NHL game summary from December 22, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Detroit Red Wings (8-17-9)	2	0	0	2
New York Rangers (18-10-4)	3	0	1	4

1: DET, Dennis Polonich 4 (Perry Miller, Thommie Bergman), 6:16
   NYR, Pat Hickey 15 (Carol Vadnais, Anders Hedberg), 9:49 - PP
   NYR, Pat Hickey 16 (Dave Maloney), 16:19
   DET, Dan Bolduc 5 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Reed Larson), 18:51
   NYR, Phil Esposito 16 (Ron Greschner, Pat Hickey), 19:55 - PP
2: no scoring
3: NYR, Phil Esposito 17 (Ron Duguay), 19:21 - EN

Penalties:

1: Mario Marois, NYR [Slashing] 3:48
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Fighting] 4:14
   Reed Larson, DET [Fighting] 4:14
   Thommie Bergman, DET [Holding] 9:15
   Thommie Bergman, DET [Holding] 10:41
   Steve Vickers, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 11:32
   Willie Huber, DET [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 11:32
   Ron Duguay, NYR [Cross checking, Roughing] 15:17
   Perry Miller, DET [Roughing] 15:17
   Dan Labraaten, DET [Tripping] 18:13
2: Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Slashing] 3:59
   Dave Farrish, NYR [Slashing] 15:42
3: Mike McEwen, NYR [Hooking] 4:14
   Dennis Polonich, DET [Hooking] 8:02
   Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 19:46
   Mario Marois, NYR [Fighting] 19:46

Penalty time: DET: 27 minutes
              NYR: 29 minutes

DET Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Perry Miller	3	D	0	1	1	2	2	1
Thommie Bergman	4	D	0	1	1	4	0	1
Willie Huber	7	D	0	0	0	7	-1	3
Dennis Polonich	8	C	1	0	1	7	1	1
John Taft	11	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Errol Thompson	12	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Libett	14	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Paul Woods	15	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Andre St. Laurent	16	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rob Plumb	17	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Fern LeBlanc	18	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Bolduc	19	RW	1	0	1	0	0	1
Vaclav Nedomansky	20	C	0	1	1	0	1	2
Dan Labraaten	21	LW	0	0	0	2	0	1
Bill Lochead	23	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Reed Larson	28	D	0	1	1	5	0	3
John Hilworth	29	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rogie Vachon	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-1	19

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	1	1	0	-1	5
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	0	1	5
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	7	1	2
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	1	1	4	1	2
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Pat Hickey	16	LW	2	1	3	0	1	4
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	2	0	2
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	7	-1	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	5	1	0
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	2	0	2
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	2	0	2	0	0	2
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							0	33


Shots: DET:  4- 9- 6-19
       NYR: 17- 7- 9-33

Goalies: DET: Rogie Vachon (L, 5-12-6)
         NYR: John Davidson (W, 8-5-2)

Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Willard Norris

Attendance: 17,412

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