Washington Capitals at New York Islanders

Sat, Apr 1, 1978 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 1977–78 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 3

Final

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Sat, Apr 1, 1978 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Denis Potvin led the way with 3 points. Glenn Resch made 16 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 18–44.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
WSH	2	18
NYI	3	44

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
25	Bob Sirois	R	0	1	1	0	0	1
15	Guy Charron	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
24	Robert Picard	D	0	1	1	0	0	2
5	Rick Green	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0
17	Tom Rowe	R	1	0	1	0	0	4
9	Garnet Bailey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Bill Collins	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
7	Yvon Labre	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Bob Girard	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1
16	Mike Marson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Bill Riley	R	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	Gord Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	Rick Bragnalo	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
21	Dave Forbes	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Gerry Meehan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
22	Ron Lalonde	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
19	Bryan Watson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Bernie Wolfe	L	44	41	3	.932	60:00

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
5	Denis Potvin	D	0	3	3	+1	0	11
22	Mike Bossy	R	2	0	2	0	0	7
19	Bryan Trottier	C	0	1	1	0	0	3
9	Clark Gillies	L	0	1	1	0	2	4
25	Dave Lewis	D	0	1	1	+1	2	5
10	Lorne Henning	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1
7	Stefan Persson	D	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	Bob Bourne	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
18	Ed Westfall	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0
24	Alex McKendry	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Bobby Nystrom	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4
15	Billy Harris	R	0	0	0	0	0	2
11	Wayne Merrick	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
2	Gerry Hart	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
21	Mike Kaszycki	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0
6	Bert Marshall	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
3	Pat Price	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Glenn Resch	W	18	16	2	.889	60:00