NHL game summary from April 1, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (39-27-10)	1	1	1	3
Philadelphia Flyers (39-23-15)	3	3	1	7

1: PHI, Rick Lapointe 3 (Tom Gorence, Mel Bridgman), 2:08 - SH
   PHI, Mel Bridgman 23 (Bob Kelly), 11:07
   NYR, Pat Hickey 30, 14:13 - PP
   PHI, Paul Holmgren 17 (Rick MacLeish, Blake Dunlop), 15:41
2: PHI, Bill Barber 33 (Ken Linseman, Dennis Ververgaert), 1:03
   NYR, Mike McEwen 19 (Anders Hedberg, Mario Marois), 2:47
   PHI, Bob Dailey 9 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren), 17:17
   PHI, Mel Bridgman 24 (Tom Gorence, Bob Kelly), 18:23
3: NYR, Pat Hickey 31 (Ron Duguay, Mario Marois), 3:27 - PP
   PHI, Paul Holmgren 18 (Rick MacLeish, Blake Dunlop), 13:56

Penalties:

1: Bobby Clarke, PHI [Tripping] 1:35
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Cross checking] 7:02
   Behn Wilson, PHI [Tripping] 12:54
2: Ken Linseman, PHI [Roughing] 1:48
   Ron Duguay, NYR [Roughing] 1:48
   Andre Dupont, PHI [Tripping] 4:55
   Bob Dailey, PHI [Holding] 7:29
   Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Kneeing] 11:11
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 15:16
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 19:35
3: Ken Linseman, PHI [Tripping] 2:45
   Nick Fotiu, NYR [Fighting] 4:01
   Behn Wilson, PHI [Fighting] 4:01
   Andre Dupont, PHI [Slashing] 10:41

Penalty time: NYR: 15 minutes
              PHI: 19 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	-3	2
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	0	0	0	-3	2
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	-3	2
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	1	1	2	-1	1
Don Maloney	12	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	1	1	0	0	0
Pat Hickey	16	LW	2	0	2	0	-1	3
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	2	-2	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	7	-1	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Mario Marois	25	D	0	2	2	0	-1	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	4	-2	0
Mike McEwen	27	D	1	0	1	0	-1	1
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	0	0	0	-3	2
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-31	18

PHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bob Dailey	2	D	1	0	1	2	2	3
Behn Wilson	3	D	0	0	0	7	2	1
Rick Lapointe	5	D	1	0	1	0	3	2
Andre Dupont	6	D	0	0	0	4	4	2
Bill Barber	7	LW	1	0	1	0	1	6
Bob Kelly	9	LW	0	2	2	0	2	1
Mel Bridgman	10	C	2	1	3	0	3	5
Bobby Clarke	16	C	0	0	0	2	-1	4
Paul Holmgren	17	RW	2	1	3	0	3	3
Rick MacLeish	19	C	0	2	2	0	2	3
Jimmy Watson	20	D	0	0	0	0	1	2
Tom Gorence	22	RW	0	2	2	0	3	2
Ken Linseman	26	C	0	2	2	4	2	2
Reggie Leach	27	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	4
Dennis Ververgaert	28	RW	0	1	1	0	2	2
Blake Dunlop	32	C	0	2	2	0	2	1
Wayne Stephenson	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hill	37	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							30	43


Shots: NYR:  5- 5- 8-18
       PHI: 15-19- 9-43

Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 19-10-4), Wayne Thomas
         PHI: Wayne Stephenson (W, 19-8-5)

Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Matt Pavelich

Attendance: 17,077

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