NHL game summary from January 5, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Vancouver Canucks (14-23-3)	0	1	3	4
New York Rangers (22-13-4)	1	2	3	6

1:	NYR,	Ulf Nilsson 15 (Ron Greschner), 11:12
2:	VAN,	Harold Snepsts 3 (Rick Blight, Ron Sedlbauer), 1:12 - PP
	NYR,	Ulf Nilsson 16 (Carol Vadnais, Anders Hedberg), 5:57 - SH
	NYR,	Walt Tkaczuk 6, 8:56
3:	NYR,	Phil Esposito 21 (Pierre Plante, Dean Talafous), 9:26
	NYR,	Ulf Nilsson 17 (Mike McEwen, Anders Hedberg), 9:49
	VAN,	Don Lever 13 (Stan Smyl, Lars Lindgren), 14:09 - PP
	NYR,	Dave Maloney 4 (Pierre Plante), 18:08
	VAN,	Pit Martin 10 (Rick Blight), 18:59
	VAN,	Ron Sedlbauer 26 (Dennis Kearns), 19:41

Penalties:

1:	Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 1:37
	Bob Manno, VAN [Tripping] 4:13
	Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 20:00
2:	Ron Duguay, NYR [Tripping] 1:31
	Bench penalty, NYR [Too many men on the ice] 5:44
	Dave Farrish, NYR [Cross checking] 12:16
	Stan Smyl, VAN [Holding] 12:16
	Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Fighting] 16:47
	Anders Hedberg, NYR [Fighting] 16:47
	Nick Fotiu, NYR [Player leaving bench, Game misconduct] 16:47
	Dave Farrish, NYR [Fighting] 19:15
	Curt Fraser, VAN [Fighting] 19:15
3:	Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Fighting] 10:55
	Hilliard Graves, VAN [Roughing] 10:55
	Dennis Kearns, VAN [Slashing] 16:09

Penalty time: VAN: 18 minutes NYR: 37 minutes

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Lars Lindgren	3	D	0	1	1	0	-1	2
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	1	1	2	1	1
Pit Martin	7	C	1	0	1	0	-2	1
Rick Blight	8	RW	0	2	2	0	-1	2
Don Lever	9	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
Stan Smyl	12	RW	0	1	1	2	-1	1
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	0	0	5	-1	0
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	0	0	0	2	-2	1
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	1	1	2	0	0	4
Drew Callander	20	RW	0	0	0	0	-3	0
Jere Gillis	21	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bob Manno	22	D	0	0	0	2	-3	2
Thomas Gradin	23	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Curt Fraser	24	LW	0	0	0	5	-1	3
Don Kozak	26	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Harold Snepsts	27	D	1	0	1	0	-4	3
Jack McIlhargey	29	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Dunc Wilson	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-20	26
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-20	26

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	9	1	1
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	0	1	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	2	-1	3
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	3	0	3	5	2	3
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	2	2	5	2	4
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	1	1	0	2	0
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	12	0	1
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	2	2	0	3	3
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	0	1	3
Dave Maloney	26	D	1	0	1	2	3	2
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	0	1	2
Doug Soetaert	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	0	1	0	2	1
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							19	28
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					19	28

Shots: VAN: 6-10-10-26 NYR: 6-10-12-28 Goalies: VAN: Dunc Wilson (L, 1-3-0) NYR: Doug Soetaert (W, 3-1-1) Referee: Bob Kilger Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Willard Norris Attendance: 17,414

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