Saturday, December 30, 1978 · Civic Arena
Red Wings 1 at Penguins 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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6:20
Dennis Polonich (5) Bill Lochead (5), Robert Plumb (1) DET 1 – 0 PIT
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17:17
Rod Schutt (10) PPG Randy Carlyle (9), Ron Stackhouse (17) DET 1 – 1 PIT
2nd Period
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12:45
Randy Carlyle (5) Rod Schutt (13), Peter Lee (9) DET 1 – 2 PIT
3rd Period
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6:06
Rick Kehoe (8) Ross Lonsberry (14), Orest Kindrachuk (21) DET 1 – 3 PIT
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Plumb L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Dennis Polonich C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.75 |
| Bill Lochead L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Willie Huber D | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.45 |
| Reed Larson D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Nick Libett L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Dan Labraaten L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Thommie Bergman D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Dan Bolduc R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Paul Woods C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Errol Thompson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Andre St. Laurent C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| John Hilworth D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Perry Miller D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Jean Hamel D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Dale McCourt C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 58:11 | 0.85 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Schutt L | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.75 |
| Randy Carlyle D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.53 |
| Rick Kehoe R | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.20 |
| Peter Lee R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.08 |
| Ron Stackhouse D | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.00 |
| Ross Lonsberry L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Orest Kindrachuk C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Greg Malone C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Peter Mahovlich C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.23 |
| George Ferguson C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Gregg Sheppard C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Wayne Bianchin R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Dave Schultz L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Tom Bladon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Russ Anderson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Blair Chapman R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Dale Tallon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Millen | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 | 1.95 |