NHL game summary from February 27, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (34-20-6) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 St. Louis Blues (14-40-8) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1: | STL, | Curt Bennett 12 (Barry Gibbs, Mike Zuke), 5:24 |
| STL, | Tony Currie 4 (Neil Komadoski), 15:28 | |
| STL, | Bernie Federko 26 (Larry Giroux, Wayne Babych), 17:42 | |
| 2: | STL, | Bob Murdoch 9 (Larry Giroux, Wayne Babych), 2:17 |
| NYR, | Don Murdoch 10 (Phil Esposito, Dave Maloney), 19:19 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Neil Komadoski, STL [Delay of game] 12:15 | |
| Mike McEwen, NYR [Roughing, Fighting] 18:16 | ||
| Brian Sutter, STL [Roughing, Fighting] 18:16 | ||
| 2: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 3:45 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Broken stick] 15:10 | ||
| Mario Marois, NYR [Fighting] 15:10 | ||
| Wayne Babych, STL [Fighting] 15:10 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
STL: 14 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -15 | 30 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stewart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Larry Giroux | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Labatte | 9 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Babych | 10 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Currie | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Inge Hammarstrom | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Curt Bennett | 19 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Neil Komadoski | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Zuke | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Gibbs | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Murdoch | 25 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Crombeen | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Staniowski | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 14-10- 6-30
STL: 8-10- 5-23
Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 11-9-1)
STL: Ed Staniowski (W, 8-18-2)
Referee: Alf Lejeune
Linesmen: Bob Luther, Don Koharski
Attendance: 11,220
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