NHL game summary from January 20, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (26-15-4) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 St. Louis Blues (10-31-7) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1: | STL, | Bernie Federko 17 (Brian Sutter, Ed Staniowski), 4:59 |
| 2: | STL, | Brian Sutter 23 (Bernie Federko, Jack Brownschidle), 8:14 |
| NYR, | Don Murdoch 4 (Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais), 8:56 - PP | |
| STL, | Larry Patey 6 (Mike Crombeen, Barry Gibbs), 11:12 | |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 24 (Carol Vadnais), 15:50 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Larry Patey, STL [Tripping] 10:22 |
| 2: | Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 6:26 |
| Bob Murdoch, STL [Slashing] 7:10 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Hi-sticking] 13:42 | |
| Jack Brownschidle, STL [Hi-sticking] 13:42 | |
| Larry Patey, STL [Hooking] 18:23 | |
| 3: | Pierre Plante, NYR [Hi-sticking] 3:39 |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Game misconduct] 20:00 |
Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
STL: 8 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -9 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -9 | 31 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stewart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Giroux | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Labatte | 9 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Currie | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Harvey Bennett | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Neil Komadoski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Zuke | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Gibbs | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Murdoch | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Crombeen | 26 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ed Staniowski | 31 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Smrke | 33 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 9 | 22 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 9-12-10-31
STL: 7- 9- 6-22
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 14-6-2)
STL: Ed Staniowski (W, 5-12-1)
Referee: Gregg Madill
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 12,692
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