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Wednesday, April 4, 1979 · Montreal Forum

Red Wings 1 at Canadiens 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 93OVR Jacques Lemaire Canadiens First Star 3G · 1A · 4 SOG R 98OVR Guy Lafleur Canadiens Second Star 3A · 4 SOG L 95OVR Steve Shutt Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:05 Vaclav Nedomansky (38) Dan Labraaten (18), Jean Hamel (4) DET 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 12:59 Jacques Lemaire (22) Larry Robinson (42) DET 1 – 1 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 14:26 Jacques Lemaire (23) PPG Steve Shutt (39), Guy Lafleur (71) DET 1 – 2 MTL
  2. 14:35 Steve Shutt (36) Guy Lafleur (72), Jacques Lemaire (30) DET 1 – 3 MTL
  3. 16:59 Jacques Lemaire (24) PPG Guy Lapointe (42), Guy Lafleur (73) DET 1 – 4 MTL

3rd Period

No scoring

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Vaclav Nedomansky C 1 0 5 0 0.98
Dan Labraaten L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Jean Hamel D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Errol Thompson L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Reed Larson D 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Dale McCourt C 0 0 2 0 0.00
J.P. Leblanc C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Perry Miller D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Nick Libett L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Paul Woods C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Greg Carroll C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Terry Harper D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Greg Joly D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dan Bolduc R 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 2 0 -0.52
Willie Huber D 0 0 1 0 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford L 37 33 4 .892 60:00 0.30

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jacques Lemaire C 3 1 4 +3 3.48
Guy Lafleur R 0 3 4 +3 2.33
Steve Shutt L 1 1 4 +3 1.98
Larry Robinson D 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Guy Lapointe D 0 1 4 0 0.78
Serge Savard D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Pierre Mondou C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Mark Napier R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Doug Risebrough C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Brian Engblom D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Bob Gainey L 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Yvon Lambert L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Doug Jarvis C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Rick Chartraw D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Rod Langway D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Gilles Lupien D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 3 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ken Dryden W 21 20 1 .952 60:00 1.25