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NYR

TD GARDEN

4FINAL7

December 8, 1977

PHI

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Walt Tkaczuk (11)

Steve Vickers (17)

1-0 NYR

Score

02:34

Time

Don Saleski (14) (sh)

Bob Dailey (10)

1-1 Tied

Score

07:36

Time

2nd Period

Lucien DeBlois (9)

Phil Esposito (21), Ron Greschner (13)

2-1 NYR

Score

11:37

Time

3rd Period

Reggie Leach (12)

Bobby Clarke (20), Bill Barber (8)

2-2 Tied

Score

01:41

Time

Don Saleski (15)

Barry Dean (12), Joe Watson (3)

3-2 PHI

Score

04:48

Time

Jerry Byers (1)

Mike McEwen (3), Don Awrey (4)

3-3 Tied

Score

11:15

Time

Ross Lonsberry (8)

Bob Dailey (11), Paul Holmgren (1)

4-3 PHI

Score

11:45

Time

Reggie Leach (13)

Bill Barber (9), Rick MacLeish (12)

5-3 PHI

Score

12:20

Time

Ross Lonsberry (9)

Mel Bridgman (9), Kevin McCarthy (9)

6-3 PHI

Score

14:24

Time

Bobby Clarke (9)

Reggie Leach (16), Joe Watson (4)

7-3 PHI

Score

16:43

Time

Don Murdoch (10) (pp)

Phil Esposito (22), Ron Greschner (14)

7-4 PHI

Score

18:21

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:06	Don Awrey – roughing (2 min)
	04:06	Andre Dupont – roughing (2 min)
	04:06	Andre Dupont – roughing (2 min)
	10:36	Dave Maloney – tripping (2 min)
	19:56	Ross Lonsberry – hooking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:52	Carol Vadnais – fighting (5 min)
	04:52	Carol Vadnais – high-sticking (5 min)
	04:52	Mel Bridgman – fighting (5 min)
	04:52	Paul Holmgren – charging (2 min)
	09:00	Andre Dupont – interference (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	15:12	Phil Esposito – hooking (2 min)
	15:12	Bob Dailey – high-sticking (2 min)
	17:20	Bob Dailey – slashing (2 min)

PHI – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Bob Dailey	D	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
3	Tom Bladon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
6	Andre Dupont	D	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Bill Barber	L	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
9	Bob Kelly	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
10	Mel Bridgman	C	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
11	Don Saleski	R	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Joe Watson	D	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Bobby Clarke	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
17	Paul Holmgren	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Ross Lonsberry	L	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
19	Rick MacLeish	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Jimmy Watson	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
25	Kevin McCarthy	D	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Orest Kindrachuk	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Reggie Leach	R	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0/0	0.00%
29	Barry Dean	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

PHI – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Bernie Parent	★	W				20	24	4	3	1	0	.833	0.00	0:00
35	Wayne Stephenson						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
15	Jerry Byers	L	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	2	2	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
1	Wayne Thomas	★	L				34	41	7	6	0	1	.829	0.00	0:00

PHI

NYR

Game Stats

7	Goals	4
41	Shots	24
0.0% (0/3)	Power Play	20.0% (1/5)
19	Penalty Minutes	16
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	1	1	2	4
	1	0	6	7

Season Series: 0-4-2

PHI 3

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 7

PHI 7

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 8

PHI 4

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreDEC 28

PHI 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreJAN 14

PHI 2

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreMAR 15

PHI 3

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreAPR 6

As of December 8, 1977

All-Time vs PHI

Overall: 23-17-18-0
At PHI: 14-5-10-0

Last 10 vs PHI

Overall: 1-4-5-0
At PHI: 2-4-4-0