NHL game summary from January 3, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (26-7-5) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 New York Rangers (21-13-4) |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 1: | NYR, | Dave Maloney 3 (Steve Vickers), 14:01 |
| NYR, | Mike McEwen 11 (Pierre Plante, Dean Talafous), 17:16 | |
| 2: | MTL, | Guy Lafleur 26 (Pierre Mondou), 6:53 |
| NYR, | Nick Fotiu 2 (Pierre Plante), 7:09 | |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 11 (Steve Vickers, Walt Tkaczuk), 17:56 | |
| NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 14 (Anders Hedberg, Mario Marois), 19:55 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Anders Hedberg 16 (Ulf Nilsson, Pat Hickey), :49 |
| MTL, | Pierre Larouche 3, 7:47 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gilles Lupien, MTL [Cross checking] 6:18 |
| 2: | Steve Shutt, MTL [Hi-sticking] 1:33 |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Cross checking] 2:48 | |
| Pierre Larouche, MTL [Slashing] 13:23 | |
| 3: | Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 4:01 |
| Mario Marois, NYR [Hooking] 7:33 | |
| Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 18:22 |
Penalty time: MTL: 6 minutes
NYR: 8 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 30 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -25 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -25 | 27 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 25 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 25 | 26 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 11- 6-10-27
NYR: 8- 9- 9-26
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 16-4-3)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 11-5-2)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 17,418
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