1978 NHL Quarter-Finals
Montreal Canadiens defeat Detroit Red Wings 4-1

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Detroit Red Wings

W-L: 32-34-14, .488

SRS: -0.15 (11th of 18)

Goals: 252 (11th of 18)

Goals Against: 266 (10th of 18)

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Montreal Canadiens

W-L: 59-10-11, .806

SRS: 2.06 (1st of 18)

Goals: 359 (1st of 18)

Goals Against: 183 (1st of 18)

Game 1, April 17
Detroit Red Wings	2	Final
Montreal Canadiens	6

Game 2, April 19
Detroit Red Wings	4	Final
Montreal Canadiens	2

Game 3, April 21
Montreal Canadiens	4	Final
Detroit Red Wings	2

Game 4, April 23
Montreal Canadiens	8	Final
Detroit Red Wings	0

Game 5, April 25
Detroit Red Wings	2	Final
Montreal Canadiens	4

Detroit Red Wings Skaters Series Stats

Detroit Red Wings Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
10	Dale McCourt	C	21	5	3	1	4	-2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	23.1
20	Václav Nedomanský	RW	33	5	1	3	4	-4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	15	6.7
14	Nick Libett	LW	32	5	3	0	3	-6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	23.1
12	Errol Thompson	LW	27	5	1	1	2	-4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	8.3
15	Paul Woods	LW	22	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.0
4	Thommie Bergman	D	30	5	0	2	2	-4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0
8	Dennis Polonich	C/RW	24	5	1	0	1	-6	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
23	Bill Lochead	LW	23	5	1	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
28	Reed Larson	D	21	5	0	1	1	-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0.0
16	André St. Laurent	C	24	5	0	1	1	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0.0
22	Dennis Hextall	LW	34	5	0	1	1	-6	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
26	Al Cameron	D	22	5	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12-21	J.P. LeBlanc	C	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Greg Joly	D	23	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
19	Dennis Hull	LW	33	5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
2	Terry Harper	D	38	5	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Jean Hamel	D	25	5	0	0	0	-5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
4	Larry Giroux	D	26	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
11	Rick Bowness	RW	23	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Total				10	13	23	-50	63	8	2	0	0	9	4	0	122	8.2

Detroit Red Wings Goalies Series Stats

Detroit Red Wings Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
30	Ron Low	G	27	3	0-3-0	14	112	98	.875	0	0	179:49	59:56
1	Jim Rutherford	G	28	2	1-1-0	10	60	50	.833	0	0	119:31	59:46
	Team Total				1-4-0	24	172	148	.860	0	0	299:20	59:52

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Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats

Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
10	Guy Lafleur	RW	26	5	2	6	8	4	6	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	16	12.5
19	Larry Robinson	D	26	5	1	7	8	11	2	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	14	7.1
22	Steve Shutt	LW	25	5	4	3	7	5	16	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	18	22.2
15	Réjean Houle	RW	28	5	2	4	6	6	6	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	12	16.7
12	Yvan Cournoyer	RW	34	5	4	1	5	4	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	57.1
21	Doug Jarvis	C	22	5	3	2	5	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	60.0
6	Pierre Mondou	C	22	5	2	3	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	40.0
25	Jacques Lemaire	C	32	5	2	3	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	24	8.3
23	Bob Gainey	LW	24	5	1	3	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	13	7.7
18	Serge Savard	D	32	5	0	4	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	9	0.0
5	Guy Lapointe	D	29	5	1	2	3	-3	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	12	8.3
28	Pierre Larouche	C	22	3	1	1	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	20.0
11	Yvon Lambert	LW	27	5	0	2	2	-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0.0
8	Doug Risebrough	C	24	5	1	0	1	-1	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	9.1
2	Bill Nyrop	D	25	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0
14	Mario Tremblay	RW	21	2	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
26	Pierre Bouchard	D	29	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
24	Gilles Lupien	D	23	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
3	Brian Engblom	D	23	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
27	Rick Chartraw	D/RW	23	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Total				24	42	66	48	75	16	6	2	4	29	11	2	172	14.0

Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats

Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats Table
						Goalie Stats						Ice Time
No.	Player	Pos	Age	GP	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI	ATOI
29	Ken Dryden	G	30	5	4-1-0	10	122	112	.918	1	0	299:04	59:49
	Team Total				4-1-0	10	122	112	.918	1	0	299:04	59:49

1977-78 Regular Season Stats

Thursday, Oct 20, 1977
Montreal Canadiens	2	Final
Detroit Red Wings	2

Saturday, Nov 26, 1977
Detroit Red Wings	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	3

Thursday, Jan 12, 1978
Montreal Canadiens	6	Final
Detroit Red Wings	1

Tuesday, Feb 28, 1978
Detroit Red Wings	3	Final
Montreal Canadiens	9

Saturday, Apr 8, 1978
Detroit Red Wings	1	Final
Montreal Canadiens	5

Sunday, Apr 9, 1978
Montreal Canadiens	0	Final
Detroit Red Wings	4

DET Scoring Regular Season

DET Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Dale McCourt	21	C	76	33	39	72	10	10	20	10	3	5	20	19	0	219	15.1			5.8	1.4	7.2
2	André St. Laurent	24	C	77	31	39	70	7	108	21	10	0	4	30	8	1	192	16.1			5.4	1.4	6.8
3	Reed Larson	21	D	75	19	41	60	-8	95	11	7	1	4	16	23	2	240	7.9			5.1	3.6	8.7
4	Dennis Hextall	34	C	78	16	33	49	-5	195	12	2	2	3	24	8	1	89	18.0			2.3	1.0	3.3
5	Nick Libett	32	LW	80	23	22	45	-2	46	21	1	1	1	17	4	1	155	14.8			2.5	1.1	3.6
6	Dan Maloney	27	LW	66	16	29	45	4	151	13	3	0	1	22	7	0	163	9.8			2.5	1.1	3.6
7	Paul Woods	22	LW	80	19	23	42	17	52	14	3	2	4	18	4	1	107	17.8			1.9	1.7	3.6
8	Bill Lochead	23	RW	77	20	16	36	7	47	18	2	0	3	14	2	0	123	16.3			1.6	1.4	3.0
9	Dennis Polonich	24	RW	79	16	19	35	-5	254	11	5	0	0	13	6	0	128	12.5			1.1	1.0	2.1
10	Václav Nedomanský*	33	RW	63	11	17	28	-17	2	6	5	0	1	8	9	0	108	10.2			0.7	0.4	1.1
11	Greg Joly	23	D	79	7	20	27	-4	73	5	2	0	2	15	4	1	134	5.2			1.2	4.1	5.3
12	Perry Miller	25	D	62	4	17	21	-7	120	1	0	3	1	12	5	0	124	3.2			0.8	3.0	3.8
13	Rick Bowness	23	RW	61	8	11	19	-8	76	6	2	0	2	10	1	0	46	17.4			-0.2	0.7	0.4
14	Terry Harper	38	D	80	2	17	19	20	85	2	0	0	0	15	0	2	77	2.6			0.1	5.6	5.7
15	Dennis Hull	33	LW	55	5	9	14	-20	6	3	2	0	1	7	2	0	72	6.9			-0.7	0.2	-0.5
16	Larry Wright	26	RW	66	3	6	9	-12	13	3	0	0	0	4	2	0	46	6.5			-1.7	0.6	-1.1
17	Al Cameron	22	D	63	2	7	9	-12	94	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	71	2.8			-0.4	2.7	2.3
18	Jean Hamel	25	D	32	2	6	8	3	34	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	37	5.4			0.2	1.9	2.1
19	Thommie Bergman	30	D	14	1	6	7	1	16	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	18	5.6			0.4	0.8	1.2
20	Errol Thompson	27	LW	14	5	1	6	-5	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	18.5			0.4	0.1	0.4
21	Danny Grant	31	RW	13	2	2	4	-2	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	22.2			0.0	0.1	0.1
22	Al McDonough	27	RW	13	2	2	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	11.1			0.0	0.3	0.2
23	Bob Ritchie	22	LW	11	2	2	4	-1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	11.1			0.1	0.1	0.2
24	Rob Plumb	20	LW	7	2	1	3	-4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	28.6			0.1	0.0	0.1
25	Larry Giroux	26	D	5	0	3	3	-6	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	10	0.0			0.1	-0.1	0.1
26	J.P. LeBlanc	31	C	3	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
27	Jim Rutherford*	28	G	43	0	2	2	0	2				0	2			0		2466	57:21	0.0	0.0	6.7
28	Michel Bergeron	23	RW	3	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7			0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Ron Low	27	G	32	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		1813	56:40	0.0	0.0	4.7
30	Roland Cloutier	20	C	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
31	Ed Giacomin*	38	G	9	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		515	57:16	0.0	0.0	1.5
32	John Hilworth	20	D	5	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.3	0.2
33	Fern LeBlanc	22	RW	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
34	Tim Sheehy	29	RW	15	0	0	0	-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0			-0.6	-0.2	-0.8
35	Rick Vasko	21	D	3	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
	Team Total			80	252	393	645	-66	1518	181	59	12	32	273	111	9	2273	11.1			28.3	34.5	75.7

DET Goalies Regular Season

DET Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Jim Rutherford*	28	43		20	17	4	134	1119	985	.880	3.26	1	2466				108	-9.6
2	Ron Low	27	32		9	12	9	102	897	795	.886	3.37	1	1813				102	-2.3
3	Ed Giacomin*	38	9		3	5	1	27	252	225	.893	3.14	0	515				96	1.0
	Team Total				32	34	14	263	2268	2005	.884	3.29	2	4794				104	-10.9

MTL Scoring Regular Season

MTL Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Guy Lafleur*	26	RW	78	60	72	132	73	26	45	15	0	12	51	21	0	305	19.7			13.1	2.7	15.8
2	Jacques Lemaire*	32	C	76	36	61	97	54	14	30	6	0	5	46	13	2	310	11.6			8.2	2.1	10.3
3	Steve Shutt*	25	LW	80	49	37	86	56	24	33	16	0	7	30	7	0	243	20.2			8.2	2.2	10.4
4	Larry Robinson*	26	D	80	13	52	65	71	39	8	3	2	5	36	16	0	154	8.4			4.9	7.6	12.5
5	Réjean Houle	28	LW	76	30	28	58	39	50	27	3	0	5	16	10	2	143	21.0			4.3	1.6	6.0
6	Yvan Cournoyer*	34	RW	68	24	29	53	39	12	20	4	0	6	23	6	0	125	19.2			3.7	1.6	5.3
7	Pierre Mondou	22	C	71	19	30	49	31	8	15	4	0	3	27	3	0	132	14.4			2.8	1.4	4.2
8	Pierre Larouche	22	C	44	17	32	49	32	11	14	3	0	1	24	8	0	87	19.5			3.8	1.2	5.0
9	Guy Lapointe*	29	D	49	13	29	42	46	19	9	4	0	2	15	13	1	148	8.8			3.6	4.8	8.4
10	Serge Savard*	32	D	77	8	34	42	62	24	4	4	0	1	21	11	2	102	7.8			2.6	6.9	9.5
11	Doug Risebrough	24	C	72	18	23	41	31	97	17	1	0	3	22	1	0	116	15.5			2.0	1.4	3.4
12	Yvon Lambert	27	LW	77	18	22	40	10	20	11	7	0	3	15	7	0	107	16.8			1.7	0.8	2.5
13	Doug Jarvis	22	C	80	11	28	39	12	23	7	2	2	1	25	2	1	129	8.5			0.9	0.8	1.8
14	Bob Gainey*	24	LW	66	15	16	31	11	57	13	0	2	1	13	2	1	140	10.7			1.2	0.7	1.9
15	Bill Nyrop	25	D	72	5	21	26	56	37	2	1	2	1	21	0	0	71	7.0			1.1	6.3	7.4
16	Mario Tremblay	21	RW	56	10	14	24	6	44	9	0	1	0	14	0	0	89	11.2			0.6	0.5	1.1
17	Rick Chartraw	23	D	68	4	12	16	16	64	4	0	0	1	12	0	0	75	5.3			0.2	3.7	3.9
18	Pierre Bouchard	29	D	59	4	6	10	27	29	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	55	7.3			-0.1	4.0	3.9
19	Pete Mahovlich	31	C	17	3	5	8	6	4	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	28	10.7			0.2	0.3	0.5
20	Gilles Lupien	23	D	46	1	3	4	19	108	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	5.0			-0.6	3.0	2.4
21	Michel Larocque	25	G	30	0	4	4	0	0				0	4			0		1728	57:37	0.0	0.0	6.2
22	Brian Engblom	23	D	28	1	2	3	9	23	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	3.6			-0.3	1.7	1.4
23	Ken Dryden*	30	G	52	0	2	2	0	0				0	2			0		3069	59:01	0.0	0.0	13.7
24	Murray Wilson	26	C	12	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0			-0.4	0.0	-0.4
25	Pat Hughes	22	RW	3	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.2
26	Mike Polich	25	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Rod Schutt	21	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	359	563	922	703	735	277	73	9	59	434	120	9	2622	13.7			61.7	55.2	136.9

MTL Goalies Regular Season

MTL Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Ken Dryden*	30	52		37	7	7	105	1338	1233	.922	2.05	5	3069				71	43.7
2	Michel Larocque	25	30		22	3	4	77	736	659	.895	2.67	1	1728				94	4.8
	Team Total				59	10	11	182	2074	1892	.912	2.28	6	4797				79	48.5

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