The Detroit Red Wings decisively defeated the Washington Capitals, 4 to 1, on February 23, 1978.

Final

Capitals

11-38-11

1

Red Wings

23-26-8

4

Team

WSH

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

DET

Dennis Polonich (EV) assisted by Andre St. Laurent and Dan Maloney

2nd period

WSH

DET

Dale McCourt (EV) unassisted

Bob Girard (PP) assisted by Rick Bragnalo and Guy Charron

3rd period

WSH

DET

Paul Woods (EV) assisted by Bill Lochead

Dennis Polonich (EV) assisted by Andre St. Laurent and Dan Maloney

Capitals

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bernie Wolfe (L) B. Wolfe	0	1	0	24	20	.833	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Larry Bolonchuk L. Bolonchuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rick Bragnalo R. Bragnalo	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	3	0.0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	5	0.0
Bill Collins B. Collins	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Forbes D. Forbes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bob Girard B. Girard	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	1	100.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Ron Lalonde R. Lalonde	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Gord Lane G. Lane	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Marson M. Marson	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	3	0.0
Gerry Meehan G. Meehan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bill Riley B. Riley	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Blair Stewart B. Stewart	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Bryan Watson B. Watson	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Rutherford (W) J. Rutherford	1	0	0	30	29	.967	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Al Cameron A. Cameron	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0.0
Jean Hamel J. Hamel	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Terry Harper T. Harper	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0.0
Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dennis Hull D. Hull	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Joly G. Joly	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Lochead B. Lochead	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0.0
Dan Maloney D. Maloney	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	1	0	1	+2	0	1	3	33.3
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	2	0	2	+2	4	0	3	66.7
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	0	2	2	+2	7	0	2	0.0
Paul Woods P. Woods	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0