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DET

TD GARDEN

3FINAL3

October 18, 1978

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Mike McEwen (3)

Phil Esposito (1), Dean Talafous (1)

1-0 NYR

Score

03:23

Time

2nd Period

Vaclav Nedomansky (2)

Dennis Hextall (2), Nick Libett (2)

1-1 Tied

Score

02:55

Time

Dale McCourt (3)

Thommie Bergman (2)

2-1 DET

Score

04:15

Time

Ron Duguay (2)

Mike McEwen (3)

2-2 Tied

Score

14:17

Time

3rd Period

Dennis Hextall (1)

Fern LeBlanc (1), Willie Huber (1)

3-2 DET

Score

03:48

Time

Dean Talafous (1)

Pierre Plante (2)

3-3 Tied

Score

06:19

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	14:21	Perry Miller – roughing (2 min)
	14:21	Greg Polis – roughing (2 min)
	14:21	Greg Polis – roughing (2 min)
	15:29	Errol Thompson – tripping (2 min)
	16:14	Ulf Nilsson – tripping (2 min)
	19:10	Nick Libett – cross-checking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:24	Paul Woods – hooking (2 min)
	06:51	Ron Greschner – tripping (2 min)
	07:43	Paul Woods – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	09:54	Pierre Plante – holding (2 min)
	11:26	Mario Marois – delaying-game (2 min)
	14:22	Perry Miller – fighting (5 min)
	14:22	Ron Greschner – fighting (5 min)
	18:07	Thommie Bergman – 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
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	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	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	3	0/0	0.00%
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
19	Dean Talafous	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	-2	4	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%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	1	1	3	0	0	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
1	Wayne Thomas	★	T				21	24	3	3	0	0	.875	0.00	0:00
33	Doug Soetaert						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	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
3	Perry Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Thommie Bergman	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
7	Willie Huber	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Dale McCourt	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Errol Thompson	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Nick Libett	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Paul Woods	C	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	David Hanson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Fern LeBlanc	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
21	Dan Labraaten	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
22	Dennis Hextall	C	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
26	Al Cameron	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
27	Brent Peterson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
28	Reed Larson	D	0	0	0	1	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
1	Jim Rutherford						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
40	Rogie Vachon	★	T				30	33	3	3	0	0	.909	0.00	0:00

NYR

DET

Game Stats

3	Goals	3
33	Shots	24
0.0% (0/4)	Power Play	0.0% (0/5)
17	Penalty Minutes	17
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

Season Series: 1-1-2

DET 3

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreOCT 18

DET 2

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreOCT 19

DET 5

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 9

DET 2

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 22

As of October 18, 1978

All-Time vs DET

Overall: 167-213-86-2
At NYR: 106-77-51-0

Last 10 vs DET

Overall: 6-2-2-0
At NYR: 6-2-2-0