NHL game summary from October 25, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (3-4-1) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 New York Rangers (3-1-3) |
0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYR, | Anders Hedberg 2 (Pat Hickey, Mike McEwen), 9:21 - PP |
| NYR, | Carol Vadnais 1 (Dean Talafous, Ron Duguay), 10:48 | |
| NYR, | Steve Vickers 2 (Lucien DeBlois, Walt Tkaczuk), 11:38 | |
| NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 3 (Pat Hickey, Anders Hedberg), 13:33 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Lucien DeBlois 3 (Walt Tkaczuk, Mike McEwen), 3:12 |
| NYR, | Dean Talafous 3 (Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais), 5:00 | |
| VAN, | Ron Sedlbauer 4 (Stan Smyl, Dennis Kearns), 8:11 - PP | |
| VAN, | Dennis Ververgaert 2 (Chris Oddleifson), 12:13 - SH | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Carol Vadnais, NYR [Delay of game] 0:35 |
| Pierre Plante, NYR [Hooking] 8:06 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 17:51 | |
| Pit Martin, VAN [Tripping] 19:30 | |
| 2: | Nick Fotiu, NYR [Fighting] 7:57 |
| Randy Holt, VAN [Slashing, Fighting] 7:57 | |
| Dave Farrish, NYR [Charging] 14:44 | |
| 3: | Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 6:29 |
| Gary Bromley, VAN [Delay of game] 11:15 | |
| John Grisdale, VAN [Hooking] 19:39 |
Penalty time: VAN: 13 minutes
NYR: 15 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Zetterstrom | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Randy Holt | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 2 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| John Grisdale | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Roland Eriksson | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Gary Bromley | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -21 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -21 | 28 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mike Korney | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 9- 8-11-28
NYR: 5-17- 7-29
Goalies: VAN: Gary Bromley (L, 3-2-1)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 3-0-2)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Don Koharski
Attendance: 16,391
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