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NYI

TD GARDEN

5FINAL2

April 8, 1979

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Anders Hedberg (33)

Steve Vickers (34)

1-0 NYR

Score

13:16

Time

Wayne Merrick (20)

Stefan Persson (55), Denis Potvin (69)

1-1 Tied

Score

16:59

Time

2nd Period

Bobby Nystrom (19)

Unassisted

2-1 NYI

Score

13:20

Time

Steve Vickers (13)

Mario Marois (26), Walt Tkaczuk (27)

2-2 Tied

Score

13:38

Time

3rd Period

Mike Bossy (68) (pp)

Denis Potvin (70)

3-2 NYI

Score

00:16

Time

Mike Bossy (69)

Bryan Trottier (87)

4-2 NYI

Score

09:23

Time

Bryan Trottier (47) (pp)

Mike Bossy (57), Stefan Persson (56)

5-2 NYI

Score

14:27

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	08:42	Denis Potvin – slashing (2 min)
	08:42	Carol Vadnais – high-sticking (2 min)
	10:13	Dave Lewis – elbowing (2 min)
	14:52	Ron Duguay – hooking (2 min)
	18:44	Carol Vadnais – slashing (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:23	Bryan Trottier – tripping (2 min)
	03:38	Garry Howatt – holding (2 min)
	19:01	Phil Esposito – holding (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	07:34	Clark Gillies – tripping (2 min)
	08:07	Don Maloney – hooking (2 min)
	13:41	Nick Fotiu – roughing (2 min)
	16:21	Garry Howatt – hooking (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	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
8	Steve Vickers	L	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
12	Don Maloney	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Don Murdoch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%
15	Anders Hedberg	R	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	2	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	3	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	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	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						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00
30	John Davidson	★	L				10	15	5	3	2	0	.667	0.00	0:00

NYI – 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	Pat Price	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
4	Bob Lorimer	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
5	Denis Potvin	D	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
7	Stefan Persson	D	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
8	Garry Howatt	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
9	Clark Gillies	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%
10	Lorne Henning	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
11	Wayne Merrick	C	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
14	Bob Bourne	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
15	Billy Harris	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
18	Ed Westfall	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
19	Bryan Trottier	C	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%
21	Mike Kaszycki	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
22	Mike Bossy	R	2	1	3	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0/0	0.00%
23	Bobby Nystrom	R	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%
25	Dave Lewis	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%
27	John Tonelli	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%

NYI – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
1	Glenn Resch	★	W				23	25	2	2	0	0	.920	0.00	0:00
31	Billy Smith						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0:00

NYR

NYI

Game Stats

2	Goals	5
25	Shots	15
0.0% (0/5)	Power Play	50.0% (2/4)
12	Penalty Minutes	12
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	1	1	3	5
	1	1	0	2

Season Series: 3-5-0

NYI 5

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreOCT 21

NYI 5

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreNOV 12

NYI 9

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreDEC 23

NYI 3

NYR 5

FINALBoxscoreJAN 17

NYI 2

NYR 7

FINALBoxscoreJAN 27

NYI 2

NYR 3

FINALBoxscoreFEB 25

NYI 5

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreMAR 17

NYI 5

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreAPR 8

As of April 8, 1979

All-Time vs NYI

Overall: 21-20-2-0
At NYR: 13-8-1-0

Last 10 vs NYI

Overall: 4-6-0
At NYR: 5-5-0