NHL game summary from December 17, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (21-5-6) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 New York Rangers (16-10-4) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | BOS, | Rick Middleton 14 (Brad Park, Jean Ratelle), 6:50 - PP |
| NYR, | Pat Hickey 14 (Ron Greschner, Dave Maloney), 7:38 | |
| BOS, | Mike Walton 8 (Bob Miller), 9:55 | |
| BOS, | Don Marcotte 12 (Rick Middleton, Rick Smith), 19:49 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Rick Middleton 15 (Jean Ratelle, Don Marcotte), 15:22 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Nick Fotiu, NYR [Charging] 4:29 |
| Nick Fotiu, NYR [Holding] 6:55 | |
| Bill Bennett, BOS [Holding] 11:53 | |
| Mike Milbury, BOS [Closing hand on puck] 12:20 | |
| Pat Hickey, NYR [Roughing] 12:52 | |
| Dennis O'Brien, BOS [Hooking] 14:40 | |
| 2: | Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 4:50 |
| 3: | Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Holding] 3:33 |
Penalty time: BOS: 6 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Bennett | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Songin | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Walton | 27 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Sims | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Pettie | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 27 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Korney | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 19 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 10- 8- 9-27
NYR: 6- 8- 5-19
Goalies: BOS: Jim Pettie (W, 2-0-1)
NYR: John Davidson (L, 7-5-2)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 17,409
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