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NYR

TD GARDEN

5FINAL2

March 25, 1978

TOR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Mike Pelyk (1) (pp)

Bruce Boudreau (17), Dave Williams (27)

1-0 TOR

Score

14:10

Time

2nd Period

Carol Vadnais (6) (pp)

Walt Tkaczuk (36), Steve Vickers (41)

1-1 Tied

Score

00:42

Time

Eddie Johnstone (12)

Ron Greschner (40), Steve Vickers (42)

2-1 NYR

Score

09:33

Time

Wayne Dillon (5)

Ron Duguay (20), Dave Maloney (17)

3-1 NYR

Score

11:34

Time

Bruce Boudreau (11)

Mike Pelyk (11), Dave Williams (28)

3-2 NYR

Score

19:25

Time

3rd Period

Eddie Johnstone (13)

Walt Tkaczuk (37)

4-2 NYR

Score

02:42

Time

Phil Esposito (35) (pp)

Ron Greschner (41), Pat Hickey (31)

5-2 NYR

Score

05:27

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:41	Darryl Sittler – charging (2 min)
	05:19	Dave Williams – tripping (2 min)
	06:05	Phil Esposito – holding (2 min)
	06:05	Mike Pelyk – high-sticking (2 min)
	08:44	Eddie Johnstone – hooking (2 min)
	09:07	Darryl Sittler – hooking (2 min)
	10:21	Ron Greschner – tripping (2 min)
	13:04	Ron Greschner – holding (2 min)
	18:49	Ian Turnbull – tripping (2 min)
	20:00	Phil Esposito – misconduct (10 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	11:59	Nick Fotiu – slashing (2 min)
	11:59	Dan Maloney – hooking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	05:16	Jerry Butler – hooking (2 min)

TOR – 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	Ian Turnbull	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
4	Trevor Johansen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
6	Ron Ellis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
7	Lanny McDonald	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
9	Dan Maloney	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	George Ferguson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Pat Boutette	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
16	Jimmy Jones	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Jerry Butler	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Bruce Boudreau	C	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
20	Mike Pelyk	D	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%
21	Borje Salming	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Dave Williams	L	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
23	Randy Carlyle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Brian Glennie	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
26	Kurt Walker	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Darryl Sittler	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0/0	0.00%

TOR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Gord McRae	★	L				41	46	5	3	2	0	.891	0.00	0:00
29	Mike Palmateer						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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	2	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	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	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
9	Wayne Dillon	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0/0	0.00%
17	Eddie Johnstone	R	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
19	Mark Heaslip	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
24	Dan Newman	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
0	John Davidson	★	W				37	39	2	1	1	0	.949	0.00	0:00
1	Wayne Thomas						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

TOR

NYR

Game Stats

2	Goals	5
39	Shots	46
25.0% (1/4)	Power Play	40.0% (2/5)
14	Penalty Minutes	20
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 1-3-0

TOR 4

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreJAN 25

TOR 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreFEB 11

TOR 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreMAR 5

TOR 2

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreMAR 25

As of March 25, 1978

All-Time vs TOR

Overall: 162-231-86-3
At TOR: 100-92-49-0

Last 10 vs TOR

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