The Philadelphia Flyers handily defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1978 playoff series on April 17, 1978.

Final

Sabres

0-1-0

1

Flyers

1-0-0

4

Team

BUF

PHI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

PHI

Rick MacLeish (PP) assisted by Orest Kindrachuk and Kevin McCarthy

Terry Martin (EV) assisted by Jerry Korab and Danny Gare

2nd period

BUF

PHI

Bob Kelly (EV) assisted by Orest Kindrachuk and Rick Lapointe

Rick MacLeish (EV) assisted by Bob Kelly and Jimmy Watson

3rd period

BUF

PHI

Bill Barber (EV) assisted by Bobby Clarke and Bob Dailey

Sabres

Flyers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Flyers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Don Edwards (L) D. Edwards	0	1	0	28	24	.857	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Lee Fogolin Jr. L. Fogolin Jr.	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0.0
Danny Gare D. Gare	0	1	1	-1	9	6	0.0
Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Jerry Korab J. Korab	0	1	1	0	0	0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Terry Martin T. Martin	1	0	1	-1	0	2	50.0
Gary Mcadam G. Mcadam	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rene Robert R. Robert	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Andre Savard A. Savard	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0.0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	0	0	0	7	1	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Derek Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Bill Stewart B. Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bernie Parent (W) B. Parent	1	0	0	25	24	.960	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Barber B. Barber	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Tom Bladon T. Bladon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mel Bridgman M. Bridgman	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Bob Dailey B. Dailey	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Gary Dornhoefer G. Dornhoefer	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Andre Dupont A. Dupont	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Holmgren P. Holmgren	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Kelly B. Kelly	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	1	1	100.0
Orest Kindrachuk O. Kindrachuk	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0
Rick Lapointe R. Lapointe	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Reggie Leach R. Leach	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ross Lonsberry R. Lonsberry	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Rick MacLeish R. MacLeish	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	0	7	28.6
Kevin McCarthy K. McCarthy	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Don Saleski D. Saleski	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Watson J. Watson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0