NHL game summary from December 13, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Los Angeles Kings (13-11-4)	3	3	1	7
New York Rangers (16-8-4)	3	2	3	8

1: LA , Butch Goring 21 (Danny Grant, Marcel Dionne), 3:19 - PP
   NYR, Pierre Plante 2 (Lucien DeBlois, Mike McEwen), 3:51
   NYR, Phil Esposito 13 (Dave Farrish), 7:56
   LA , Bob Murdoch 3 (Darryl Edestrand), 11:52
   LA , Marcel Dionne 22 (Dave Taylor, Danny Grant), 15:53
   NYR, Steve Vickers 8 (Ron Duguay, Walt Tkaczuk), 17:12
2: NYR, Lucien DeBlois 6 (Ron Greschner), 1:57
   LA , Steve Jensen 5 (Syl Apps, Rick Hampton), 3:30
   LA , Mike Murphy 6 (Glenn Goldup, Butch Goring), 4:11
   NYR, Ron Greschner 10 (Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais), 14:17 - PP
   LA , Mike Murphy 7 (Marcel Dionne, Rick Hampton), 19:26 - PP
3: NYR, Steve Vickers 9 (Phil Esposito, Ron Greschner), 3:16 - PP
   NYR, Ron Greschner 11 (Steve Vickers), 6:41
   NYR, Ulf Nilsson 11 (Pat Hickey), 7:23 - PP
   LA , Steve Jensen 6 (Dave Taylor, Marcel Dionne), 7:48

Penalties:

1: Nick Fotiu, NYR [Elbowing] 2:09
   Carol Vadnais, NYR [Slashing] 8:26
2: Rick Hampton, LA [Holding] 14:06
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 18:03
3: Rob Palmer, LA [Hooking] 1:27
   Bob Murdoch, LA [Hooking] 7:16
   Dave Farrish, NYR [Tripping] 9:31
   Dave Farrish, NYR [Elbowing] 19:11

Penalty time: LA : 6 minutes
              NYR: 10 minutes

LA Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bob Murdoch	5	D	1	0	1	2	-1	2
Rob Palmer	6	D	0	0	0	2	0	3
Mike Murphy	7	RW	2	0	2	0	-3	5
Bert Wilson	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murray Wilson	9	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Venasky	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Syl Apps	14	C	0	1	1	0	0	0
Danny Grant	15	LW	0	2	2	0	1	0
Marcel Dionne	16	C	1	3	4	0	3	5
Dave Taylor	18	RW	0	2	2	0	2	1
Butch Goring	19	C	1	1	2	0	-2	1
Glenn Goldup	21	RW	0	1	1	0	-3	3
Steve Jensen	22	LW	2	0	2	0	2	5
Brian Glennie	24	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Darryl Edestrand	25	D	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Mark Heaslip	26	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Hampton	27	D	0	2	2	2	1	0
Ron Grahame	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							0	27

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Wayne Thomas	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	1	1	4	2	4
Ron Greschner	4	D	2	2	4	0	1	3
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	2	1	0
Steve Vickers	8	LW	2	1	3	0	3	2
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	1	0	1	0	-2	3
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	1	1	0	-2	5
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	1	1	2	1	3
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	0	0	0	1	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	1	1	2	0	3	2
Pierre Plante	24	RW	1	0	1	0	1	4
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	0	-2	0
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	2	3	0	0	2
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							0	37


Shots: LA :  9-14- 4-27
       NYR: 11- 9-17-37

Goalies: LA : Ron Grahame (L, 9-9-1)
         NYR: John Davidson, Wayne Thomas (W, 7-4-1)

Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Leon Stickle

Attendance: 17,165

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