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Saturday, December 23, 1978 · Detroit Olympia

Capitals 2 at Red Wings 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 97OVR Robert Picard Capitals First Star 2G · 2 SOG G 73OVR Gary Inness Capitals Second Star 30 SV · .938 C 82OVR Dale McCourt Red Wings Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 16:52 Robert Picard (5) Greg Carroll (5), Gord Lane (6) WSH 1 – 0 DET

2nd Period

  1. 0:53 Robert Picard (6) Bob Sirois (11), Ryan Walter (11) WSH 2 – 0 DET
  2. 9:38 Willie Huber (3) PPG Errol Thompson (17), Dale McCourt (22) WSH 2 – 1 DET
  3. 17:36 Vaclav Nedomansky (15) PPG Dale McCourt (23) WSH 2 – 2 DET

3rd Period

No scoring

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Robert Picard D 2 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.65
Bob Sirois R 0 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.15
Greg Carroll C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Ryan Walter C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Gord Lane D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Bill Riley R 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Rolf Edberg C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Leif Svensson D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Blair Stewart L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Michel Bergeron R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Dennis Maruk C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Peter Scamurra D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bob Girard L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bryan Watson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Guy Charron C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Tom Rowe R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Rick Green D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Inness T 32 30 2 .938 60:00 1.50

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dale McCourt C 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Vaclav Nedomansky C 1 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.75
Errol Thompson L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Willie Huber D 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.45
Nick Libett L 0 0 6 0 0 -1 0:00 0.30
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Paul Woods C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Fern LeBlanc C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
John Taft D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Bill Lochead L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Perry Miller D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Robert Plumb L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dan Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
John Hilworth D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Thommie Bergman D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon T 18 16 2 .889 60:00 0.10