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NYR

TD GARDEN

1FINAL4

December 16, 1978

BOS

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

Bob Miller (10)

Wayne Cashman (19), Bill Bennett (2)

1-0 BOS

Score

02:06

Time

Al Sims (7)

Jean Ratelle (13)

2-0 BOS

Score

10:19

Time

Phil Esposito (14)

Nick Fotiu (3), Ron Greschner (21)

2-1 BOS

Score

14:44

Time

John Wensink (20)

Terry O'Reilly (26), Al Sims (8)

3-1 BOS

Score

15:52

Time

3rd Period

Peter McNab (20)

John Wensink (5), Rick Middleton (23)

4-1 BOS

Score

06:33

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:53	Rick Smith – tripping (2 min)
	07:28	Greg Polis – hooking (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	19:35	Mike Milbury – high-sticking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
No penalties recorded for this period.

BOS – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
6	Dick Redmond	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Bill Bennett	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Peter McNab	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
10	Jean Ratelle	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
12	Wayne Cashman	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
14	Bob Miller	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Rick Middleton	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
18	John Wensink	L	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Thomas Songin	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
21	Don Marcotte	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Brad Park	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Rick Smith	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Terry O'Reilly	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Mike Milbury	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike Walton	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
28	Dennis O'Brien	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
29	Al Sims	D	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0/0	0.00%

BOS – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Gerry Cheevers	★	W				20	21	1	1	0	0	.952	0.00	0:00
31	Jim Pettie						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	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
6	Mike Korney	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	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	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
20	Greg Polis	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
25	Mario Marois	D	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	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	0	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	0	1	1	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
1	Wayne Thomas	★	L				24	28	4	4	0	0	.857	0.00	0:00
30	John Davidson						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

BOS

NYR

Game Stats

4	Goals	1
28	Shots	21
0.0% (0/1)	Power Play	0.0% (0/2)
4	Penalty Minutes	2
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	0	1	0	1
	0	3	1	4

Season Series: 2-3-0

BOS 3

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreDEC 3

BOS 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreDEC 16

BOS 4

NYR 1

FINALBoxscoreDEC 17

BOS 1

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreFEB 14

BOS 4

NYR 7

FINALBoxscoreMAR 15

As of December 16, 1978

All-Time vs BOS

Overall: 200-238-89-5
At BOS: 121-92-52-2

Last 10 vs BOS

Overall: 1-8-1-0
At BOS: 1-9-0