NHL game summary from January 27, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (28-16-5)	2	2	3	7
New York Islanders (32-7-9)	1	1	0	2

1: NYR, Mike McEwen 13 (Ulf Nilsson), 7:28 - PP
   NYR, Nick Fotiu 3 (Carol Vadnais, Phil Esposito), 9:40
   NYI, Ed Westfall 4 (Bert Marshall, Wayne Merrick), 12:04
2: NYR, Ulf Nilsson 25 (Mike McEwen, Mario Marois), 3:54 - PP
   NYI, Clark Gillies 20 (Pat Price, Stefan Persson), 4:38 - PP
   NYR, Anders Hedberg 20 (Ulf Nilsson, Pat Hickey), 7:12
3: NYR, Anders Hedberg 21 (Ulf Nilsson, Mario Marois), 3:07
   NYR, Ron Duguay 20 (Dave Farrish, Pat Hickey), 5:20
   NYR, Pat Hickey 22 (Ulf Nilsson), 8:27

Penalties:

1: Mario Marois, NYR [Cross checking] 3:57
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Cross checking] 5:21
   Ed Westfall, NYI [Elbowing] 7:25
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Elbowing] 10:16
   Billy Smith, NYI [Interference] 11:24
   Bob Lorimer, NYI [Tripping] 18:15
2: Billy Smith, NYI [Hi-sticking] 3:04
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking] 3:04
   Bob Lorimer, NYI [Interference] 3:20
   Ed Johnstone, NYR [Slashing] 4:32
   Clark Gillies, NYI [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 8:14
   Mario Marois, NYR [Holding, Roughing] 8:14
   Ed Johnstone, NYR [Hi-sticking] 10:41
   Billy Harris, NYI [Closing hand on puck] 13:12
   Billy Smith, NYI [Slashing] 13:53
   Pat Hickey, NYR [Slashing] 13:53
3: Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hi-sticking] 2:39
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Hi-sticking] 2:39
   Mike McEwen, NYR [Holding] 11:47
   Richie Hansen, NYI [Tripping] 17:31

Penalty time: NYR: 22 minutes
              NYI: 22 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	1	1	0	1	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	2	2	2
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	0	3	3
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	0	1	0	1	5
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	1	4	5	0	3	4
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	2	0	2	0	3	2
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	2	3	2	2	1
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	4	1	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	1	0	1	2	2	1
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mario Marois	25	D	0	2	2	6	1	2
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	2	1	3
Mike McEwen	27	D	1	1	2	2	0	2
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	1	1	2	1	4
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							20	33

NYI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Gerry Hart	2	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Pat Price	3	D	0	1	1	0	-1	3
Bob Lorimer	4	D	0	0	0	4	-1	1
Bert Marshall	6	D	0	1	1	0	-1	0
Stefan Persson	7	D	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Garry Howatt	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-3	0
Clark Gillies	9	LW	1	0	1	4	0	2
Lorne Henning	10	C	0	0	0	0	-3	0
Wayne Merrick	11	C	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Richie Hansen	12	C	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bob Bourne	14	C	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Billy Harris	15	RW	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Ed Westfall	18	RW	1	0	1	2	0	2
Bryan Trottier	19	C	0	0	0	2	0	1
Mike Bossy	22	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Bob Nystrom	23	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Dave Lewis	25	D	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Billy Smith	31	G	0	0	0	6	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-20	25


Shots: NYR: 10-12-11-33
       NYI:  9- 7- 9-25

Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 16-7-3)
         NYI: Billy Smith (L, 16-5-1)

Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Matt Pavelich

Attendance: 14,995

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