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Saturday, December 23, 1978 · Montreal Forum

Rockies 2 at Canadiens 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 98OVR Guy Lafleur Canadiens First Star 2A · 7 SOG L 95OVR Steve Shutt Canadiens Second Star 2G · 3 SOG C 95OVR Pierre Mondou Canadiens Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:09 Steve Shutt (14) PPG Pierre Larouche (6), Brian Engblom (4) CLR 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 9:39 Steve Shutt (15) Guy Lafleur (32), Pierre Mondou (16) CLR 0 – 2 MTL
  3. 10:32 John Van Boxmeer (3) Paul Gardner (15) CLR 1 – 2 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 11:02 Nick Beverley (1) Merlin Malinowski (4) CLR 2 – 2 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 1:09 Yvon Lambert (13) PPG Guy Lafleur (33), Pierre Mondou (17) CLR 2 – 3 MTL

Colorado Rockies

Player G A SOG +/- GS
John Van Boxmeer D 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Merlin Malinowski C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Paul Gardner C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Nick Beverley D 1 0 1 0 0.83
Barry Beck D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Gary Croteau R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Randy Pierce R 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Don Awrey D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Jack Valiquette C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Andy Spruce L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Joe Contini C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ron Delorme C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dennis Owchar D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Kitchen D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Christie D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Wilf Paiement R 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Ralph Klassen C 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Plasse L 31 28 3 .903 59:44 0.55

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Guy Lafleur R 0 2 7 0 1.78
Steve Shutt L 2 0 3 0 1.73
Pierre Mondou C 0 2 2 0 1.40
Yvon Lambert L 1 0 3 0 0.98
Pierre Larouche C 0 1 3 0 0.85
Brian Engblom D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Larry Robinson D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Rejean Houle L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Doug Risebrough C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Doug Jarvis C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Bob Gainey L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Guy Lapointe D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Gilles Lupien D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Serge Savard D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Rick Chartraw D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Pat Hughes R 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Larocque W 16 14 2 .875 59:57 -0.10