NHL game summary from January 9, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (23-13-4) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
 St. Louis Blues (8-29-6) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1: | STL, | Brian Sutter 21 (Bernie Federko), 13:28 - PP |
| STL, | Larry Giroux 2 (Brian Ogilvie, Garry Unger), 16:15 | |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 7 (Steve Vickers, Mike McEwen), 19:55 - PP | |
| 2: | NYR, | Anders Hedberg 17 (Mike McEwen, Ulf Nilsson), 5:09 |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 12 (Steve Vickers), 10:00 | |
| NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 18 (Ron Greschner, Carol Vadnais), 11:14 - PP | |
| 3: | STL, | Harvey Bennett 1 (Curt Bennett), 1:31 |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 13 (Ed Johnstone), 6:25 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Walt Tkaczuk, NYR 3:15 |
| Bernie Federko, STL 5:12 | |
| Larry Giroux, STL 10:20 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR 13:15 | |
| Bernie Federko, STL 18:04 | |
| 2: | Dave Farrish, NYR 2:20 |
| Larry Giroux, STL 10:43 | |
| Pat Hickey, NYR 16:24 | |
| 3: | Phil Esposito, NYR 7:33 |
| Brian Sutter, STL 7:33 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR 8:07 |
Penalty time: NYR: 12 minutes
STL: 10 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 38 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Myre | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Stewart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Giroux | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Rick Shinske | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Inge Hammarstrom | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvey Bennett | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Komadoski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Barry Gibbs | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Bob Murdoch | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Mike Crombeen | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Smrke | 33 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brian Ogilvie | 35 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 24 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 18-14- 6-38
STL: 4- 7-13-24
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 12-5-2)
STL: Phil Myre (L, 4-16-5)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Kevin Collins
Attendance: 8,357
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