BOXSCORE
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
1 FINAL 4
December 17, 1978
Boston Bruins
Scoring Summary
2nd Period
Rick Middleton (14) (pp)
Brad Park (8), Jean Ratelle (14)
1-0 BOS
Score
06:50
Time
Pat Hickey (14)
Ron Greschner (22), Dave Maloney (5)
1-1 Tied
Score
07:38
Time
Mike Walton (8)
Bob Miller (15)
2-1 BOS
Score
09:55
Time
Don Marcotte (12)
Rick Middleton (24), Rick Smith (13)
3-1 BOS
Score
19:49
Time
3rd Period
Rick Middleton (15)
Jean Ratelle (15), Don Marcotte (14)
4-1 BOS
Score
15:22
Time
Penalties
1st Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 04:29 | Nick Fotiu – charging (2 min) | |
| 06:55 | Nick Fotiu – holding (2 min) | |
| 11:53 | Bill Bennett – holding (2 min) | |
| 12:20 | Mike Milbury – closing-hand-on-puck (2 min) | |
| 12:52 | Pat Hickey – roughing (2 min) | |
| 14:40 | Dennis O'Brien – hooking (2 min) |
2nd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 04:50 | Walt Tkaczuk – hooking (2 min) |
3rd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 03:33 | Walt Tkaczuk – holding (2 min) |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | R. Greschner | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | C. Vadnais | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | M. Korney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | S. Vickers | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | R. Duguay | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | U. Nilsson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | A. Hedberg | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | P. Hickey | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | W. Tkaczuk | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | D. Talafous | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | N. Fotiu | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | L. DeBlois | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | P. Plante | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | M. Marois | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | D. Maloney | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | M. McEwen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | P. Esposito | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W. Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 00:00 | ||
| 30 | J. Davidson | x | L | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.852 | 4.00 | 60:00 |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | R. Redmond | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | W. Bennett | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | P. McNab | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | J. Ratelle | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | W. Cashman | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | R. Miller | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | R. Middleton | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | J. Wensink | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | T. Songin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | D. Marcotte | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | B. Park | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | R. Smith | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | J. O'Reilly | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | M. Milbury | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | M. Walton | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | D. O'Brien | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | A. Sims | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | G. Cheevers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 00:00 | ||
| 31 | J. Pettie | x | W | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.947 | 1.00 | 60:00 |
NYR
VS
BOS
Game Stats
| 1 | Goals | 4 |
| 19 | Shots | 27 |
| 10 | Penalty Minutes | 6 |
| 0 | Hits | 0 |
| 0 | Blocks | 0 |
| 0 | Give Aways | 0 |
| 0 | Take Aways | 0 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Season Series: 2-3-0
As of December 17, 1978
All-Time vs BOS
Overall: 200-239-89-5
At NYR: 121-93-52-2
Last 10 vs BOS
Overall: 1-9-0
At NYR: 1-9-0
