Wednesday January 31, 1979
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All NHL game summaries from January 31, 1979



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (28-20-4) 1 2 2 5
Buffalo Sabres (19-19-11) 0 2 0 2

1: ATL,Bobby Lalonde 18 (Jean Pronovost, Greg Fox), :25
2: BUF,Ric Seiling 12 (Don Luce, Craig Ramsay), 5:23
ATL,Willi Plett 18 (Jean Pronovost, Don Laurence), 6:39
ATL,John Gould 7 (Ken Houston, Gene Carr), 11:16
BUF,Ric Seiling 13 (Bill Hajt, Don Luce), 13:07
3: ATL,Guy Chouinard 30 (Bob Murdoch, Ed Kea), 2:59
ATL,Bob MacMillan 25 (Eric Vail), 14:27
Penalties:

1: Don Laurence, ATL [Interference] 4:25
Andre Savard, BUF [Tripping] 10:13
Harold Phillipoff, ATL [Hooking] 16:48
2: Guy Chouinard, ATL [Hooking] 2:49
Andre Savard, BUF [Hooking] 7:22
3: Bob Murdoch, ATL [Tripping] 16:44
Penalty time: ATL: 8 minutes BUF: 4 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Greg Fox 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Pat Ribble 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 1 0 1 0 1 2
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 0 2 2 0 2 0
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Gene Carr 14 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Guy Chouinard 16 C 1 0 1 2 0 1
Don Laurence 17 C 0 1 1 2 1 3
Ed Kea 19 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 1 1 2 2 1
John Gould 21 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Harold Phillipoff 24 LW 0 0 0 2 1 0
Willi Plett 25 RW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 1 1 0 0 4
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1524
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1524

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Stewart 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Jacques Richard 9 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 4 -3 0
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 4
Ric Seiling 16 RW 2 0 2 0 1 4
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 6
Derek Smith 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Luce 20 C 0 2 2 0 1 4
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Dunn 29 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1541
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1541
Shots: ATL: 3- 9-12-24 BUF: 15-13-13-41 Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (W, 25-16-3) BUF: Don Edwards (L, 13-13-6) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: John D'Amico, Swede Knox Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Boston Bruins (30-13-8) 1 1 0 2
Chicago Blackhawks (17-23-9) 1 1 0 2

1: CHI,Stan Mikita 11 (Ivan Boldirev, Ted Bulley), 8:44 - PP
BOS,Dwight Foster 2 (Wayne Cashman, Gary Doak), 13:29
2: CHI,Ted Bulley 17 (Phil Russell, Tim Higgins), 1:17
BOS,Peter McNab 25 (Terry O'Reilly, Rick Smith), 18:57
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Dave Logan, CHI [Interference] 4:24
Rick Smith, BOS [Interference] 8:03
John Wensink, BOS [Holding, Fighting] 10:41
Dave Logan, CHI [Roughing, Fighting] 10:41
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Tripping] 10:55
Doug Wilson, CHI [Hooking] 13:49
2: Phil Russell, CHI [Interference] 2:15
Mike Milbury, BOS [Boarding] 2:40
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Hooking] 7:07
Bob Miller, BOS [Hooking] 9:03
3: Mike O'Connell, CHI [Hi-sticking] 2:08
Mike Milbury, BOS [Elbowing] 5:13
Ted Bulley, CHI [Slashing] 5:13
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Holding] 17:08
Penalty time: BOS: 17 minutes CHI: 21 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Peter McNab 8 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 8
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Bob Miller 14 C 0 0 0 2 0 3
John Wensink 18 LW 0 0 0 7 0 0
Al Secord 20 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 6
Rick Smith 23 D 0 1 1 2 2 3
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 1 1 2 1 4
Gary Doak 25 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 4 0 1
Dwight Foster 27 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Dennis O'Brien 28 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Al Sims 29 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)537
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)537

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Logan 2 D 0 0 0 9 0 0
Phil Russell 5 D 0 1 1 2 0 2
Bob Murray 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reg Kerr 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Mike O'Connell 14 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Tim Higgins 15 RW 0 1 1 0 1 5
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Stan Mikita 21 C 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Doug Wilson 24 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Doug Hicks 28 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Bulley 29 LW 1 1 2 2 1 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-519
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-519
Shots: BOS: 14- 6-17-37 CHI: 7- 8- 4-19 Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (T, 14-5-5) CHI: Tony Esposito (T, 15-19-6) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Kevin Collins Attendance: 12,287



Team123F
New York Rangers (29-17-5) 0 0 4 4
Colorado Rockies (12-31-8) 2 1 2 5

1: COL,Randy Pierce 10 (Wilf Paiement, Jack Valiquette), 1:55
COL,Ralph Klassen 5 (Barry Beck, Ron Delorme), 7:23
2: COL,Mike Gillis 1 (Barry Beck, Gary Croteau), 12:27
3: COL,Ralph Klassen 6 (Ron Delorme, Don Awrey), 9:29
NYR,Anders Hedberg 23 (Pat Hickey, Ulf Nilsson), 9:40
COL,Merlin Malinowski 2 (Ralph Klassen), 13:30
NYR,Ron Duguay 22 (Steve Vickers, Dave Maloney), 16:46
NYR,Walt Tkaczuk 8 (Ron Greschner, Ron Duguay), 17:11
NYR,Anders Hedberg 24 (Ulf Nilsson, Pat Hickey), 19:02
Penalties:

1: Ron Duguay, NYR [Hooking] 10:18
Ralph Klassen, COL [Hi-sticking] 13:31
Anders Hedberg, NYR [Hi-sticking] 13:31
2: Merlin Malinowski, COL [Hooking] 6:41
Rey Comeau, COL [Holding] 17:15
3: Andy Spruce, COL [Hooking] 1:52
Penalty time: NYR: 4 minutes COL: 8 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Thomas 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Ron Duguay 10 C 1 1 2 2 2 3
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 2 2 0 0 1
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 2 0 2 2 -1 8
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 2 2 0 -2 0
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 1 0 1 0 2 3
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Pierre Plante 24 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-542
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-542

COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Nick Beverley 2 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Barry Beck 5 D 0 2 2 0 3 2
Randy Pierce 7 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Ralph Klassen 10 C 2 1 3 2 1 3
Mike Gillis 14 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Jack Valiquette 15 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rey Comeau 17 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Awrey 19 D 0 1 1 0 -2 0
Paul Gardner 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andy Spruce 22 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Merlin Malinowski 23 C 1 0 1 2 1 1
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Delorme 27 C 0 2 2 0 1 1
Michel Plasse 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)522
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)522
Shots: NYR: 10-16-16-42 COL: 6- 9- 7-22 Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 9-8-1) COL: Michel Plasse (W, 8-17-1) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Jim Christison Attendance: 6,235



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (35-9-7) 2 0 2 4
Pittsburgh Penguins (20-22-8) 0 1 0 1

1: MTL,Steve Shutt 19 (Pierre Larouche, Larry Robinson), 8:21 - PP
MTL,Steve Shutt 20 (Pierre Mondou, Guy Lafleur), 18:16 - PP
2: PIT,George Ferguson 10, 7:11
3: MTL,Gilles Lupien 1 (Steve Shutt, Pierre Mondou), 2:31
MTL,Pierre Mondou 17 (Dan Newman, Rejean Houle), 19:12
Penalties:

1: Colin Campbell, PIT [Cross checking] 7:48
Doug Jarvis, MTL [Holding] 12:13
Randy Carlyle, PIT [Interference] 17:48
2: Doug Jarvis, MTL [Hooking] 15:33
Tom Bladon, PIT [Tripping] 16:31
3: Mario Tremblay, MTL [Interference] 8:44
Penalty time: MTL: 6 minutes PIT: 6 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Mondou 6 C 1 2 3 0 2 2
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 1 1 0 1 3
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 1 1 0 1 6
Cam Connor 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 4 0 1
Steve Shutt 22 LW 2 1 3 0 1 3
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Gilles Lupien 24 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Dan Newman 26 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Pierre Larouche 28 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Napier 31 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)531
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)531

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Bladon 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Dale Tallon 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Colin Campbell 6 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Schultz 8 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Blair Chapman 9 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Lee 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Ferguson 11 C 1 0 1 0 1 5
Greg Malone 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
Rod Schutt 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 6
Randy Carlyle 25 D 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Jacques Cossette 27 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Hamilton 28 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Millen 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-524
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-524
Shots: MTL: 12- 9-10-31 PIT: 11- 5- 8-24 Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 23-4-5) PIT: Greg Millen (L, 9-9-0) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Don Koharski Attendance: 12,149



Team123F
St. Louis Blues (12-34-7) 1 0 0 1
Toronto Maple Leafs (21-20-10) 0 2 3 5

1: STL,Brian Sutter 25, 6:38
2: TOR,Ron Ellis 11 (Walt McKechnie), 2:14
TOR,Borje Salming 10 (Joel Quenneville, Darryl Sittler), 4:21
3: TOR,John Anderson 8 (Borje Salming, Darryl Sittler), 1:15
TOR,John Anderson 9 (Lanny McDonald), 9:48
TOR,Darryl Sittler 20 (Borje Salming, Dave Hutchison), 17:28
Penalties:

1: Dave Hutchison, TOR [Tripping] 0:41
Larry Giroux, STL [Hooking] 3:18
Pat Boutette, TOR [Interference] 18:28
2: Jerry Butler, TOR [Tripping] 7:39
Garry Unger, STL [Tripping] 12:36
Ian Turnbull, TOR [Hooking] 18:02
3: Joel Quenneville, TOR [Interference] 1:25
John Anderson, TOR [Tripping] 5:42
Bernie Federko, STL [Hooking] 15:02
Penalty time: STL: 6 minutes TOR: 12 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Stewart 2 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Larry Giroux 5 D 0 0 0 2 -3 4
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Garry Unger 7 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Steve Durbano 8 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Brian Sutter 11 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Tony Currie 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Inge Hammarstrom 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Harvey Bennett 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Curt Bennett 19 RW 0 0 0 0 -4 3
Neil Komadoski 20 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Zuke 21 C 0 0 0 0 -3 4
Barry Gibbs 22 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bernie Federko 24 C 0 0 0 2 1 3
Bob Murdoch 25 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Ed Staniowski 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Smrke 33 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2029
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2029

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Joel Quenneville 3 D 0 1 1 2 3 0
Ron Ellis 6 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 1 1 0 4 1
Dan Maloney 9 LW 0 0 0 0 2 3
John Anderson 10 RW 2 0 2 2 4 5
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Ron Wilson 14 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borje Salming 21 D 1 2 3 0 4 7
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dave Hutchison 23 D 0 1 1 2 2 1
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Darryl Sittler 27 C 1 2 3 0 4 4
Paul Harrison 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2030
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2030
Shots: STL: 8-14- 7-29 TOR: 9-10-11-30 Goalies: STL: Ed Staniowski (L, 7-14-1) TOR: Paul Harrison (W, 8-7-2) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Willard Norris Attendance: 16,485



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (21-24-7) 1 1 1 3
Washington Capitals (17-27-8) 1 0 4 5

1: LA ,Dave Taylor 28 (Marcel Dionne), :57
WAS,Robert Picard 14 (Tom Rowe), 11:51 - PP
2: LA ,Dave Taylor 29 (Butch Goring), 6:55
3: WAS,Robert Picard 15 (Tom Rowe, Bob Sirois), 3:39
WAS,Greg Polis 7 (Bob Sirois, Guy Charron), 4:52
WAS,Dennis Maruk 17 (Gord Lane, Ron Lalonde), 6:45
LA ,Randy Manery 6 (Marcel Dionne, Tom Williams), 10:40
WAS,Ryan Walter 22 (Bob Sirois, Dennis Maruk), 19:24 - EN
Penalties:

1: Darryl Edestrand, LA [Holding] 10:04
Robert Picard, WAS [Tripping] 17:38
Gord Lane, WAS [Slashing] 18:41
Ryan Walter, WAS [Roughing] 19:24
Dave Taylor, LA [Roughing] 19:24
2: Randy Holt, LA [Tripping] 8:26
Yvon Labre, WAS [Elbowing] 12:56
3: Syl Apps, LA [Hooking] 1:37
Glenn Goldup, LA [Fighting] 8:17
Gord Lane, WAS [Fighting] 8:17
Dennis Maruk, WAS [Cross checking] 8:35
Randy Manery, LA [Holding] 14:46
Penalty time: LA : 15 minutes WAS: 15 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mario Lessard 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Manery 2 D 1 0 1 2 0 4
Randy Holt 4 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Richard Mulhern 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Charlie Simmer 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Syl Apps 14 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Marcel Dionne 16 C 0 2 2 0 0 4
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Dave Taylor 18 RW 2 0 2 2 0 4
Butch Goring 19 C 0 1 1 0 -2 3
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 0 0 5 0 0
Steve Jensen 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Darryl Edestrand 25 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Mark Heaslip 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-628
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-628

WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Leif Svensson 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Green 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gord Smith 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yvon Labre 7 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Ryan Walter 9 C 1 0 1 2 -2 5
Rolf Edberg 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blair Stewart 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Guy Charron 15 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Tom Rowe 17 RW 0 2 2 0 2 3
Greg Polis 18 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dennis Maruk 21 C 1 1 2 2 1 6
Ron Lalonde 22 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Gary Rissling 23 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Robert Picard 24 D 2 0 2 2 1 5
Bob Sirois 25 RW 0 3 3 0 2 1
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gord Lane 28 D 0 1 1 7 1 1
Gary Inness 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)532
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)532
Shots: LA : 9- 7-12-28 WAS: 7-11-14-32 Goalies: LA : Mario Lessard (L, 10-9-6) WAS: Gary Inness (W, 9-5-4) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 7,966



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