NHL game summary from March 24, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (26-32-13)	2	6	3	11
Washington Capitals (13-46-12)	1	2	1	4

1: WAS, Guy Charron 30 (Bob Sirois, Robert Picard), 7:46
   NYR, Mike McEwen 5 (Walt Tkaczuk, Don Awrey), 8:19
   NYR, Phil Esposito 32 (Ron Greschner, Steve Vickers), 10:00 - PP
2: NYR, Phil Esposito 33, 1:45
   NYR, Ed Johnstone 10 (Dave Farrish, Steve Vickers), 3:01
   NYR, Ron Duguay 16 (Phil Esposito, Pat Hickey), 3:24 - PP
   WAS, Bill Riley 12 (Rick Green, Gerry Meehan), 6:20 - PP
   NYR, Phil Esposito 34 (Steve Vickers), 7:39 - PP
   NYR, Ron Duguay 17 (Wayne Dillon, Carol Vadnais), 14:43
   NYR, Mark Heaslip 4 (Ron Greschner), 15:24
   WAS, Robert Picard 9 (Jim Bedard), 18:33 - PP
3: WAS, Dave Forbes 11 (Tom Rowe, Yvon Labre), 19:14
   NYR, Ed Johnstone 11 (Walt Tkaczuk, Steve Vickers), 8:55
   NYR, Wayne Dillon 4 (Ron Greschner), 9:48
   NYR, Ron Duguay 18 (Ron Greschner, Ed Johnstone), 14:12 - PP

Penalties:

1: Pat Hickey, NYR [Slashing] 1:22
   Gord Lane, WAS [Tripping] 3:49
   Gord Lane, WAS [Fighting] 6:10
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Fighting] 6:10
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Roughing] 6:43
   Bryan Watson, WAS [Roughing, Slashing] 6:43
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Elbowing, Fighting, Misconduct] 10:46
   Bryan Watson, WAS [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 10:46
   Gord Lane, WAS [Leaving penalty box triple minor, Game misconduct] 10:46
   Mike Marson, WAS [Leaving players/penalty bench misconduct] 10:46
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 11:49
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hooking] 16:18
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 17:43
   Bill Riley, WAS [Slashing] 17:43
   Bryan Watson, WAS [Holding] 18:22
2: Garnet "Ace" Bailey, WAS [Tripping] 3:11
   Mark Heaslip, NYR [Hooking] 4:48
   Gord Smith, WAS [Holding] 7:34
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 17:35
   Dave Forbes, WAS [Game misconduct] 19:27
3: Pat Hickey, NYR [Tripping] 4:02
   Bill Riley, WAS [Tripping] 12:54
   Tom Rowe, WAS [Unsportsmanlike conduct double minor] 19:27

Penalty time: NYR: 38 minutes
              WAS: 86 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Thomas	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Harper	2	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	1	1	0	2	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	4	4	2	2	3
Thommie Bergman	4	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	4	2	0
Don Awrey	6	D	0	1	1	0	1	0
Dennis Polonich	8	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	4	4	0	2	0
Wayne Dillon	9	C	1	1	2	0	0	1
Dale McCourt	10	C	0	0	0	0	1	3
Ron Duguay	10	C	3	0	3	0	1	6
Rick Bowness	11	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Errol Thompson	12	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Nick Libett	14	LW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Paul Woods	15	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	1	1	4	1	2
Andre St. Laurent	16	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	2	1	3	0	2	2
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	2	2	2	3	1
Dennis Hull	19	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Heaslip	19	RW	1	0	1	2	3	2
Vaclav Nedomansky	20	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	17	0	1
Dennis Hextall	22	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bill Lochead	23	LW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Dan Newman	24	RW	0	0	0	0	2	1
Greg Joly	24	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Wright	25	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Cameron	26	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	7	2	0
Mike McEwen	27	D	1	0	1	0	1	1
Reed Larson	28	D	0	0	0	0	0	4
Phil Esposito	77	C	3	1	4	0	2	4
TOTAL (23 forwards, 11 defensemen)							24	57

WAS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Rick Green	5	D	0	1	1	0	-5	3
Rick Green	5	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
Gord Smith	6	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Gord Smith	6	D	0	0	0	2	0	0
Yvon Labre	7	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
Yvon Labre	7	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
Bill Riley	8	RW	1	0	1	4	-1	2
Bill Riley	8	RW	1	0	1	4	0	2
Garnet "Ace" Bailey	9	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Garnet "Ace" Bailey	9	LW	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Bob Girard	10	LW	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Bob Girard	10	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Rick Bragnalo	12	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Bragnalo	12	C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gerry Meehan	14	C	0	1	1	0	-2	3
Gerry Meehan	14	C	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Guy Charron	15	C	1	0	1	0	-2	4
Guy Charron	15	C	1	0	1	0	-1	3
Mike Marson	16	RW	0	0	0	20	0	0
Tom Rowe	17	RW	0	1	1	4	-2	4
Tom Rowe	17	RW	0	1	1	4	1	1
Bryan Watson	19	D	0	0	0	31	0	1
Bryan Watson	19	D	0	0	0	31	1	1
Dave Forbes	21	RW	1	0	1	10	1	0
Dave Forbes	21	RW	1	0	1	10	-1	1
Ron Lalonde	22	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Ron Lalonde	22	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Picard	24	D	1	1	2	0	0	4
Robert Picard	24	D	1	1	2	0	-4	5
Bob Sirois	25	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	5
Bob Sirois	25	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Gord Lane	28	D	0	0	0	46	0	0
Bernie Wolfe	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Bedard	31	G	0	2	2	0	0	0
TOTAL (21 forwards, 11 defensemen)							-26	49


Shots: NYR:  6- 7-12-25
       WAS:  9-13- 7-29

Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (W, 11-18-7)
         WAS: Bernie Wolfe (L, 4-13-4), Jim Bedard

Referee: Dave Newell
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Bob Hodges
, Gerard Gauthier
, Bob Hodges

Attendance: 11,038

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