Tuesday March 27, 1979
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All NHL game summaries from March 27, 1979



Team123F
Montreal Canadiens (48-16-10) 5 0 1 6
Atlanta Flames (38-29-7) 1 2 1 4

1: ATL,Ken Houston 18 (Bill Clement), :25
MTL,Jacques Lemaire 20 (Guy Lafleur, Rod Langway), :40
MTL,Steve Shutt 33 (Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lafleur), 4:31
MTL,Mark Napier 10 (Rod Langway), 5:12
MTL,Steve Shutt 34 (Guy Lafleur), 5:37
MTL,Guy Lafleur 48, 18:55
2: ATL,Guy Chouinard 46 (Bob MacMillan, Eric Vail), 5:42
ATL,Eric Vail 31 (Bob MacMillan, Guy Chouinard), 19:57
3: MTL,Rod Langway 2 (Jacques Lemaire), 7:23
ATL,Bill Clement 12 (Darcy Rota, Ken Houston), 19:28
Penalties:

1: Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Hi-sticking] 6:10
Brian Engblom, MTL [Fighting] 13:31
Darcy Rota, ATL [Slashing, Fighting] 13:31
2: Phil Russell, ATL [Hooking] 8:40
3: Reggie Lemelin, ATL [Delay of game] 7:23
Brian Engblom, MTL [Tripping] 10:28
Darcy Rota, ATL [Roughing] 20:00
Penalty time: MTL: 9 minutes ATL: 13 minutes
MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Michel Larocque 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 7 1 0
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pierre Mondou 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 1 3 4 0 4 6
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rod Langway 17 D 1 2 3 0 1 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Steve Shutt 22 LW 2 0 2 0 3 8
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Gilles Lupien 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 1 2 3 2 4 4
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Mark Napier 31 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1027
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1027

ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Reggie Lemelin 1 G 0 0 0 2 0 0
Phil Russell 2 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ken Houston 6 RW 1 1 2 0 -2 4
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Bill Clement 10 C 1 1 2 0 1 1
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 2 2 0 2 2
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Rod Seiling 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Chouinard 16 C 1 1 2 0 2 2
Don Laurence 17 C 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 1 1 9 1 1
Ed Kea 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Eric Vail 27 LW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1022
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1022
Shots: MTL: 10- 6-11-27 ATL: 6- 5-11-22 Goalies: MTL: Michel Larocque (W, 19-7-4) ATL: Dan Bouchard,
Reggie Lemelin (L, 6-6-1) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Swede Knox, Bob Hodges Attendance: 11,592



Team123F
Chicago Blackhawks (26-34-14) 0 1 0 1
Colorado Rockies (14-51-10) 0 1 0 1

1: no scoring
2: COL,Rey Comeau 8 (Barry Beck), 17:38
CHI,Bob Murray 18 (Cliff Koroll, John Marks), 19:38 - SH
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Dave Logan, CHI [Roughing] 3:58
2: Mike Dwyer, COL [Interference] 8:01
Mike Gillis, COL [Hooking] 10:38
Mike O'Connell, CHI [Tripping] 12:55
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Tripping] 18:41
3: Mike O'Connell, CHI [Hooking] 4:17
John Marks, CHI [Fighting] 17:33
Wilf Paiement, COL [Fighting] 17:33
Penalty time: CHI: 13 minutes COL: 9 minutes
CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Logan 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Pat Ribble 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Murray 6 D 1 0 1 0 0 4
Reg Kerr 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Marks 11 RW 0 1 1 5 0 3
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike O'Connell 14 D 0 0 0 4 0 3
Tim Higgins 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Walton 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Greg Fox 18 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Harold Phillipoff 19 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Kelly 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ted Bulley 29 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-126
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-126

COL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Nick Beverley 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 5
Barry Beck 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 5
Randy Pierce 7 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Saleski 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Wilf Paiement 9 RW 0 0 0 5 0 1
Bill Lochead 11 LW 0 0 0 0 1 4
Don Ashby 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mike Gillis 14 LW 0 0 0 2 0 4
Jack Valiquette 15 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rey Comeau 17 C 1 0 1 0 1 1
Gary Croteau 18 RW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Merlin Malinowski 23 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Trevor Johansen 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Kitchen 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Delorme 27 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Dwyer 28 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Michel Plasse 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)043
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)043
Shots: CHI: 11- 7- 8-26 COL: 13-19-11-43 Goalies: CHI: Tony Esposito (T, 21-27-10) COL: Michel Plasse (T, 9-28-2) Referee: Denis Morel Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Matt Pavelich Attendance: 5,760



Team123F
Pittsburgh Penguins (33-28-13) 1 3 1 5
Minnesota North Stars (27-35-11) 0 1 0 1

1: PIT,Tom Bladon 4 (Greg Malone, George Ferguson), 5:30
2: PIT,Jacques Cossette 6 (Gary McAdam, Greg Malone), 9:45
PIT,Ron Stackhouse 10, 13:02 - SH
MIN,Tim Young 24 (Al MacAdam, Mike Fidler), 14:17 - PP
PIT,Orest Kindrachuk 18 (Ron Stackhouse), 16:38
3: PIT,Randy Carlyle 12 (Ron Stackhouse, Peter Lee), 17:57
Penalties:

1: Bobby Smith, MIN [Hi-sticking] 4:58
Rod Schutt, PIT [Hi-sticking] 4:58
Bob Paradise, PIT [Slashing] 11:17
Blair Chapman, PIT [Fighting] 14:07
Jack Carlson, MIN [Roughing, Fighting] 14:07
Orest Kindrachuk, PIT [Tripping] 16:48
2: Greg Smith, MIN [Hooking] 0:39
Randy Carlyle, PIT [Hooking] 4:45
Tom Bladon, PIT [Hooking] 12:53
3: Tom Bladon, PIT [Tripping] 13:17
Kris Manery, MIN [Holding] 15:55
Penalty time: PIT: 17 minutes MIN: 13 minutes
PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Denis Herron 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 2 D 1 0 1 4 2 3
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 1 2 3 0 3 3
Colin Campbell 6 D 0 0 0 0 3 0
Russ Anderson 7 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blair Chapman 9 RW 0 0 0 5 0 0
Peter Lee 10 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
George Ferguson 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Greg Malone 12 C 0 2 2 0 2 3
Gary McAdam 16 RW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 0 2 0
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 0 1 3
Rod Schutt 23 LW 0 0 0 2 1 1
Bob Paradise 24 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Randy Carlyle 25 D 1 0 1 2 1 3
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 1 0 1 2 2 2
Jacques Cossette 27 RW 1 0 1 0 2 1
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)2323
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)2323

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Butters 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 8
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 0 -3 4
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 1 1 0 -4 4
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bobby Smith 15 C 0 0 0 2 0 4
Mike Polich 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Tim Young 17 C 1 0 1 0 -2 4
Jack Carlson 21 LW 0 0 0 7 0 0
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 0 0 0 -2 5
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Kris Manery 24 RW 0 0 0 2 -3 0
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2438
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2438
Shots: PIT: 7-11- 5-23 MIN: 12-11-15-38 Goalies: PIT: Denis Herron (W, 20-16-12) MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 20-22-6) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Luther Attendance: 8,250



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (36-23-15) 0 1 3 4
New York Rangers (39-25-10) 1 3 0 4

1: NYR,Mike McEwen 18 (Anders Hedberg), 1:42
2: NYR,Don Murdoch 15 (Phil Esposito), 1:07
NYR,Lucien DeBlois 10 (Pat Hickey, Ron Duguay), 2:42
NYR,Anders Hedberg 31 (Walt Tkaczuk), 11:49
PHI,Bill Barber 31 (Behn Wilson, Robbie Moore), 18:16 - PP
3: PHI,Jimmy Watson 7 (Rick Lapointe, Blake Dunlop), 3:49 - SH
PHI,Reggie Leach 31, 14:56 - PP
PHI,Mel Bridgman 21 (Rick Lapointe, Bob Kelly), 17:06
Penalties:

1: Mel Bridgman, PHI [Hooking] 8:58
Bob Dailey, PHI [Hi-sticking major] 10:27
2: Rick MacLeish, PHI [Tripping] 3:56
Dave Hoyda, PHI [Boarding] 13:28
Anders Hedberg, NYR [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 14:23
Rick MacLeish, PHI [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 14:23
Dean Talafous, NYR [Hooking] 17:18
3: Paul Holmgren, PHI [Interference] 3:17
Anders Hedberg, NYR [Hooking] 13:37
Penalty time: PHI: 17 minutes NYR: 8 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 5 -2 0
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 1 1 0 -2 0
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 2 2 0 0 1
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 0 1 0 -2 5
Dave Hoyda 8 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Mel Bridgman 10 C 1 0 1 2 1 1
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 0 0 6 0 5
Jimmy Watson 20 D 1 0 1 0 1 2
Tom Gorence 22 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ken Linseman 26 C 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Reggie Leach 27 RW 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Dennis Ververgaert 28 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Blake Dunlop 32 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbie Moore 39 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1124
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1124

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Thomas 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Don Murdoch 14 RW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 1 1 2 6 2 2
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 1 1 0 2 1
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Greschner 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 1 0 1 0 -1 2
Pierre Plante 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike McEwen 27 D 1 0 1 0 3 3
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 1 1 0 1 4
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)927
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)927
Shots: PHI: 4- 5-15-24 NYR: 12-11- 4-27 Goalies: PHI: Wayne Stephenson,
Robbie Moore (T, 2-0-1) NYR: Wayne Thomas (T, 15-10-3) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: John D'Amico, Leon Stickle Attendance: 17,410



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (21-37-16) 0 1 1 2
Vancouver Canucks (23-41-11) 1 3 1 5

1: VAN,Don Kozak 2 (Rob Tudor, Brad Gassoff), 16:19
2: VAN,Curt Fraser 15 (Thomas Gradin, Bob Manno), 5:12 - PP
VAN,Don Lever 22 (Dennis Kearns), 10:47
DET,Paul Woods 14 (Dan Bolduc, Terry Harper), 11:17
VAN,Stan Smyl 14 (Thomas Gradin, Curt Fraser), 12:55
3: DET,Andre St. Laurent 16 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Reed Larson), 4:26 - PP
VAN,Larry Goodenough 3 (Stan Smyl, Pit Martin), 19:56
Penalties:

1: none
2: Perry Miller, DET [Tripping] 3:36
Perry Miller, DET [Roughing] 9:19
Pit Martin, VAN [Roughing] 9:19
3: Brad Gassoff, VAN [Hooking] 3:56
Reed Larson, DET [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 14:57
Rob Tudor, VAN [Roughing, Fighting] 14:57
Penalty time: DET: 11 minutes VAN: 11 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Harper 2 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 4 -2 2
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Willie Huber 7 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dale McCourt 10 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Paul Woods 15 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 1 0 1 0 -1 3
J.P. Leblanc 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 0 1 1 0 -1 5
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Carroll 25 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Reed Larson 28 D 0 1 1 7 -3 5
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1525
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1525

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Larry Goodenough 5 D 1 0 1 0 2 4
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Pit Martin 7 C 0 1 1 2 1 1
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Don Lever 9 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Stan Smyl 12 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Brad Gassoff 16 LW 0 1 1 2 1 1
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rob Tudor 19 C 0 1 1 7 1 0
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Manno 22 D 0 1 1 0 2 1
Thomas Gradin 23 C 0 2 2 0 1 4
Curt Fraser 24 LW 1 1 2 0 1 4
Don Kozak 26 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gary Bromley 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1531
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1531
Shots: DET: 9- 8- 8-25 VAN: 11-14- 6-31 Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 11-12-5) VAN: Gary Bromley (W, 9-18-4) Referee: Alf Lejeune Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Jim Christison Attendance: 14,027



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