NHL game summary from February 18, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Washington Capitals (18-30-9)	1	4	1	6
New York Rangers (31-19-6)	1	3	2	6

1: WAS, Bob Sirois 23 (Rolf Edberg, Robert Picard), 9:02
   NYR, Phil Esposito 28 (Don Maloney, Don Murdoch), 15:19
2: NYR, Don Murdoch 7 (Phil Esposito, Don Maloney), 1:20
   WAS, Bob Girard 7 (Dennis Hextall, Gord Lane), 5:21
   WAS, Greg Polis 10, 8:28
   NYR, Ron Duguay 25 (Mike McEwen, Mario Marois), 9:25
   WAS, Greg Polis 11 (Robert Picard), 13:35 - PP
   NYR, Steve Vickers 11 (Don Murdoch), 15:57
   WAS, Ryan Walter 24, 16:34
3: NYR, Phil Esposito 29 (Don Murdoch, Mike McEwen), 2:34
   NYR, Phil Esposito 30 (Mario Marois, Don Murdoch), 6:41
   WAS, Rolf Edberg 6 (Greg Polis, Tom Rowe), 14:15

Penalties:

1: Mario Marois, NYR [Fighting] 2:07
   Gary Rissling, WAS [Fighting] 2:07
   Ryan Walter, WAS [Holding] 6:02
   Gary Rissling, WAS [Holding] 9:46
   Dennis Hextall, WAS [Cross checking] 17:34
   Ron Duguay, NYR [Hi-sticking] 17:34
2: Don Murdoch, NYR [Slashing] 12:34
   Tom Rowe, WAS [Interference] 13:44
3: Rick Green, WAS [Interference] 9:31
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 11:49
   Leif Svensson, WAS [Hooking] 16:28

Penalty time: WAS: 17 minutes
              NYR: 11 minutes

WAS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Leif Svensson	4	D	0	0	0	2	1	1
Rick Green	5	D	0	0	0	2	-3	1
Yvon Labre	7	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan Walter	9	C	1	0	1	2	1	2
Rolf Edberg	10	C	1	1	2	0	3	1
Dennis Hextall	12	C	0	1	1	2	0	2
Blair Stewart	14	LW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Guy Charron	15	C	0	0	0	0	1	1
Tom Rowe	17	RW	0	1	1	2	-4	2
Greg Polis	18	RW	2	1	3	0	3	6
Mark Lofthouse	20	RW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Dennis Maruk	21	C	0	0	0	0	-5	0
Gary Rissling	23	LW	0	0	0	7	-4	0
Robert Picard	24	D	0	2	2	0	1	4
Bob Sirois	25	RW	1	0	1	0	0	3
Bob Girard	26	LW	1	0	1	0	1	3
Gord Lane	28	D	0	1	1	0	-2	0
Gary Inness	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-5	30

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	-1	5
Steve Vickers	8	LW	1	0	1	0	2	1
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	0	1	2	2	1
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Don Maloney	12	LW	0	2	2	0	3	0
Don Murdoch	14	RW	1	4	5	2	4	3
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	0	0	0	0	4
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	0	-3	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	-4	1
Mario Marois	25	D	0	2	2	5	3	2
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	2	-2	1
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	2	2	0	3	5
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	3	1	4	0	3	3
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							5	32


Shots: WAS: 11-10- 8-29
       NYR: 10-16- 6-32

Goalies: WAS: Gary Inness (T, 10-8-5)
         NYR: John Davidson (T, 18-9-4)

Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Bob Luther

Attendance: 17,412

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