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BUF

TD GARDEN

2FINAL2

December 31, 1977

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Andre Savard (6)

Rick Martin (20), Bill Hajt (8)

1-0 BUF

Score

02:10

Time

2nd Period

Lucien DeBlois (15)

Carol Vadnais (26), Ron Duguay (9)

1-1 Tied

Score

09:32

Time

Gilbert Perreault (25)

Lee Fogolin (9)

2-1 BUF

Score

15:26

Time

Pat Hickey (19)

Carol Vadnais (27), Phil Esposito (27)

2-2 Tied

Score

16:53

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	17:06	Don Awrey – tripping (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	08:26	Danny Gare – high-sticking (2 min)
	08:26	Dallas Smith – high-sticking (2 min)
	15:09	Richie Dunn – roughing (2 min)
	15:09	Don Murdoch – roughing (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	17:31	Andre Savard – hooking (2 min)

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
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Dallas Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	★	T				33	35	2	2	0	0	.943	0.00	0:00

BUF – 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	Bill Stewart	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Jerry Korab	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
5	Lee Fogolin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
7	Rick Martin	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
8	Jim Lorentz	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Craig Ramsay	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
11	Gilbert Perreault	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Andre Savard	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
15	Gary McAdam	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
16	Ric Seiling	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Fred Stanfield	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Danny Gare	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
19	Derek Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Don Luce	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
21	Ron Schock	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Bill Hajt	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
29	Richie Dunn	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

BUF – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Don Edwards	★	T				34	36	2	2	0	0	.944	0.00	0:00
30	Gerry Desjardins						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

BUF

Game Stats

2	Goals	2
36	Shots	35
0.0% (0/3)	Power Play	0.0% (0/1)
6	Penalty Minutes	6
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 1-2-1

BUF 4

NYR 8

FINALBoxscoreNOV 9

BUF 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreNOV 27

BUF 2

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreDEC 31

BUF 2

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreFEB 9

As of December 31, 1977

All-Time vs BUF

Overall: 15-18-7-0
At NYR: 9-7-4-0

Last 10 vs BUF

Overall: 1-6-3-0
At NYR: 3-4-3-0