NHL game summary from January 20, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (16-20-9)	0	2	1	3
Atlanta Flames (17-17-11)	0	2	3	5

1: no scoring
2: ATL, Eric Vail 8 (Miles Zaharko, Tom Lysiak), 2:04
   NYR, Phil Esposito 17 (Greg Polis, Ed Johnstone), 9:24
   ATL, Miles Zaharko 1 (Ed Kea, Bill Clement), 11:48
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 18 (Don Murdoch, Steve Vickers), 14:01
3: ATL, Willi Plett 8 (Dave Shand, Tom Lysiak), 5:54
   ATL, Eric Vail 9 (Dave Shand, Rey Comeau), 11:56
   NYR, Greg Polis 7 (Walt Tkaczuk), 13:37 - SH
   ATL, Bill Clement 16 (Dave Shand), 19:15 - EN

Penalties:

1: Pat Hickey, NYR [Tripping] 2:35
   Dave Shand, ATL [Fighting] 5:36
   Dan Newman, NYR [Fighting] 5:36
2: Bobby Simpson, ATL [Tripping] 3:16
   Greg Polis, NYR [Roughing] 15:39
   Dave Shand, ATL [Roughing, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 15:39
   Ron Duguay, NYR [Roughing] 16:02
   Tom Lysiak, ATL [Roughing] 16:02
3: Bob MacMillan, ATL [Slashing] 8:17
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Slashing] 8:17
   Bob MacMillan, ATL [Fighting] 12:59
   Mike McEwen, NYR [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Fighting] 12:59
   Dave Shand, ATL [Slashing] 15:29

Penalty time: NYR: 20 minutes
              ATL: 22 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Thomas	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	2	1	4
Don Awrey	6	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Wayne Dillon	9	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	2	0	1
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	1	1	0	0	2
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	1	1	0	-2	1
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	1	2	0	2	2
Greg Polis	20	RW	1	1	2	2	-2	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dan Newman	24	RW	0	0	0	5	0	0
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	7	-3	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	0	1	0	-2	5
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-12	20

ATL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Pat Ribble	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Richard Mulhern	4	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Ken Houston	6	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Lalonde	7	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
Dave Shand	8	D	0	3	3	11	3	0
Bill Clement	10	C	1	1	2	0	1	2
Bob MacMillan	11	RW	0	0	0	7	1	5
Tom Lysiak	12	C	0	2	2	2	1	3
Guy Chouinard	16	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rey Comeau	18	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
Ed Kea	19	D	0	1	1	0	0	2
John Gould	21	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Simpson	22	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	4
Miles Zaharko	23	D	1	1	2	0	2	2
Harold Phillipoff	24	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0
Willi Plett	25	RW	1	0	1	0	1	4
Eric Vail	27	LW	2	0	2	0	2	3
Dan Bouchard	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	34


Shots: NYR:  3- 9- 8-20
       ATL: 15- 6-13-34

Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 7-12-6)
         ATL: Dan Bouchard (W, 10-8-11)

Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Ray Scapinello

Attendance: 14,097

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