NHL game summary from December 9, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (15-7-4)	3	0	1	4
Detroit Red Wings (7-13-7)	1	2	2	5

1: NYR, Pat Hickey 13 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg), :54
   NYR, Ron Greschner 9 (Ron Duguay, Dean Talafous), 10:56 - PP
   NYR, Ron Duguay 8 (Dave Farrish, Nick Fotiu), 14:12
   DET, Bill Lochead 3 (Dennis Polonich), 15:28
2: DET, Dale McCourt 11 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Reed Larson), 7:13 - PP
   DET, Thommie Bergman 5 (John Taft, Nick Libett), 13:01
3: DET, Dan Bolduc 1 (Andre St. Laurent, John Taft), :42
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 5 (Ron Greschner, Steve Vickers), 10:46
   DET, Dan Bolduc 2 (Nick Libett), 16:46

Penalties:

1: Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Tripping] 4:29
   Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 7:19
   Mario Marois, NYR [Fighting] 7:19
   John Taft, DET [Tripping] 9:59
   Andre St. Laurent, DET [Roughing] 20:00
   Mario Marois, NYR [Roughing] 20:00
2: Dave Maloney, NYR [Interference] 0:46
   Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 6:17
   Errol Thompson, DET [Hi-sticking] 8:28
   John Davidson, NYR [Roughing] 8:28
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 17:24
3: Andre St. Laurent, DET [Roughing] 10:31
   Pat Hickey, NYR [Roughing] 10:31

Penalty time: NYR: 19 minutes
              DET: 13 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	1	1	2	1	1
Ron Greschner	4	D	1	1	2	2	1	2
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Mike Korney	6	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	1	1	0	0	2
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	1	2	0	0	7
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	0	1	1	2	-1	1
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	1	1	0	0	3
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	0	1	2	-1	1
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	0	1	2
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	1	1	0	0	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	7	-1	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	2	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)							-6	30

DET Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Perry Miller	3	D	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Thommie Bergman	4	D	1	0	1	0	2	2
Willie Huber	7	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dennis Polonich	8	C	0	1	1	5	1	0
Dale McCourt	10	C	1	0	1	0	0	5
John Taft	11	D	0	2	2	2	1	1
Errol Thompson	12	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Nick Libett	14	LW	0	2	2	0	1	5
Paul Woods	15	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Andre St. Laurent	16	C	0	1	1	4	0	1
Mal Davis	18	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Bolduc	19	RW	2	0	2	0	1	3
Vaclav Nedomansky	20	C	0	1	1	0	0	2
Dan Labraaten	21	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Lochead	23	LW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Reed Larson	28	D	0	1	1	0	-2	6
John Hilworth	29	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							6	35


Shots: NYR: 13- 7-10-30
       DET:  9-17- 9-35

Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 7-4-2)
         DET: Rogie Vachon (W, 4-8-5)

Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Don Koharski

Attendance: 15,214

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