31st National Hockey League All-Star Game

31st NHL All-Star Game
Date	January 24, 1978
Arena	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
City	Buffalo
MVP	Billy Smith (NY Islanders)
Attendance	16,433
← 1977	1979 →

The 31st National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, home of the Buffalo Sabres, on January 24, 1978. Wales Conference All-Star team defeated the Campbell Conference for the fourth consecutive year. Gilbert Perreault scored with 1:05 left in sudden death overtime for the winning goal. This was the first all star game to be played with an overtime period. The most valuable player award went to goaltender Billy Smith who stopped 16 shots in the first 30 minutes of the game.

Team Lineups edit

Campbell Conference All-Stars edit

Coach: Fred Shero, Philadelphia Flyers

#	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Team
Goalies
31		Billy Smith		New York Islanders
35		Wayne Stephenson		Philadelphia Flyers
Defencemen
2		Bob Dailey		Philadelphia Flyers
3		Tom Bladon		Philadelphia Flyers
4		Carol Vadnais		New York Rangers
5		Denis Potvin		New York Islanders
6		Barry Beck		Colorado Rockies
20		Jimmy Watson		Philadelphia Flyers
Forwards
7		Bill Barber	LW	Philadelphia Flyers
8		Wilf Paiement	RW	Colorado Rockies
9		Clark Gillies	LW	New York Islanders
10		Bill Clement	C	Atlanta Flames
11		Dennis Ververgaert	RW	Vancouver Canucks
12		Ivan Boldirev	C	Chicago Black Hawks
16		Bobby Clarke	C	Philadelphia Flyers
17		Garry Unger	C	St. Louis Blues
19		Bryan Trottier	C	New York Islanders
21		Roland Eriksson	C	Minnesota North Stars
22		Mike Bossy	RW	New York Islanders
77		Phil Esposito	C	New York Rangers

Wales Conference All-Stars edit

Coach: Scotty Bowman, Montreal Canadiens

#	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Team
Goalies
29		Ken Dryden		Montreal Canadiens
1		Rogatien Vachon		Los Angeles Kings
Defencemen
18		Serge Savard		Montreal Canadiens
19		Larry Robinson		Montreal Canadiens
21		Borje Salming		Toronto Maple Leafs
22		Brad Park		Boston Bruins
28		Reed Larson		Detroit Red Wings
Forwards
6		Jean Pronovost	RW	Pittsburgh Penguins
7		Rick Martin	LW	Buffalo Sabres
8		Steve Shutt	LW	Montreal Canadiens
9		Lanny McDonald	RW	Toronto Maple Leafs
10		Guy Lafleur	RW	Montreal Canadiens
11		Gilbert Perreault	C	Buffalo Sabres
12		Bob Sirois	RW	Washington Capitals
14		Yvan Cournoyer	RW	Montreal Canadiens
16		Marcel Dionne	C	Los Angeles Kings
20		Dennis Maruk	LW	Cleveland Barons
23		Bob Gainey	LW	Montreal Canadiens
24		Terry O'Reilly	RW	Boston Bruins
27		Darryl Sittler	C	Toronto Maple Leafs

G = Goaltenders; D = Defencemen; C = Center; LW/RW = Left Wing/Right Wing

Game summary edit

#	Score	Team	Goalscorer (Assist(s))	To,e
First period
1	0-1	Campbell	Barber	1:25
2	0-2	Campbell	Potvin (Clarke)	12:12
Penalties : Salming (Wal.) 7:42 ; Gillies (Cam.) 18:30
Second period
3	1-2	Wales	Sittler (Robinson - Park)	19:32
Penalties : Dailey (Cam.) 2:25 ; Smith (Cam.) 3:36 ; McDonald (Wal.) 3:36 ; Vadnais (Cam.) 18:12
Third period
4	2-2	Wales	Martin (Dionne - O'Reilly)	18:21
Penalties : none
Sudden Death overtime
5	3-2	Wales	Perreault (Shutt - Salming)	3:55
Penalties : none

Goaltenders :

Wales : Dryden (29:26 minutes), Vachon (34:29 minutes).
Campbell : Smith (29:26 minutes), Stephenson (34:29 minutes).

Shots on goal :

Wales (40) 07 - 16 - 15 - 02
Campbell (12) 07 - 02 - 03 - 00

Referee : Bruce Hood

Linesmen : John D'Amico, Leon Stickle

References edit

Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. pp. 167–171. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.