Saturday, March 17, 1979 · St. Louis Arena
Red Wings 3 at Blues 1
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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12:06
Inge Hammarstrom (8) Larry Giroux (17), Jack Brownschidle (23) DET 0 – 1 STL
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18:03
Dan Labraaten (15) Perry Miller (16), Reed Larson (38) DET 1 – 1 STL
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19:07
Dan Bolduc (14) Bill Hogaboam (6), Reed Larson (39) DET 2 – 1 STL
2nd Period
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9:20
Vaclav Nedomansky (35) Andre St. Laurent (27), Jean Hamel (3) DET 3 – 1 STL
3rd Period
No scoring
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Larson D | 0 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 1.93 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky C | 1 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 1.28 |
| Perry Miller D | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Dan Bolduc R | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Dan Labraaten L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Bill Hogaboam C | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Andre St. Laurent C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 |
| Paul Woods C | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.30 |
| Dale McCourt C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Willie Huber D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Jean Hamel D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.10 |
| Dennis Polonich C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Errol Thompson L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| J.P. Leblanc C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Greg Carroll C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Greg Joly D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Terry Harper D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 60:00 | 2.25 |
St. Louis Blues
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inge Hammarstrom L | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.05 |
| Jack Brownschidle D | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Larry Giroux D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Wayne Babych R | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0.23 |
| Mike Zuke C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Mike Crombeen R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Curt Bennett R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bob Murdoch R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Neil Komadoski D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Larry Patey C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| John Smrke L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Neil Labatte D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Garry Unger C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Bernie Federko C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Bob Stewart D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Barry Gibbs D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -0.45 |
| Brian Sutter L | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Myre | L | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 29:20 | -1.15 |
| Ed Staniowski | — | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | 30:40 | 1.50 |