Thursday February 15, 1979
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All NHL game summaries from February 15, 1979



Team123F
New York Rangers (30-19-5) 1 2 0 3
Buffalo Sabres (23-19-11) 2 0 2 4

1: BUF,Terry Martin 5 (Dave Schultz, Jocelyn Guevremont), 4:04
BUF,Andre Savard 14 (Jerry Korab), 16:12
NYR,Carol Vadnais 7 (Mike McEwen, Anders Hedberg), 19:29 - PP
2: NYR,Don Murdoch 5 (Dave Farrish), 2:45
NYR,Don Murdoch 6 (Mike McEwen, Don Maloney), 6:43 - PP
3: BUF,Danny Gare 16 (Gilbert Perreault, Rene Robert), 2:44 - PP
BUF,Don Luce 18 (Craig Ramsay, Ric Seiling), 6:37
Penalties:

1: Lee Fogolin, BUF [Holding] 12:59
Danny Gare, BUF [Roughing] 18:37
Dean Talafous, NYR [Slashing] 18:37
Lee Fogolin, BUF [Tripping] 18:37
2: Jerry Korab, BUF [Cross checking] 6:36
Steve Vickers, NYR [Hooking] 13:37
3: Don Murdoch, NYR [Hooking] 2:10
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes BUF: 8 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carol Vadnais 5 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Don Murdoch 14 RW 2 0 2 2 1 6
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 1 1 0 -2 4
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 5
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 2 2 0 -3 2
John Davidson 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1030
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1030

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Stewart 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 1 1 2 1 1
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 0 0 4 1 0
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jacques Richard 9 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Andre Savard 12 C 1 0 1 0 0 4
Rene Robert 14 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Rick Dudley 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Danny Gare 18 RW 1 0 1 2 0 5
Don Luce 20 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dave Schultz 21 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Jocelyn Guevremont 22 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Terry Martin 25 LW 1 0 1 0 1 4
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1030
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1030
Shots: NYR: 9-12- 9-30 BUF: 12-12- 6-30 Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 18-9-3) BUF: Don Edwards (W, 17-13-6) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Ron Finn, Gordon Broseker Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Washington Capitals (18-29-8) 4 3 2 9
Colorado Rockies (12-35-8) 2 0 1 3

1: WAS,Dennis Maruk 19 (Robert Picard, Tom Rowe), :26
COL,Paul Gardner 21 (Mike Kitchen, Wilf Paiement), 9:34
WAS,Ryan Walter 23 (Rick Green), 11:56
COL,Jack Valiquette 22 (Paul Gardner, Wilf Paiement), 13:55 - PP
WAS,Greg Polis 8, 15:05
WAS,Greg Polis 9 (Dennis Maruk, Robert Picard), 18:09 - PP
2: WAS,Tom Rowe 19 (Dennis Maruk, Robert Picard), :58
WAS,Guy Charron 20 (Robert Picard, Rick Green), 9:39 - PP
WAS,Guy Charron 21, 16:14
3: WAS,Dennis Maruk 20 (Leif Svensson), 7:38
COL,Bill Lochead 5, 17:50 - SH
WAS,Bob Sirois 22 (Ryan Walter), 18:47
Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, WAS [Too many men on the ice] 0:26
Dennis Owchar, COL [Slashing] 2:30
Robert Picard, WAS [Holding] 7:12
Robert Picard, WAS [Holding] 13:32
John Van Boxmeer, COL [Interference] 17:01
Barry Beck, COL [Boarding] 19:00
Bench penalty, WAS [Too many men on the ice] 19:00
2: Barry Beck, COL [Fighting] 4:11
Gary Rissling, WAS [Hi-sticking] 4:11
Gary Rissling, WAS [Roughing] 6:11
Barry Beck, COL [Roughing] 9:11
Gary Rissling, WAS [Elbowing] 12:45
Dennis Owchar, COL [Fighting] 12:45
Barry Beck, COL [Roughing] 12:45
Yvon Labre, WAS [Roughing] 12:45
Gary Rissling, WAS [Fighting] 14:45
Bob Girard, WAS [Roughing] 18:09
Ron Delorme, COL [Roughing] 18:09
3: Gord Lane, WAS [Slashing] 8:13
Guy Charron, WAS [Hooking] 11:55
Gary Croteau, COL [Tripping] 16:14
Penalty time: WAS: 27 minutes COL: 24 minutes
WAS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Leif Svensson 4 D 0 1 1 0 5 0
Rick Green 5 D 0 2 2 0 2 3
Yvon Labre 7 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ryan Walter 9 C 1 1 2 0 3 3
Rolf Edberg 10 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dennis Hextall 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Blair Stewart 14 LW 0 0 0 0 2 2
Guy Charron 15 C 2 0 2 2 1 4
Tom Rowe 17 RW 1 1 2 0 2 6
Greg Polis 18 RW 2 0 2 0 0 2
Mark Lofthouse 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Maruk 21 C 2 2 4 0 2 2
Gary Rissling 23 LW 0 0 0 11 1 0
Robert Picard 24 D 0 4 4 4 3 3
Bob Sirois 25 RW 1 0 1 0 2 3
Bob Girard 26 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Gord Lane 28 D 0 0 0 2 1 2
Gary Inness 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2434
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2434

COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Christie 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Barry Beck 5 D 0 0 0 11 -5 3
Randy Pierce 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 0 2 2 0 1 0
Ralph Klassen 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bill Lochead 11 LW 1 0 1 0 1 6
Mike Gillis 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -6 2
Jack Valiquette 15 C 1 0 1 0 0 5
Rey Comeau 17 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 2 -5 0
Don Awrey 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Paul Gardner 21 C 1 1 2 0 -3 5
Merlin Malinowski 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dennis Owchar 25 D 0 0 0 7 -2 2
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 1 1 0 -1 0
Ron Delorme 27 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Bill Oleschuk 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michel Plasse 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2529
Shots: WAS: 11-11-12-34 COL: 12-12- 5-29 Goalies: WAS: Gary Inness (W, 10-7-4) COL: Michel Plasse (L, 8-19-1),
Bill Oleschuk Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: John D'Amico, Bob Hodges Attendance: 4,658



Team123F
Los Angeles Kings (24-24-8) 0 1 1 2
Montreal Canadiens (37-9-8) 0 2 0 2

1: no scoring
2: MTL,Brian Engblom 2 (Rejean Houle), 9:39
MTL,Jacques Lemaire 9 (Guy Lafleur, Pierre Mondou), 11:59 - PP
LA ,Charlie Simmer 5, 13:00
3: LA ,Marcel Dionne 42 (Charlie Simmer, Dave Taylor), 4:08
Penalties:

1: Darryl Edestrand, LA [Tripping] 2:17
2: Randy Manery, LA [Tripping] 11:07
3: Mario Tremblay, MTL [Roughing] 11:23
Penalty time: LA : 4 minutes MTL: 2 minutes
LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mario Lessard 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Manery 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Doug Halward 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Randy Holt 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richard Mulhern 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Charlie Simmer 11 LW 1 1 2 0 1 6
Syl Apps 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Marcel Dionne 16 C 1 0 1 0 1 5
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 1 1 0 2 0
Butch Goring 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Steve Jensen 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Darryl Edestrand 25 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Mark Heaslip 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Hampton 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)530
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)530

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Larocque 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Engblom 3 D 1 0 1 0 1 1
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pierre Mondou 6 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Rejean Houle 15 LW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Cam Connor 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Steve Shutt 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Dan Newman 26 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Pat Hughes 30 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-524
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-524
Shots: LA : 11-10- 9-30 MTL: 6-12- 6-24 Goalies: LA : Mario Lessard (T, 13-9-7) MTL: Michel Larocque (T, 13-5-3) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Ryan Bozak Attendance: 16,198



Team123F
Boston Bruins (32-15-9) 2 1 0 3
Philadelphia Flyers (24-18-12) 2 1 2 5

1: BOS,Wayne Cashman 16 (Brad Park, Rick Middleton), 2:22 - PP
BOS,Jean Ratelle 21 (Rick Middleton, Wayne Cashman), 4:42 - PP
PHI,Behn Wilson 7 (Reggie Leach, Bobby Clarke), 6:48 - PP
PHI,Mel Bridgman 15 (Andre Dupont, Bob Kelly), 19:23
2: BOS,Rick Middleton 24 (Jean Ratelle, Wayne Cashman), 16:53 - PP
PHI,Tom Gorence 7 (Mel Bridgman, Bob Kelly), 19:17 - PP
3: PHI,Tom Gorence 8 (Mel Bridgman, Bob Kelly), 2:50
PHI,Reggie Leach 23 (Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke), 17:14
Penalties:

1: Bench penalty, PHI [Too many men on the ice] 1:12
Mel Bridgman, PHI [Elbowing] 3:11
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Tripping] 6:04
Andre Dupont, PHI [Cross checking] 8:03
Dave Hoyda, PHI [Charging] 11:58
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Interference] 14:22
2: Al Hill, PHI [Tripping] 5:39
Bob Dailey, PHI [Closing hand on puck] 16:39
Bench penalty, BOS [Too many men on the ice] 18:10
3: Rick Smith, BOS [Hooking] 6:43
Bench penalty, PHI [Too many men on the ice] 8:44
Behn Wilson, PHI [Holding] 13:11
Penalty time: BOS: 8 minutes PHI: 16 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Peter McNab 8 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jean Ratelle 10 C 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 1 2 3 0 -1 3
Rick Middleton 16 RW 1 2 3 0 0 4
Stan Jonathan 17 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
John Wensink 18 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Brad Park 22 D 0 1 1 0 0 3
Rick Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 0 0 4 -2 0
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Dwight Foster 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dennis O'Brien 28 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Al Sims 29 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jim Pettie 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1526
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1526

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Behn Wilson 3 D 1 0 1 2 1 2
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 1 1 2 2 3
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Dave Hoyda 8 LW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 3 3 0 2 0
Mel Bridgman 10 C 1 2 3 2 2 3
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 2 2 0 1 3
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Gorence 22 RW 2 0 2 0 2 2
Reggie Leach 27 RW 1 1 2 0 1 4
Dennis Ververgaert 28 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Dunlop 32 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Hill 37 LW 0 0 0 2 0 2
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1528
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1528
Shots: BOS: 10-11- 5-26 PHI: 10- 7-11-28 Goalies: BOS: Jim Pettie (L, 7-4-1) PHI: Wayne Stephenson (W, 7-4-4) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Matt Pavelich Attendance: 17,077



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (22-25-7) 2 2 1 5
Pittsburgh Penguins (22-23-8) 1 2 3 6

1: MIN,Bobby Smith 21 (Kris Manery), 3:32
PIT,Colin Campbell 1 (Rick Kehoe, Orest Kindrachuk), 8:30
MIN,Al MacAdam 15 (Bobby Smith), 18:06
2: MIN,Tim Young 19, 3:08
PIT,Randy Carlyle 8 (Greg Malone, Peter Lee), 4:38
MIN,Brad Maxwell 7 (Bobby Smith, Gary Sargent), 10:11 - PP
PIT,Peter Lee 28 (Randy Carlyle, Russ Anderson), 17:20
3: PIT,Blair Chapman 8 (Randy Carlyle, Russ Anderson), 3:09
PIT,Blair Chapman 9 (Gary McAdam), 6:57
PIT,George Ferguson 11 (Jacques Cossette, Randy Carlyle), 8:29
MIN,Tim Young 20 (Tom Younghans, J.P. Parise), 14:23
Penalties:

1: Bobby Smith, MIN [Holding] 1:23
Greg Malone, PIT [Hooking] 10:38
Brad Maxwell, MIN [Hi-sticking] 18:24
2: Mike Polich, MIN [Hooking] 0:21
Jacques Cossette, PIT [Interference] 8:19
Jean Potvin, MIN [Holding] 11:19
3: none
Penalty time: MIN: 8 minutes PIT: 4 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
Brad Maxwell 5 D 1 0 1 2 0 5
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ron Zanussi 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -3 2
J.P. Parise 11 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Bobby Smith 15 C 1 2 3 2 1 3
Mike Polich 16 C 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Tim Young 17 C 2 0 2 0 0 4
Jack Carlson 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 0 -2 8
Kris Manery 24 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Al MacAdam 25 RW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Edwards 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1038
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1038

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Denis Herron 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dale Tallon 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Colin Campbell 6 D 1 0 1 0 1 4
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 2 2 0 4 0
Blair Chapman 9 RW 2 0 2 0 -1 3
Peter Lee 10 RW 1 1 2 0 0 3
George Ferguson 11 C 1 0 1 0 0 2
Greg Malone 12 C 0 1 1 2 1 3
Gary McAdam 16 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
Pete Mahovlich 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Rod Schutt 23 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Randy Carlyle 25 D 1 3 4 0 2 5
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 1 1 0 1 4
Jacques Cossette 27 RW 0 1 1 2 1 1
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1038
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1038
Shots: MIN: 9-18-11-38 PIT: 14-11-13-38 Goalies: MIN: Gary Edwards (L, 5-9-4) PIT: Denis Herron (W, 12-13-8) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Jim Christison Attendance: 7,079



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