Thursday December 28, 1978
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All NHL game summaries from December 28, 1978



Team123F
New York Islanders (23-4-7) 2 4 4 10
Atlanta Flames (19-15-3) 0 3 1 4

1: NYI,Denis Potvin 15 (Bryan Trottier, Stefan Persson), 6:55 - PP
NYI,Bryan Trottier 26 (Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies), 16:55
2: ATL,Guy Chouinard 23 (Bob MacMillan, Pat Ribble), 3:38
ATL,Guy Chouinard 24 (Bob MacMillan, Jean Pronovost), 5:20 - PP
NYI,Mike Bossy 26 (Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson), 11:43 - PP
NYI,Bob Bourne 12 (Mike Kaszycki), 12:20
ATL,Willi Plett 11 (Bobby Lalonde, Greg Fox), 12:37
NYI,Mike Bossy 27 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 15:37
NYI,Mike Bossy 28 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies), 18:25 - PP
3: NYI,Clark Gillies 13 (Bryan Trottier, Dave Lewis), :22
NYI,John Tonelli 10 (Dave Lewis, Billy Harris), 6:36
NYI,Wayne Merrick 5 (Billy Harris, John Tonelli), 7:07
ATL,Jean Pronovost 14 (Brad Marsh, Tom Lysiak), 16:36
NYI,Wayne Merrick 6 (Garry Howatt), 18:53
Penalties:

1: Willi Plett, ATL [Slashing] 6:10
Bob Bourne, NYI [Interference] 12:27
2: Bob Lorimer, NYI [Holding] 3:43
Willi Plett, ATL [Hooking] 6:56
Bob Lorimer, NYI [Holding] 9:23
Eric Vail, ATL [Tripping] 10:02
Willi Plett, ATL [Cross checking] 18:09
3: Billy Smith, NYI [Interference] 7:15
Penalty time: NYI: 8 minutes ATL: 8 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 4 0 1
Denis Potvin 5 D 1 1 2 0 4 6
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 2 2 0 1 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 1 3 4 0 3 5
Wayne Merrick 11 C 2 0 2 0 2 2
Bob Bourne 14 C 1 0 1 2 0 2
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 2 2 0 3 4
Ed Westfall 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bryan Trottier 19 C 1 4 5 0 2 1
Mike Kaszycki 21 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Bossy 22 RW 3 1 4 0 2 5
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 2 2 0 4 0
John Tonelli 27 LW 1 1 2 0 2 2
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2030
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2030

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Greg Fox 2 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Pat Ribble 3 D 0 1 1 0 -4 0
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 1 1 0 -2 2
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 0 -4 1
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 1 1 2 0 1 2
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 2 2 0 -3 1
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Gene Carr 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 5
Guy Chouinard 16 C 2 0 2 0 -2 5
Don Laurence 17 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Ed Kea 19 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Harold Phillipoff 24 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willi Plett 25 RW 1 0 1 6 -1 2
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 2 -3 0
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yves Belanger 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2028
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2028
Shots: NYI: 11-10- 9-30 ATL: 9- 7-12-28 Goalies: NYI: Billy Smith (W, 11-3-1) ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 19-12-2),
Yves Belanger Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 12,377



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (13-15-6) 2 1 0 3
Montreal Canadiens (25-6-5) 0 2 1 3

1: LA ,Steve Jensen 8 (Butch Goring, Rick Hampton), 9:31
LA ,Steve Jensen 9 (Butch Goring), 11:39
2: LA ,Marcel Dionne 24 (Dave Taylor, Randy Manery), 8:16
MTL,Bob Gainey 8 (Rejean Houle, Pierre Larouche), 10:10
MTL,Guy Lafleur 24 (Pat Hughes, Mark Napier), 13:06
3: MTL,Mario Tremblay 12 (Yvon Lambert, Rick Chartraw), 6:45
Penalties:

1: none
2: Rob Palmer, LA [Holding] 1:17
Bert Wilson, LA [Slashing] 5:01
3: Bert Wilson, LA [Fighting] 11:01
Brian Engblom, MTL [Fighting] 11:01
Larry Robinson, MTL [Tripping] 12:04
Penalty time: LA : 9 minutes MTL: 7 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mario Lessard 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Manery 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bob Murdoch 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 7 -1 4
Murray Wilson 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Syl Apps 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Marcel Dionne 16 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Butch Goring 19 C 0 2 2 0 1 2
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Steve Jensen 22 LW 2 0 2 0 1 3
Darryl Edestrand 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mark Heaslip 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Hampton 27 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)026
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)026

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Larocque 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 5 0 1
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 8
Pierre Mondou 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 0 0 0 1 3
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 4
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Bob Gainey 23 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Gilles Lupien 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Pierre Larouche 28 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Pat Hughes 30 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Mark Napier 31 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)031
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)031
Shots: LA : 11- 4-11-26 MTL: 6-17- 8-31 Goalies: LA : Mario Lessard (T, 4-4-5) MTL: Michel Larocque (T, 10-3-2) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 17,153



Team123F
New York Rangers (19-12-4) 1 2 2 5
Philadelphia Flyers (19-12-6) 3 0 3 6

1: NYR,Pat Hickey 18 (Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson), 7:20
PHI,Rick MacLeish 15 (Kevin McCarthy, Blake Dunlop), 10:03
PHI,Bobby Clarke 8, 12:06
PHI,Reggie Leach 16 (Bill Barber), 12:26
2: NYR,Ulf Nilsson 12 (Anders Hedberg, Pat Hickey), 4:29
NYR,Ron Greschner 14 (Lucien DeBlois, Steve Vickers), 9:56 - PP
3: PHI,Bobby Clarke 9 (Reggie Leach, Bill Barber), :37
NYR,Phil Esposito 18 (Pierre Plante, Dean Talafous), 2:16
PHI,Reggie Leach 17 (Jimmy Watson, Rick MacLeish), 6:25 - PP
NYR,Steve Vickers 10 (Ron Duguay, Phil Esposito), 10:04 - PP
PHI,Paul Holmgren 6 (Jimmy Watson), 16:38
Penalties:

1: Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Fighting] 3:36
Mel Bridgman, PHI [Fighting] 3:36
Kevin McCarthy, PHI [Interference] 16:35
2: Andre Dupont, PHI [Hooking] 0:43
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 6:23
Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 6:23
Kevin McCarthy, PHI [Interference] 8:36
Mario Marois, NYR [Boarding] 10:17
Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Hooking] 13:32
Dave Maloney, NYR [Slashing, Unsportsmanlike conduct, Misconduct] 14:42
3: Anders Hedberg, NYR [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 3:01
Bernie Parent, PHI [Interference] 3:01
Bill Barber, PHI [Roughing] 3:01
Bobby Clarke, PHI [Tripping] 8:48
Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 12:54
Mel Bridgman, PHI [Roughing] 12:54
Penalty time: NYR: 36 minutes PHI: 26 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ron Greschner 4 D 1 0 1 0 -2 2
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 1 1 2 0 -1 3
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 1 1 2 2 -1 2
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 2 2 4 -1 2
Pat Hickey 16 LW 1 1 2 0 -1 1
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 1 1 5 0 0
Pierre Plante 24 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 16 -1 0
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Doug Soetaert 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 1 1 2 7 0 6
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1025
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1025

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bernie Parent 1 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 2 2 2 2 1
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 7 -2 2
Don Saleski 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bobby Clarke 16 C 2 0 2 9 2 4
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 1 0 1 0 2 5
Yves Preston 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 1 2 0 2 3
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 2 2 0 2 3
Paul Evans 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin McCarthy 25 D 0 1 1 4 2 1
Reggie Leach 27 RW 2 1 3 0 2 2
Barry Dean 29 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Blake Dunlop 32 C 0 1 1 0 2 3
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1032
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1032
Shots: NYR: 4- 4-17-25 PHI: 9-11-12-32 Goalies: NYR: Doug Soetaert (L, 2-1-1) PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 14-9-4) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Leon Stickle Attendance: 17,077



Team123F
Buffalo Sabres (15-12-9) 0 1 2 3
Vancouver Canucks (13-20-3) 0 2 1 3

1: no scoring
2: VAN,Ron Sedlbauer 24 (Bob Manno, Roland Eriksson), 13:08 - PP
VAN,Don Lever 10 (Stan Smyl, Dennis Kearns), 14:21
BUF,Danny Gare 11 (Rick Martin, Gilbert Perreault), 18:35 - PP
3: BUF,Ric Seiling 8 (Jim Schoenfeld, Craig Ramsay), 3:09
VAN,Thomas Gradin 12 (Stan Smyl, Randy Holt), 9:33
BUF,Danny Gare 12 (Craig Ramsay, Bill Stewart), 11:37
Penalties:

1: Ric Seiling, BUF [Hooking] 7:16
Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Slashing major] 12:54
Bill Stewart, BUF [Interference] 20:00
2: Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Hi-sticking] 5:23
Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Hi-sticking] 5:23
Danny Gare, BUF [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 11:15
Harold Snepsts, VAN [Roughing] 11:15
Bill Stewart, BUF [Holding] 11:46
Randy Holt, VAN [Charging] 17:59
3: Jere Gillis, VAN [Hi-sticking] 0:55
Penalty time: BUF: 12 minutes VAN: 13 minutes
BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Stewart 3 D 0 1 1 4 1 3
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacques Richard 9 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 2 2 0 2 2
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 1 1 2 0 0
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Gary McAdam 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ric Seiling 16 RW 1 0 1 2 0 1
Danny Gare 18 RW 2 0 2 4 1 3
Derek Smith 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 2 2
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Sauve 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)524
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)524

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Glen Hanlon 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Randy Holt 4 D 0 1 1 2 1 0
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Pit Martin 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Don Lever 9 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dennis Ververgaert 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stan Smyl 12 RW 0 2 2 0 1 4
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Hilliard Graves 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Roland Eriksson 19 C 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Bob Manno 22 D 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Thomas Gradin 23 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 5 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-527
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-527
Shots: BUF: 10- 7- 7-24 VAN: 8-14- 5-27 Goalies: BUF: Bob Sauve (T, 5-4-4) VAN: Glen Hanlon (T, 9-9-2) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Jim Christison, Randy Mitton Attendance: 16,413



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