The Detroit Red Wings were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 4 to 2, in Game 3 of the 1978 playoff series on April 21, 1978.

Final

Canadiens

2-1-0

4

Red Wings

1-2-0

2

Team

MTL

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

DET

Nick Libett (PP) assisted by Vaclav Nedomansky and Dennis Hextall

Steve Shutt (PP) assisted by Larry Robinson and Yvon Lambert

2nd period

MTL

DET

Nick Libett (EV) assisted by Vaclav Nedomansky

3rd period

MTL

DET

Jacques Lemaire (EV) assisted by Steve Shutt and Serge Savard

Pierre Larouche (EV) assisted by Steve Shutt

Yvan Cournoyer (EV) assisted by Yvon Lambert and Serge Savard

Canadiens

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (W) K. Dryden	1	0	0	19	17	.895	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Rick Chartraw R. Chartraw	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Yvan Cournoyer Y. Cournoyer	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0.0
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nyrop B. Nyrop	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	5	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	1	2	3	+2	4	1	0	0	2	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ron Low (L) R. Low	0	1	0	32	28	.875	4	4.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Rick Bowness R. Bowness	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Al Cameron A. Cameron	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jean Hamel J. Hamel	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Terry Harper T. Harper	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Dennis Hextall D. Hextall	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0
Greg Joly G. Joly	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	2	100.0
Bill Lochead B. Lochead	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	4	0.0
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	0	0	0	-2	9	0	0	0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Errol Thompson E. Thompson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Woods P. Woods	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0