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CHI

TD GARDEN

2FINAL6

February 23, 1978

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Pat Hickey (32)

Wayne Dillon (3), Nick Fotiu (4)

1-0 NYR

Score

00:57

Time

Pat Hickey (33)

Unassisted

2-0 NYR

Score

09:40

Time

Ron Greschner (16)

Unassisted

3-0 NYR

Score

09:56

Time

Stan Mikita (10)

John Marks (16)

3-1 NYR

Score

10:18

Time

Ivan Boldirev (25)

Dale Tallon (15), Grant Mulvey (18)

3-2 NYR

Score

19:11

Time

2nd Period

Don Murdoch (20) (pp)

Ron Greschner (30)

4-2 NYR

Score

08:05

Time

Nick Fotiu (1)

Wayne Dillon (4)

5-2 NYR

Score

13:48

Time

3rd Period

Pat Hickey (34)

Dave Farrish (3), Walt Tkaczuk (25)

6-2 NYR

Score

00:54

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	14:31	Dave Farrish – tripping (2 min)
	15:24	John Marks – interference (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	06:37	Doug Wilson – cross-checking (2 min)
	06:37	Phil Esposito – slashing (2 min)
	07:40	Keith Magnuson – tripping (2 min)
	15:17	Dave Farrish – elbowing (2 min)
	18:46	Dave Farrish – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	05:25	Grant Mulvey – slashing (2 min)
	08:20	Ron Greschner – tripping (2 min)
	12:55	Nick Fotiu – boarding (2 min)
	14:21	Jean Savard – slashing (2 min)
	14:21	Ron Greschner – slashing (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
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	1	1	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Dallas Smith	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
19	Mark Heaslip	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson	★	W				34	36	2	2	0	0	.944	0.00	0:00
1	Wayne Thomas						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

CHI – 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	Keith Magnuson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
5	Phil Russell	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
6	Bob Murray	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	John Marks	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Ivan Boldirev	C	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
15	Pierre Plante	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
17	Alain Daigle	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
18	Darcy Rota	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Dale Tallon	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Cliff Koroll	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
21	Stan Mikita	C	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
22	Grant Mulvey	R	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	J.P. Bordeleau	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Doug Wilson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
25	Bob Kelly	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
27	Jean Savard	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
29	Ted Bulley	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

CHI – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Eddie Johnston	★	L				19	25	6	5	1	0	.760	0.00	0:00
35	Tony Esposito						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

CHI

Game Stats

6	Goals	2
25	Shots	36
33.3% (1/3)	Power Play	0.0% (0/6)
14	Penalty Minutes	10
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	2	0	0	2
	3	2	1	6

Season Series: 3-1-1

CHI 2

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreNOV 16

CHI 2

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreDEC 14

CHI 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreFEB 22

CHI 2

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreFEB 23

CHI 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreAPR 9

As of February 23, 1978

All-Time vs CHI

Overall: 204-212-89-2
At NYR: 104-99-50-0

Last 10 vs CHI

Overall: 5-3-2-0
At NYR: 4-2-4-0