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BOS

TD GARDEN

4FINAL1

December 17, 1978

NYR

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 Description
	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 Description
	04:50	Walt Tkaczuk – hooking (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	03:33	Walt Tkaczuk – 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
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
30	John Davidson	★	L				23	27	4	3	1	0	.852	0.00	0:00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Bill Bennett	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Peter McNab	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Jean Ratelle	C	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
12	Wayne Cashman	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Bob Miller	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
16	Rick Middleton	R	2	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
18	John Wensink	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Thomas Songin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
21	Don Marcotte	L	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
22	Brad Park	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Rick Smith	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Terry O'Reilly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
26	Mike Milbury	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike Walton	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0/0	0.00%
28	Dennis O'Brien	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
29	Al Sims	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%

BOS – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Gerry Cheevers						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
31	Jim Pettie	★	W				18	19	1	1	0	0	.947	0.00	0:00

NYR

BOS

Game Stats

1	Goals	4
19	Shots	27
0.0% (0/2)	Power Play	25.0% (1/4)
10	Penalty Minutes	6
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

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

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 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