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VAN

TD GARDEN

4FINAL6

January 5, 1979

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Ulf Nilsson (15)

Ron Greschner (28)

1-0 NYR

Score

11:12

Time

2nd Period

Harold Snepsts (3) (pp)

Rick Blight (6), Ron Sedlbauer (10)

1-1 Tied

Score

01:12

Time

Ulf Nilsson (16) (sh)

Carol Vadnais (20), Anders Hedberg (22)

2-1 NYR

Score

05:57

Time

Walt Tkaczuk (6)

Unassisted

3-1 NYR

Score

08:56

Time

3rd Period

Phil Esposito (21)

Pierre Plante (17), Dean Talafous (11)

4-1 NYR

Score

09:26

Time

Ulf Nilsson (17)

Mike McEwen (15), Anders Hedberg (23)

5-1 NYR

Score

09:49

Time

Don Lever (13) (pp)

Rick Blight (7), Lars Lindgren (12)

5-2 NYR

Score

14:09

Time

Dave Maloney (4)

Pierre Plante (18), Phil Esposito (16)

6-2 NYR

Score

18:08

Time

Pit Martin (10)

Rick Blight (8)

6-3 NYR

Score

18:59

Time

Ron Sedlbauer (26)

Dennis Kearns (15), Don Lever (15)

6-4 NYR

Score

19:41

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:37	Dave Farrish – hooking (2 min)
	04:13	Bob Manno – tripping (2 min)
	20:00	Dave Maloney – roughing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:31	Ron Duguay – tripping (2 min)
	05:44	Team – too-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
	12:16	Dave Farrish – cross-checking (2 min)
	12:16	Stan Smyl – holding (2 min)
	16:47	Team – player-leaves-bench (2 min)
	16:47	Team – player-leaves-bench (2 min)
	16:47	Nick Fotiu – game-misconduct (10 min)
	16:47	Anders Hedberg – fighting (5 min)
	16:47	Chris Oddleifson – fighting (5 min)
	19:15	Dave Farrish – fighting (5 min)
	19:15	Curt Fraser – fighting (5 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	10:55	Ulf Nilsson – fighting (5 min)
	10:55	Hilliard Graves – roughing (2 min)
	16:09	Dennis Kearns – slashing (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	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	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	1	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	3	0	3	2	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	2	2	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	John Davidson						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
33	Doug Soetaert	★	W				22	26	4	2	2	0	.846	0.00	0:00

VAN – 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	Lars Lindgren	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
6	Dennis Kearns	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
7	Pit Martin	C	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Rick Blight	R	0	3	3	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
9	Don Lever	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
12	Stan Smyl	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Chris Oddleifson	C	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Hilliard Graves	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
17	Ron Sedlbauer	L	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
20	Drew Callander	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
21	Jere Gillis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
22	Bob Manno	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Thomas Gradin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
24	Curt Fraser	L	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
26	Don Kozak	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
27	Harold Snepsts	D	1	0	1	-4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
29	Jack McIlhargey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%

VAN – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Glen Hanlon						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
31	Dunc Wilson	★	L				22	28	6	5	0	1	.786	0.00	0:00

NYR

VAN

Game Stats

6	Goals	4
28	Shots	26
0.0% (0/3)	Power Play	28.6% (2/7)
35	Penalty Minutes	18
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	0	1	3	4
	1	2	3	6

Season Series: 4-0-0

VAN 2

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreOCT 25

VAN 2

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreNOV 5

VAN 4

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreJAN 5

VAN 3

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreJAN 30

As of January 5, 1979

All-Time vs VAN

Overall: 33-11-2-0
At NYR: 18-5-1-0

Last 10 vs VAN

Overall: 8-2-0
At NYR: 7-2-1-0