31st National Hockey League All-Star Game

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.

31st NHL All-Star Game

1 2 3 OT Total Campbell 2 0 0 0 2 Wales 0 1 1 1 3
Date	January 24, 1978
Arena	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
City	Buffalo
MVP	Billy Smith (NY Islanders)
Attendance	16,433
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Team Lineups

Campbell Conference All-Stars 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 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

#	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

See also

• 1977–78 NHL season

Further reading

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