NHL game summary from March 22, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (25-32-13) |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
 St. Louis Blues (17-43-12) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | STL, | Bernie Federko 13 (Barry Gibbs, Phil Myre), 1:16 |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 30 (Ron Duguay, Pat Hickey), 17:24 - PP | |
| NYR, | Ron Greschner 20 (Wayne Dillon), 18:31 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Ron Greschner 21 (Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais), 1:35 - PP |
| NYR, | Pat Hickey 37, 9:11 - SH | |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 31 (Pat Hickey, Ron Duguay), 16:43 - PP | |
| 3: | NYR, | Ron Greschner 22 (Walt Tkaczuk), 10:30 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gary Holt, STL [Hooking] 16:38 |
| Jack Brownschidle, STL [Interference] 19:50 | |
| 2: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Charging] 4:17 |
| Wayne Dillon, NYR [Hooking] 8:51 | |
| Gary Holt, STL [Hooking] 16:25 | |
| Wayne Dillon, NYR [Hooking] 17:57 | |
| 3: | Dave Farrish, NYR [Interference] 4:32 |
| Phil Esposito, NYR [Hooking] 6:01 | |
| Gary Holt, STL [Hooking] 9:26 |
Penalty time: NYR: 10 minutes
STL: 8 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Don Awrey | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Dillon | 9 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Heaslip | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dan Newman | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 27 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Affleck | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Red Berenson | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Larose | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Currie | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rod Seiling | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inge Hammarstrom | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Neil Komadoski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gary Holt | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Gibbs | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Hess | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ken Richardson | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Roberts | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Myre | 30 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -5 | 18 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -5 | 18 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 7-12- 8-27
STL: 5- 7- 6-18
Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (W, 10-18-7)
STL: Phil Myre (L, 12-30-8)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Ryan Bozak
Attendance: 10,560
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