The Washington Capitals managed to stay ahead of the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 3, on April 4, 1978.

Final

Sabres

42-19-17

3

Capitals

15-49-14

4

Team

BUF

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Rene Robert (EV) assisted by Richard Martin and Jim Schoenfeld

Bob Sirois (EV) assisted by Guy Charron and Bob Girard

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Mike Marson (EV) assisted by Robert Picard

Tom Rowe (EV) assisted by Guy Charron and Robert Picard

Garnet Bailey (EV) assisted by Robert Picard and Yvon Labre

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Bill Hajt (EV) assisted by Craig Ramsay and Jim Schoenfeld

Bill Stewart (EV) assisted by Don Luce and Rene Robert

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Sauve (L) B. Sauve	0	1	0	10	9	.900	1	1.90	0	32
Don Edwards D. Edwards				15	12	.800	3	6.48	0	28

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Larry Carriere L. Carriere	0	0	0	0	2	0
Lee Fogolin Jr. L. Fogolin Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Bill Hajt B. Hajt	1	0	1	-2	0	1	100.0
Don Luce D. Luce	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Richard Martin R. Martin	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Terry Martin T. Martin	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gary Mcadam G. Mcadam	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Craig Ramsay C. Ramsay	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rene Robert R. Robert	1	1	2	+2	0	4	25.0
Andre Savard A. Savard	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Jim Schoenfeld J. Schoenfeld	0	2	2	+2	0	4	0.0
Ric Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Derek Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Bill Stewart B. Stewart	1	0	1	0	2	1	100.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Bedard (W) J. Bedard	1	0	0	20	17	.850	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Garnet Bailey G. Bailey	1	0	1	+2	0	1	2	50.0
Rick Bragnalo R. Bragnalo	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Charron G. Charron	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Bill Collins B. Collins	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Forbes D. Forbes	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0.0
Bob Girard B. Girard	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Yvon Labre Y. Labre	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Lalonde R. Lalonde	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Mike Marson M. Marson	1	0	1	+2	0	0	1	100.0
Gerry Meehan G. Meehan	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0.0
Robert Picard R. Picard	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Rowe T. Rowe	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Bob Sirois B. Sirois	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Gord Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Bryan Watson B. Watson	0	0	0	-2	4	0	1	0.0