New York Islanders vs. Detroit Red Wings Box Score: April 2, 1978
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:52 | NYI | Wayne Merrick (12) | ||
| 05:36 | DET | Errol Thompson (22) | Dennis Polonich, André St. Laurent | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 14:20 | NYI | Bob Nystrom (27) | Bob Bourne, Mike Kaszycki | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 09:14 | NYI | Lorne Henning (12) | Ed Westfall, Bob Nystrom | |
| 09:31 | NYI | Bob Nystrom (28) | Lorne Henning, Ed Westfall | |
| 10:32 | DET | Dennis Hull (5) | Václav Nedomanský | |
| 17:25 | NYI | PP | Bryan Trottier (45) | Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:43 | NYI | Clark Gillies | High sticking | 2 min |
| 05:43 | DET | Dennis Polonich | Interference | 2 min |
| 05:43 | DET | Dennis Polonich | High sticking | 5 min |
| 09:32 | NYI | Bryan Trottier | Tripping | 2 min |
| 13:53 | NYI | Bob Nystrom | High sticking | 2 min |
| 13:53 | NYI | Bob Nystrom | Fighting | 5 min |
| 13:53 | DET | Errol Thompson | Roughing | 2 min |
| 19:13 | NYI | Gerry Hart | Roughing | 2 min |
| 19:13 | DET | Paul Woods | Roughing | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 08:32 | NYI | Clark Gillies | Slashing | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 16:00 | DET | Jean Hamel | Holding | 2 min |
New York Islanders
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Mike Bossy | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Bob Bourne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Clark Gillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Billy Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Gerry Hart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Lorne Henning | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | ||
| 7 | Mike Kaszycki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Dave Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Bert Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Alex McKendry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Wayne Merrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 12 | Bob Nystrom | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | ||
| 13 | Stefan Persson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | Denis Potvin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Pat Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Bryan Trottier | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | ||
| 17 | Ed Westfall | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Glenn Resch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 5 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Glenn Resch | W | 2 | 33 | 31 | .939 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Thommie Bergman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Rick Bowness | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Jean Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Terry Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Dennis Hextall | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Dennis Hull | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 7 | Greg Joly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Reed Larson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Nick Libett | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Bill Lochead | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Dale McCourt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Václav Nedomanský | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Dennis Polonich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | André St. Laurent | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Errol Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 16 | Paul Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Larry Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Jim Rutherford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Jim Rutherford | L | 5 | 28 | 23 | .821 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |

