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Saturday, December 9, 1978 · Pacific Coliseum

Capitals 7 at Canucks 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 66OVR Mark Lofthouse Capitals First Star 3G · 4 SOG RC C 90OVR Ryan Walter Capitals Second Star 3A · 1 SOG RC C 94OVR Dennis Maruk Capitals Third Star 1G · 2A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:38 Dennis Ververgaert (7) Unassisted WSH 0 – 1 VAN
  2. 5:22 Bob Sirois (12) PPG Leif Svensson (8), Dennis Maruk (16) WSH 1 – 1 VAN
  3. 14:51 Tom Rowe (11) Bob Sirois (9), Dennis Maruk (17) WSH 2 – 1 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 2:35 Mark Lofthouse (7) Paul Mulvey (3), Ryan Walter (6) WSH 3 – 1 VAN
  2. 8:01 Rick Blight (3) PPG Pit Martin (9), Lars Lindgren (7) WSH 3 – 2 VAN
  3. 13:50 Mark Lofthouse (8) Ryan Walter (7) WSH 4 – 2 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 8:18 Mark Lofthouse (9) Ryan Walter (8), Rolf Edberg (13) WSH 5 – 2 VAN
  2. 8:33 Pit Martin (7) Curt Fraser (10), Dennis Ververgaert (15) WSH 5 – 3 VAN
  3. 9:33 Don Lever (8) Rick Blight (3) WSH 5 – 4 VAN
  4. 10:15 Guy Charron (9) Bob Girard (11), Michel Bergeron (5) WSH 6 – 4 VAN
  5. 18:02 Hilliard Graves (8) Dennis Kearns (11) WSH 6 – 5 VAN
  6. 19:26 Dennis Maruk (5) Peter Scamurra (4) WSH 7 – 5 VAN

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mark Lofthouse R 3 0 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.85
Ryan Walter C 0 3 1 0 0 +3 0:00 2.40
Dennis Maruk C 1 2 4 0 0 0 0:00 2.30
Bob Sirois R 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Rolf Edberg C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Paul Mulvey L 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Michel Bergeron R 0 1 6 0 0 -1 0:00 0.93
Tom Rowe R 1 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.90
Bob Girard L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Peter Scamurra D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Guy Charron C 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.60
Gord Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 +4 0:00 0.60
Leif Svensson D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Gord Lane D 0 0 0 0 0 +3 0:00 0.15
Bill Riley R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Robert Picard D 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Rick Green D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bernie Wolfe W 23 18 5 .783 60:00 -1.95

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dennis Ververgaert R 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Pit Martin C 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.60
Rick Blight R 1 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 1.30
Curt Fraser L 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.85
Don Lever C 1 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.83
Lars Lindgren D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Hilliard Graves R 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.53
Jere Gillis L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Thomas Gradin C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Roland Eriksson C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
John Grisdale D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Chris Oddleifson C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Randy Holt D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glen Hanlon L 32 26 6 .812 59:49 -1.90