NHL game summary from December 6, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (6-17-4) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 New York Rangers (14-6-4) |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 1: | NYR, | Phil Esposito 11 (Steve Vickers, Lucien DeBlois), 2:55 |
| STL, | Bernie Federko 12 (Wayne Babych, Bob Stewart), 5:41 | |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 12 (Steve Vickers, Mike McEwen), 8:24 | |
| NYR, | Steve Vickers 7 (Carol Vadnais, Lucien DeBlois), 14:16 | |
| 2: | NYR, | Pat Hickey 11 (Anders Hedberg), :32 |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 10 (Ulf Nilsson, Mike McEwen), 3:54 | |
| STL, | Jack Brownschidle 1 (Inge Hammarstrom), 5:59 | |
| STL, | Inge Hammarstrom 2 (Bruce Affleck, Curt Bennett), 11:36 | |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 7 (Walt Tkaczuk, Carol Vadnais), 19:31 - SH | |
| 3: | NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 3, 4:03 |
| STL, | Curt Bennett 7 (Bernie Federko, Larry Patey), 18:56 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 7:09 |
| Garry Unger, STL [Slashing] 7:09 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 9:16 | |
| Bob Murdoch, STL [Hooking] 17:25 | |
| 2: | Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 18:13 |
| 3: | Larry Giroux, STL [Slashing] 1:43 |
| Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Slashing] 15:53 | |
| Bench penalty, NYR [Too many men on the ice] 17:11 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 18:41 |
Penalty time: STL: 6 minutes
NYR: 12 minutes
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Myre | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Stewart | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bruce Affleck | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Giroux | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| Wayne Babych | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Rick Bowness | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 16 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Inge Hammarstrom | 17 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Harvey Bennett | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Barry Gibbs | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bob Murdoch | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Doug Palazzari | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Smrke | 33 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -19 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -19 | 26 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Korney | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Doug Soetaert | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 18 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 18 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 6- 9-11-26
NYR: 12-10-11-33
Goalies: STL: Phil Myre (L, 3-10-3)
NYR: Doug Soetaert (W, 2-0-1)
Referee: Bob Kilger
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 16,497
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