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

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


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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