The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Detroit Red Wings, 6 to 3, on January 11, 1978.

Final

Red Wings

14-18-5

6

Capitals

8-23-9

3

Team

DET

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

DET

WSH

Dennis Hextall (SH) unassisted

Dan Maloney (EV) assisted by Andre St. Laurent

Andre St. Laurent (EV) assisted by Dan Maloney

Andre St. Laurent (PP) assisted by Reed Larson and Vaclav Nedomansky

Bill Riley (PP) assisted by Jean Lemieux and Gerry Meehan

2nd period

DET

WSH

Dan Maloney (EV) assisted by Andre St. Laurent

Reed Larson (EV) unassisted

3rd period

DET

WSH

Gerry Meehan (PP) assisted by Jean Lemieux and Guy Charron

Bill Collins (EV) assisted by Craig Patrick and Rick Bragnalo

Red Wings

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Red Wings

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Rutherford (W) J. Rutherford	1	0	0	27	24	.889	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	S	S%
Al Cameron A. Cameron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Terry Harper T. Harper	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
Dennis Hull D. Hull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Joly G. Joly	0	0	0	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0
Reed Larson R. Larson	1	1	2	+2	0	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lochead B. Lochead	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dan Maloney D. Maloney	2	1	3	+3	5	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Perry Miller P. Miller	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	0	0	0	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	2	2	4	+4	2	1	0	0	1	4	50.0
Paul Woods P. Woods	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bernie Wolfe (L) B. Wolfe	0	1	0	11	6	.545	5	14.93	0	20
Jim Bedard J. Bedard				11	10	.909	1	1.50	0	40

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Larry Bolonchuk L. Bolonchuk	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Rick Bragnalo R. Bragnalo	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	1	0.0
Bill Collins B. Collins	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dave Forbes D. Forbes	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bob Girard B. Girard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Jean Lemieux J. Lemieux	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Gerry Meehan G. Meehan	1	1	2	-2	0	1	1	6	16.7
Craig Patrick C. Patrick	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bill Riley B. Riley	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	3	33.3
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Gord Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Bryan Watson B. Watson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0