NHL game summary from March 15, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (38-22-8)	2	2	3	7
Boston Bruins (37-20-12)	1	0	3	4

1: NYR, Phil Esposito 36 (Don Maloney, Anders Hedberg), 7:37 - PP
   NYR, Phil Esposito 37 (Carol Vadnais), 11:20
   BOS, Rick Middleton 36 (Bob Miller), 15:08
2: NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 13 (Steve Vickers, Anders Hedberg), 3:54
   NYR, Mike McEwen 16 (Ed Johnstone, Dean Talafous), 4:13
3: BOS, Wayne Cashman 23 (Dick Redmond), 1:34 - PP
   NYR, Phil Esposito 38 (Don Murdoch), 6:41
   NYR, Don Murdoch 14 (Carol Vadnais, Anders Hedberg), 8:09 - PP
   NYR, Phil Esposito 39 (Don Murdoch, Don Maloney), 12:03
   BOS, Al Secord 12 (Peter McNab, Stan Jonathan), 17:36
   BOS, Rick Smith 5 (Stan Jonathan, Bob Miller), 18:01

Penalties:

1: Gary Doak, BOS [Holding] 7:24
   Don Marcotte, BOS [Holding] 13:04
   Rick Smith, BOS [Hooking] 19:19
2: Dave Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 15:20
3: Don Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking major] 0:12
   Gary Doak, BOS [Elbowing] 7:36
   Pat Hickey, NYR [Hi-sticking] 7:36
   Dick Redmond, BOS [Hooking] 7:53
   Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 15:33
   Mario Marois, NYR [Holding, Fighting] 15:33

Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
              BOS: 15 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	0	1
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	2	2	0	2	2
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	1	1	0	1	1
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Don Maloney	12	LW	0	2	2	5	1	0
Don Murdoch	14	RW	1	2	3	0	0	3
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	3	3	0	2	1
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	1	1	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	0	1	3
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	0	2
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	7	1	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Mike McEwen	27	D	1	0	1	0	1	1
Phil Esposito	77	C	4	0	4	0	1	5
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	22

BOS Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dick Redmond	6	D	0	1	1	2	-2	1
Peter McNab	8	C	0	1	1	0	-1	4
Jean Ratelle	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Schmautz	11	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Wayne Cashman	12	LW	1	0	1	0	-3	1
Bob Miller	14	C	0	2	2	0	1	0
Rick Middleton	16	RW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Stan Jonathan	17	LW	0	2	2	0	-1	0
Al Secord	20	LW	1	0	1	0	2	1
Don Marcotte	21	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Brad Park	22	D	0	0	0	0	1	3
Rick Smith	23	D	1	0	1	2	0	2
Terry O'Reilly	24	RW	0	0	0	5	-1	2
Gary Doak	25	D	0	0	0	4	-1	3
Mike Milbury	26	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Dwight Foster	27	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Dennis O'Brien	28	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Pettie	31	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-10	25


Shots: NYR:  6-11- 5-22
       BOS:  8-10- 7-25

Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (W, 14-9-2)
         BOS: Jim Pettie (L, 8-5-2)

Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier

Attendance: 13,814

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