0 2 2 0 1.40
Thommie Bergman D 1 0 2 0 0.90
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 1 2 0 0.78
Willie Huber D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Nick Libett L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bill Lochead L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dan Bolduc R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
John Taft D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Mal Davis L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Perry Miller D 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 1 -2 -0.60
Paul Woods C 0 0 1 -5 -0.83
John Hilworth D 0 0 0 0 -1.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford L 24 18 6 .750 60:00 -2.70

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rick Middleton R 1 2 4 +3 2.75
Jean Ratelle C 2 0 3 +3 2.18
Mike Milbury D 0 3 3 +2 2.10
Terry O'Reilly R 1 1 3 +1 1.75
John Wensink L 1 0 3 +4 1.58
Peter McNab C 1 1 2 0 1.53
Al Sims D 0 2 3 +1 1.48
Bob Miller C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Thomas Songin R 0 1 0 0 0.63
Dick Redmond D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Rick Smith D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Bobby Schmautz R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wayne Cashman L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Brad Park D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dennis O'Brien D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Don Marcotte L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Al Secord L 0 0 0 0 -1.43
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers W 24 19 5 .792 60:00 -1.85