NHL game summary from December 15, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (10-14-6)	2	3	0	5
Detroit Red Wings (9-14-4)	1	1	3	5

1: NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 12 (Steve Vickers, Ed Johnstone), 2:42
   NYR, Lucien DeBlois 10 (Phil Esposito, Dan Newman), 5:02
   DET, Bill Lochead 10 (Dennis Hextall), 16:24
2: NYR, Phil Esposito 14 (Steve Vickers, Ron Greschner), 1:23 - PP
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 13 (Ed Johnstone, Ron Greschner), 8:31 - SH
   DET, Dennis Hextall 3 (Nick Libett, Reed Larson), 17:08
   NYR, Lucien DeBlois 11 (Ron Greschner, Phil Esposito), 19:57
3: DET, Dennis Polonich 6 (Reed Larson, Dan Maloney), 6:40 - PP
   DET, Nick Libett 6 (Dennis Hextall, Reed Larson), 9:10
   DET, Paul Woods 5 (Greg Joly, Dale McCourt), 13:16

Penalties:

1: Andre St. Laurent, DET [Slashing] 10:22
   Dan Newman, NYR [Slashing] 10:22
   Don Murdoch, NYR [Slashing] 11:14
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 13:39
   Terry Harper, DET [Hooking] 19:30
   Greg Joly, DET [Tripping] 19:56
2: Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hooking] 6:51
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Holding] 9:29
3: Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hooking] 1:37
   Greg Joly, DET [Hooking] 2:43
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 4:51

Penalty time: NYR: 14 minutes
              DET: 8 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	3	3	2	1	6
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	6	-1	1
Don Awrey	6	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	2	2	0	2	1
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	0	0	2	-4	4
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	0	-4	0
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	2	2	0	2	2
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	2	0	2	2	2	4
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	2	0	2	0	2	3
Dan Newman	24	RW	0	1	1	2	1	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Soetaert	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	2	3	0	2	3
TOTAL (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-1	26

DET Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Terry Harper	2	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Perry Miller	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rick Vasko	4	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Dan Maloney	7	LW	0	1	1	0	-3	4
Dennis Polonich	8	C	1	0	1	0	-3	2
Dale McCourt	10	C	0	1	1	0	0	4
Nick Libett	14	LW	1	1	2	0	2	3
Paul Woods	15	C	1	0	1	0	1	3
Andre St. Laurent	16	C	0	0	0	2	-3	0
Dennis Hull	19	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Vaclav Nedomansky	20	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Dennis Hextall	22	C	1	2	3	0	2	2
Bill Lochead	23	LW	1	0	1	0	2	3
Greg Joly	24	D	0	1	1	4	2	4
Larry Wright	25	C	0	0	0	0	2	2
Reed Larson	28	D	0	3	3	0	-1	5
Tim Sheehy	29	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Low	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							0	41


Shots: NYR:  7- 8-11-26
       DET: 15-14-12-41

Goalies: NYR: Doug Soetaert (T, 0-0-2)
         DET: Ron Low (T, 4-3-2)

Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Gerard Gauthier

Attendance: 12,214

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