NHL game summary from December 31, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Atlanta Flames (20-16-3)	0	2	4	6
New York Rangers (20-13-4)	1	3	1	5

1:	NYR,	Phil Esposito 19 (Ron Duguay, Mario Marois), 6:42 - PP
2:	ATL,	Tom Lysiak 19 (Bobby Lalonde), 6:33 - SH
	ATL,	Tom Lysiak 20 (Bobby Lalonde, Bob MacMillan), 9:54 - PP
	NYR,	Phil Esposito 20 (Steve Vickers, Carol Vadnais), 12:05 - PP
	NYR,	Ron Greschner 15, 17:51
	NYR,	Ron Duguay 10 (Dean Talafous), 18:30 - SH
3:	NYR,	Pat Hickey 20 (Ron Greschner, Carol Vadnais), :54 - PP
	ATL,	Eric Vail 16 (Bob MacMillan, Guy Chouinard), 4:50
	ATL,	Eric Vail 17 (Guy Chouinard), 7:59
	ATL,	Guy Chouinard 25 (Tom Lysiak, Bobby Lalonde), 14:03 - PP
	ATL,	Willi Plett 12 (Harold Phillipoff), 17:42

Penalties:

1:	Willi Plett, ATL [Interference] 1:24
	Willi Plett, ATL [Cross checking] 5:07
	Greg Fox, ATL [Interference] 12:32
	Dave Farrish, NYR [Elbowing] 17:20
	Eric Vail, ATL [Roughing double minor] 17:20
2:	Phil Esposito, NYR [Roughing] 3:19
	Guy Chouinard, ATL [Hooking] 5:22
	Dean Talafous, NYR [Interference] 9:23
	Greg Fox, ATL [Holding] 11:33
	Dave Shand, ATL [Tripping] 14:26
	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hi-sticking] 18:02
3:	Ed Kea, ATL [Tripping] 0:43
	Carol Vadnais, NYR [Holding] 13:58

Penalty time: ATL: 18 minutes NYR: 10 minutes

ATL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Greg Fox	2	D	0	0	0	4	1	1
Pat Ribble	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Marsh	5	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ken Houston	6	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bobby Lalonde	7	C	0	3	3	0	0	0
Dave Shand	8	D	0	0	0	2	4	1
Jean Pronovost	9	RW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bill Clement	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob MacMillan	11	RW	0	2	2	0	1	2
Tom Lysiak	12	C	2	1	3	0	1	3
Gene Carr	14	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Rod Seiling	15	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Guy Chouinard	16	C	1	2	3	2	1	2
Ed Kea	19	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Harold Phillipoff	24	LW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Willi Plett	25	RW	1	0	1	4	0	4
Eric Vail	27	LW	2	0	2	4	1	4
Yves Belanger	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							9	27
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					9	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	0	0	2	1	2
Ron Greschner	4	D	1	1	2	0	0	7
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	2	2	2	-1	2
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	1	1	0	-2	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	1	2	0	0	2
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	0	1	0	-2	2
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	1	1	2	2	0
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mario Marois	25	D	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	2	0	2	2	-1	3
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-11	27
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-11	27

Shots: ATL: 8- 8-11-27 NYR: 7-11- 9-27 Goalies: ATL: Yves Belanger (W, 1-2-0) NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 8-7-1) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Claude Bechard Attendance: 17,390

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