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NYR

TD GARDEN

5FINAL5

December 15, 1977

DET

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Walt Tkaczuk (12)

Steve Vickers (19), Eddie Johnstone (6)

1-0 NYR

Score

02:42

Time

Lucien DeBlois (10)

Dan Newman (3), Phil Esposito (23)

2-0 NYR

Score

05:02

Time

Bill Lochead (10)

Dennis Hextall (11)

2-1 NYR

Score

16:24

Time

2nd Period

Phil Esposito (14) (pp)

Steve Vickers (20), Ron Greschner (16)

3-1 NYR

Score

01:23

Time

Walt Tkaczuk (13) (sh)

Eddie Johnstone (7), Ron Greschner (17)

4-1 NYR

Score

08:31

Time

Dennis Hextall (3)

Nick Libett (6), Reed Larson (16)

4-2 NYR

Score

17:08

Time

Lucien DeBlois (11)

Ron Greschner (18), Phil Esposito (24)

5-2 NYR

Score

19:57

Time

3rd Period

Dennis Polonich (6) (pp)

Dan Maloney (12), Reed Larson (17)

5-3 NYR

Score

06:40

Time

Nick Libett (6)

Dennis Hextall (12), Perry Miller (12)

5-4 NYR

Score

09:10

Time

Paul Woods (5)

Greg Joly (7), Dale McCourt (15)

5-5 Tied

Score

13:16

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	10:22	Andre St. Laurent – slashing (2 min)
	10:22	Dan Newman – slashing (2 min)
	11:14	Don Murdoch – slashing (2 min)
	13:39	Ron Greschner – hooking (2 min)
	19:30	Terry Harper – hooking (2 min)
	19:56	Greg Joly – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	06:51	Carol Vadnais – hooking (2 min)
	09:29	Carol Vadnais – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:37	Carol Vadnais – hooking (2 min)
	02:43	Greg Joly – hooking (2 min)
	04:51	Walt Tkaczuk – holding (2 min)

DET – 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	Terry Harper	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
3	Perry Miller	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Rick Vasko	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
7	Dan Maloney	L	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
8	Dennis Polonich	C	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Dale McCourt	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Paul Woods	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Dennis Hull	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Dennis Hextall	C	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Bill Lochead	L	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
24	Greg Joly	D	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
25	Larry Wright	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
28	Reed Larson	D	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
29	Timothy Sheehy	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

DET – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Ron Low	★	T				21	26	5	3	1	1	.808	0.00	0:00
31	Ed Giacomin						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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	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	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	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
1	Wayne Thomas						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
33	Doug Soetaert	★	T				36	41	5	4	1	0	.878	0.00	0:00

DET

NYR

Game Stats

5	Goals	5
41	Shots	26
16.7% (1/6)	Power Play	33.3% (1/3)
8	Penalty Minutes	14
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	2	3	0	5
	1	1	3	5

Season Series: 2-1-1

DET 3

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreNOV 12

DET 5

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreDEC 15

DET 2

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreDEC 18

DET 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreMAR 1

As of December 15, 1977

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 165-213-85-2
At DET: 104-77-50-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 6-3-1-0
At DET: 6-2-2-0