The Detroit Red Wings were defeated by the New York Islanders, 5 to 2, on April 2, 1978.

Final

Islanders

46-17-14

5

Red Wings

30-33-13

2

Team

NYI

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

DET

Wayne Merrick (EV) unassisted

Errol Thompson (EV) assisted by Dennis Polonich and Andre St. Laurent

2nd period

NYI

DET

Bobby Nystrom (EV) assisted by Bob Bourne and Mike Kaszycki

3rd period

NYI

DET

Lorne Henning (EV) assisted by Ed Westfall and Bobby Nystrom

Bobby Nystrom (EV) assisted by Lorne Henning and Ed Westfall

Dennis Hull (EV) assisted by Vaclav Nedomansky

Bryan Trottier (PP) assisted by Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy

Islanders

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Glenn Resch (W) G. Resch	1	0	0	33	31	.939	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Mike Bossy M. Bossy	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Bob Bourne B. Bourne	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Clark Gillies C. Gillies	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	4	0.0
Billy Harris B. Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gerry Hart G. Hart	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Lorne Henning L. Henning	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	3	33.3
Mike Kaszycki M. Kaszycki	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Lewis D. Lewis	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bert Marshall B. Marshall	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alex McKendry A. McKendry	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Merrick W. Merrick	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Bobby Nystrom B. Nystrom	2	1	3	+3	7	0	0	0	5	40.0
Stefan Persson S. Persson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Potvin D. Potvin	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Pat Price P. Price	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	3	33.3
Ed Westfall E. Westfall	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Rutherford (L) J. Rutherford	0	1	0	28	23	.821	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Rick Bowness R. Bowness	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Jean Hamel J. Hamel	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Terry Harper T. Harper	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Dennis Hull D. Hull	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Greg Joly G. Joly	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Bill Lochead B. Lochead	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	0	1	1	+1	7	1	0.0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0
Errol Thompson E. Thompson	1	0	1	+1	2	2	50.0
Paul Woods P. Woods	0	0	0	-2	2	4	0.0