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Saturday, December 16, 1978 · Maple Leaf Gardens

Red Wings 2 at Maple Leafs 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 88OVR Walt McKechnie Maple Leafs First Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG D 98OVR Borje Salming Maple Leafs Second Star 1G · 1A · 7 SOG G 99OVR Mike Palmateer Maple Leafs Third Star 34 SV · .944

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 18:48 Ron Ellis (5) Borje Salming (22), Walt McKechnie (9) DET 0 – 1 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 16:35 Borje Salming (6) Walt McKechnie (10) DET 0 – 2 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 2:04 Dennis Polonich (3) Thommie Bergman (9) DET 1 – 2 TOR
  2. 4:41 Nick Libett (6) Vaclav Nedomansky (14) DET 2 – 2 TOR
  3. 13:08 Walt McKechnie (10) Dave Hutchison (4) DET 2 – 3 TOR
  4. 18:38 Lanny McDonald (15) Darryl Sittler (22) DET 2 – 4 TOR

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Thommie Bergman D 0 1 4 +1 1.08
Nick Libett L 1 0 6 -1 1.05
Dennis Polonich C 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 1 4 -2 0.63
Bill Lochead L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
John Taft D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Errol Thompson L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Fern LeBlanc C 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Dale McCourt C 0 0 1 0 0.08
John Hilworth D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Perry Miller D 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Paul Woods C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dan Bolduc R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Reed Larson D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Willie Huber D 0 0 3 -3 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon L 46 42 4 .913 60:00 1.20

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Walt McKechnie C 1 2 2 +3 2.60
Borje Salming D 1 1 7 +4 2.35
Ron Ellis R 1 0 4 +3 1.50
Dave Hutchison D 0 1 2 +4 1.23
Darryl Sittler C 0 1 5 0 1.00
Lanny McDonald R 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Jimmy Jones C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Garry Monahan L 0 0 3 0 0.22
John Anderson R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Pat Boutette L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ian Turnbull D 0 0 6 -2 0.15
Dan Maloney L 0 0 2 +3 0.07
Rocky Saganiuk R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jerry Butler R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Trevor Johansen D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bruce Boudreau C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dave Burrows D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer W 36 34 2 .944 60:00 1.90