All NHL game summaries from April 2, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Los Angeles Kings (33-33-11)	1	2	1	4
New York Rangers (40-27-10)	2	2	1	5

1:	LA ,	Butch Goring 34 (Rob Palmer), 5:19 - SH
	NYR,	Walt Tkaczuk 15 (Mike McEwen, Steve Vickers), 12:15
	NYR,	Pat Hickey 32 (Lucien DeBlois, Carol Vadnais), 18:47
2:	LA ,	Charlie Simmer 16 (Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor), 5:09 - PP
	NYR,	Pat Hickey 33 (Lucien DeBlois, Ron Duguay), 7:47
	NYR,	Ron Greschner 17 (Anders Hedberg), 14:22 - PP
	LA ,	Marcel Dionne 57 (Charlie Simmer, Butch Goring), 19:30 - PP
3:	NYR,	Phil Esposito 42 (Don Murdoch, Steve Vickers), 8:23 - PP
	LA ,	Butch Goring 35 (Mike Murphy, Randy Holt), 16:41

Penalties:

1:	Bert Wilson, LA [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 1:56
	Don Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 1:56
	Randy Manery, LA [Holding] 4:49
	Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking] 6:34
	Randy Holt, LA [Holding] 6:34
	Dave Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking] 7:50
	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Tripping] 13:04
2:	Ron Greschner, NYR [Hi-sticking] 4:10
	Carol Vadnais, NYR [Holding] 10:36
	Randy Manery, LA [Cross checking] 11:39
	Bench penalty, LA [Too many men on the ice] 13:46
	Dave Maloney, NYR [Interference, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 15:55
3:	Don Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 2:10
	Murray Wilson, LA [Hi-sticking] 6:59
	Ron Duguay, NYR [Tripping] 12:01
	Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hi-sticking] 13:43
	Dave Taylor, LA [Holding] 13:43

Penalty time: LA : 16 minutes NYR: 22 minutes

LA Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Randy Manery	2	D	0	0	0	4	0	1
Randy Holt	4	D	0	1	1	2	0	0
Richard Mulhern	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Palmer	6	D	0	1	1	0	-1	0
Mike Murphy	7	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Bert Wilson	8	LW	0	0	0	4	0	0
Murray Wilson	9	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Vic Venasky	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Simmer	11	LW	1	1	2	0	-1	3
Syl Apps	14	C	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Marcel Dionne	16	C	1	1	2	0	-1	4
Dave Taylor	18	RW	0	1	1	2	-1	2
Butch Goring	19	C	2	1	3	0	1	8
Glenn Goldup	21	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Jensen	22	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Darryl Edestrand	25	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Mark Heaslip	26	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Grahame	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-7	28
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					-7	28

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ron Greschner	4	D	1	0	1	2	0	1
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	2	1	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	2	2	0	1	0
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	1	1	2	1	0
Don Maloney	12	LW	0	0	0	4	-1	1
Don Murdoch	14	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	4
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Pat Hickey	16	LW	2	0	2	0	1	2
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	1	0	1	4	1	2
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	2	2	0	1	0
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	6	-1	1
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	1	1	0	3	4
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	0	1	2	-1	6
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							5	27
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					5	27

Shots: LA : 9-12- 7-28 NYR: 10-10- 7-27 Goalies: LA : Ron Grahame (L, 11-18-2) NYR: John Davidson (W, 20-10-4) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Leon Stickle Attendance: 17,378

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