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DET

TD GARDEN

2FINAL3

March 1, 1978

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Phil Esposito (24)

Don Murdoch (25)

1-0 NYR

Score

00:12

Time

Ron Duguay (13)

Pat Hickey (23), Eddie Johnstone (12)

2-0 NYR

Score

15:09

Time

Andre St. Laurent (25)

Al Cameron (7), Terry Harper (13)

2-1 NYR

Score

18:22

Time

2nd Period

Andre St. Laurent (26)

Dan Maloney (27)

2-2 Tied

Score

16:08

Time

3rd Period

Phil Esposito (25)

Ron Greschner (32)

3-2 NYR

Score

08:59

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:12	Al Cameron – roughing (2 min)
	04:12	Eddie Johnstone – roughing (2 min)
	16:35	Paul Woods – slashing (2 min)
	16:35	Dave Maloney – slashing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	07:47	Al Cameron – hooking (2 min)
	20:00	Dennis Hextall – roughing (2 min)
	20:00	Mark Heaslip – misconduct (10 min)
	20:00	John Davidson – high-sticking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	11:48	Jean Hamel – holding (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
6	Don Awrey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	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	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Mark Heaslip	R	0	0	0	-2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	-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	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	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	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
31	Hardy Astrom						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

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	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
5	Jean Hamel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
7	Dan Maloney	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Dennis Polonich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
11	Rick Bowness	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Paul Woods	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
19	Dennis Hull	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Dennis Hextall	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Bill Lochead	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
24	Greg Joly	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
25	Larry Wright	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Al Cameron	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
28	Reed Larson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%

DET – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Jim Rutherford	★	L				24	27	3	3	0	0	.889	0.00	0:00
30	Ron Low						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

DET

Game Stats

3	Goals	2
27	Shots	36
0.0% (0/5)	Power Play	0.0% (0/0)
14	Penalty Minutes	10
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

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 March 1, 1978

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 167-213-85-2
At NYR: 106-77-50-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 7-2-1-0
At NYR: 7-2-1-0