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BUF

TD GARDEN

3FINAL6

December 20, 1978

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Mike McEwen (8) (pp)

Mario Marois (5), Ulf Nilsson (18)

1-0 NYR

Score

11:42

Time

Derek Smith (7)

Tony McKegney (6), Bill Stewart (9)

1-1 Tied

Score

13:27

Time

2nd Period

Dean Talafous (8)

Anders Hedberg (18), Ulf Nilsson (19)

2-1 NYR

Score

00:39

Time

Phil Esposito (15) (pp)

Lucien DeBlois (11), Mike McEwen (13)

3-1 NYR

Score

09:44

Time

Derek Smith (8)

Gilbert Perreault (21), Tony McKegney (7)

3-2 NYR

Score

15:34

Time

3rd Period

Dean Talafous (9) (pp)

Ron Greschner (23), Ron Duguay (16)

4-2 NYR

Score

02:01

Time

Mario Marois (3)

Walt Tkaczuk (12), Mike McEwen (14)

5-2 NYR

Score

09:44

Time

Anders Hedberg (11)

Pat Hickey (17), Dan Clark (1)

6-2 NYR

Score

15:50

Time

Terry Martin (3) (pp)

Rene Robert (11), Tony McKegney (8)

6-3 NYR

Score

17:23

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	10:34	Jim Schoenfeld – high-sticking (2 min)
	19:01	Lee Fogolin – fighting (5 min)
	19:01	Lee Fogolin – misconduct (10 min)
	19:01	Pat Hickey – fighting (5 min)
	19:01	Pat Hickey – misconduct (10 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	08:23	Jocelyn Guevremont – interference (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:14	Rene Robert – hooking (2 min)
	03:17	Carol Vadnais – roughing (2 min)
	11:52	Dave Maloney – holding (2 min)
	16:12	Ulf Nilsson – tripping (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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Mike McDougall	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
15	Anders Hedberg	R	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	1	1	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
19	Dean Talafous	C	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
25	Mario Marois	D	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
32	Dan Clark	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	0	1	-2	0	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
1	Wayne Thomas	★	W				25	28	3	2	1	0	.893	0.00	0:00
30	John Davidson						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

BUF – 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	Bill Stewart	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
4	Jerry Korab	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
5	Lee Fogolin	D	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
6	Jim Schoenfeld	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
7	Rick Martin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
8	Tony McKegney	L	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Jacques Richard	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
10	Craig Ramsay	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
11	Gilbert Perreault	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Rene Robert	R	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
15	Gary McAdam	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
16	Ric Seiling	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Danny Gare	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
19	Derek Smith	C	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
20	Don Luce	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
22	Jocelyn Guevremont	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
25	Terry Martin	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

BUF – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
28	Bob Sauve	★	L				28	34	6	3	3	0	.824	0.00	0:00
31	Randy Ireland						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

BUF

Game Stats

6	Goals	3
34	Shots	28
100.0% (3/3)	Power Play	33.3% (1/3)
21	Penalty Minutes	21
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	1	1	1	3
	1	2	3	6

Season Series: 2-1-1

BUF 3

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreDEC 20

BUF 4

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreJAN 25

BUF 4

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreFEB 15

BUF 2

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreMAR 3

As of December 20, 1978

All-Time vs BUF

Overall: 16-19-7-0
At NYR: 10-7-4-0

Last 10 vs BUF

Overall: 2-7-1-0
At NYR: 3-4-3-0