Thursday April 12, 1979
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All NHL game summaries from April 12, 1979



Team1234F
New York Rangers (42-29-11) 0 0 1 1 2
Los Angeles Kings (34-36-12) 1 0 0 0 1
New York Rangers win, 2 games to 0   (best of 3)

1: LA ,Syl Apps 1 (Glenn Goldup, Mike Murphy), 12:29 - PP
2: no scoring
3: NYR,Phil Esposito 1 (Don Murdoch, Don Maloney), 1:11
4: NYR,Phil Esposito 2 (Don Maloney), 6:11
Penalties:

1: Randy Holt, LA [Boarding] 2:35
Randy Manery, LA [Tripping] 8:02
Phil Esposito, NYR [Holding] 9:00
Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hooking] 11:34
Darryl Edestrand, LA [Interference] 16:07
Ed Johnstone, NYR [Slashing] 16:07
2: Doug Halward, LA [Hooking] 4:54
Darryl Edestrand, LA [Holding] 14:24
Phil Esposito, NYR [Interference] 15:43
Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Slashing] 15:53
Mark Heaslip, LA [Slashing] 15:53
Dave Farrish, NYR [Tripping] 17:21
3: Doug Halward, LA [Misconduct] 1:39
Charlie Simmer, LA [Hooking] 8:35
4: none
Penalty time: NYR: 12 minutes LA : 24 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 2 0 5
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 2 2 0 2 7
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 7
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 2 0 0
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 0 0 2 0 3
Pierre Plante 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 0 2 3
Mike McEwen 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
John Davidson 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 2 0 2 4 2 3
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1043
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1043

LA Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mario Lessard 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Manery 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 4
Doug Halward 3 D 0 0 0 12 0 1
Randy Holt 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rob Palmer 6 D 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Mike Murphy 7 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Vic Venasky 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Simmer 11 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 7
Syl Apps 14 C 1 0 1 0 0 2
Marcel Dionne 16 C 0 0 0 0 -2 8
Tom Williams 17 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Taylor 18 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Butch Goring 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glenn Goldup 21 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Jensen 22 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Darryl Edestrand 25 D 0 0 0 4 -2 1
Mark Heaslip 26 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Rick Hampton 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1036
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1036
Shots: NYR: 13- 8-14- 8-43 LA : 12-14- 7- 3-36 Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 2-0-0) LA : Mario Lessard (L, 0-2-0) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Ron Finn Attendance: 12,029



Team123F
Buffalo Sabres (37-29-16) 1 1 1 3
Pittsburgh Penguins (37-32-13) 0 1 0 1
Series tied, 1-1   (best of 3)

1: BUF,Rick Dudley 1 (Rick Martin, Jim Schoenfeld), 19:22
2: BUF,Jacques Richard 1 (Dave Schultz, Tony McKegney), 2:59
PIT,Colin Campbell 1 (Greg Malone, Gary McAdam), 17:19
3: BUF,Rene Robert 2 (Ken Breitenbach), 19:11
Penalties:

1: Craig Ramsay, BUF [Tripping] 0:55
Danny Gare, BUF [Roughing, Fighting] 1:10
Ross Lonsberry, PIT [Roughing, Fighting] 1:10
Ken Breitenbach, BUF [Holding] 3:03
Orest Kindrachuk, PIT [Delay of game] 7:59
Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Holding] 10:29
Colin Campbell, PIT [Interference] 16:27
2: Lee Fogolin, BUF [Hi-sticking] 4:29
Jerry Korab, BUF [Hooking] 9:12
3: Dave Schultz, BUF [Hooking] 6:06
Danny Gare, BUF [Roughing] 8:15
Colin Campbell, PIT [Roughing] 8:15
Penalty time: BUF: 21 minutes PIT: 13 minutes
BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 0 0 2 -1 4
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 1 1 0 3 4
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Jacques Richard 9 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 2 0 4
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 2 1
Rene Robert 14 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Mike Boland 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rick Dudley 17 LW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Danny Gare 18 RW 0 0 0 9 0 2
Don Luce 20 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dave Schultz 21 LW 0 1 1 2 1 2
Ken Breitenbach 23 D 0 1 1 2 2 1
Bob Sauve 28 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1030
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1030

PIT Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Denis Herron 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bladon 2 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Ron Stackhouse 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lex Hudson 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colin Campbell 6 D 1 0 1 4 0 3
Blair Chapman 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Peter Lee 10 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
George Ferguson 11 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Greg Malone 12 C 0 1 1 0 0 4
Gary McAdam 16 RW 0 1 1 0 1 4
Rick Kehoe 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ross Lonsberry 18 LW 0 0 0 7 -1 3
Gregg Sheppard 19 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Rod Schutt 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Randy Carlyle 25 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Orest Kindrachuk 26 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1031
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 5 defensemen)-1031
Shots: BUF: 9-10-11-30 PIT: 11-10-10-31 Goalies: BUF: Bob Sauve (W, 1-1-0) PIT: Denis Herron (L, 1-1-0) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Jim Christison Attendance: 16,033



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (41-33-8) 1 1 2 4
Toronto Maple Leafs (36-33-13) 3 4 0 7
Toronto Maple Leafs win, 2 games to 0   (best of 3)

1: TOR,Darryl Sittler 1 (Pat Boutette), 4:04
TOR,Darryl Sittler 2 (Lanny McDonald), 4:16
TOR,Ron Ellis 1 (Dan Maloney, Joel Quenneville), 4:27
ATL,Jean Pronovost 2 (Eric Vail, Guy Chouinard), 10:52 - PP
2: TOR,Pat Boutette 1, 3:09
TOR,Dan Maloney 1 (Ron Wilson, Walt McKechnie), 8:38 - PP
ATL,Guy Chouinard 1 (Bob MacMillan, Ivan Boldirev), 11:41 - PP
TOR,Walt McKechnie 3 (John Anderson, Darryl Sittler), 15:42
TOR,Pat Boutette 2 (Darryl Sittler, Dave Hutchison), 17:32
3: ATL,Bobby Lalonde 1 (Guy Chouinard, Reggie Lemelin), 3:37 - PP
ATL,Willi Plett 1 (Darcy Rota), 10:02
Penalties:

1: Willi Plett, ATL [Roughing] 0:22
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Roughing] 0:22
Willi Plett, ATL [Slashing] 7:03
Dave Burrows, TOR [Interference] 10:05
Joel Quenneville, TOR [Hooking] 10:18
Bob Murdoch, ATL [Hooking] 12:31
2: Phil Russell, ATL [Tripping] 6:59
Borje Salming, TOR [Tripping] 11:13
Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 13:46
Dan Bouchard, ATL [Roughing double minor] 13:46
3: Pat Boutette, TOR [Hooking] 2:40
Brad Marsh, ATL [Holding] 6:33
Ron Ellis, TOR [Tripping] 19:50
Penalty time: ATL: 14 minutes TOR: 16 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Reggie Lemelin 1 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
Phil Russell 2 D 0 0 0 2 -3 2
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 0 0 2 -2 0
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 1 0 1 0 -3 1
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 1 1 0 -3 1
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 0 1 1 0 -2 2
Gene Carr 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Seiling 15 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Guy Chouinard 16 C 1 2 3 0 0 6
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 1 1 0 -2 1
Ed Kea 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 0 0 2 0 1
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willi Plett 25 RW 1 0 1 4 -1 3
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 1 1 0 0 3
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2326
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2326

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 0 5 4
Joel Quenneville 3 D 0 1 1 2 4 1
Ron Ellis 6 RW 1 0 1 2 0 3
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 1 1 0 2 1
Dan Maloney 9 LW 1 1 2 0 0 2
John Anderson 10 RW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Walt McKechnie 11 C 1 1 2 0 1 4
Ron Wilson 14 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Pat Boutette 15 LW 2 1 3 2 3 4
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 0 0 0 1 3
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Paul Gardner 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 2 0 4
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 6 1 2
Dave Hutchison 23 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Darryl Sittler 27 C 2 2 4 0 4 6
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2442
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)2442
Shots: ATL: 4-12-10-26 TOR: 14-13-15-42 Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 0-2-0),
Reggie Lemelin TOR: Mike Palmateer (W, 2-0-0) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ray Scapinello Attendance: 16,485



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (41-26-15) 2 1 3 6
Vancouver Canucks (26-43-13) 2 1 1 4
Series tied, 1-1   (best of 3)

1: PHI,Tom Gorence 1 (Mel Bridgman, Jimmy Watson), 1:47
VAN,Don Lever 2 (Pit Martin, Chris Oddleifson), 14:10 - PP
VAN,Dennis Kearns 1 (Don Lever), 16:11 - PP
PHI,Reggie Leach 2 (Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke), 18:39 - PP
2: PHI,Tom Gorence 2, 1:12
VAN,Thomas Gradin 2 (Curt Fraser, Rick Blight), 1:48
3: PHI,Ken Linseman 1, 13:36
VAN,Thomas Gradin 3 (Bob Manno, Rick Blight), 16:40
PHI,Reggie Leach 3 (Bobby Clarke), 19:06
PHI,Bill Barber 1 (Paul Holmgren), 19:57 - EN
Penalties:

1: Curt Fraser, VAN [Hooking] 4:53
Bob Dailey, PHI [Holding] 6:38
Rick Lapointe, PHI [Holding] 7:48
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Hooking] 10:31
Bench penalty, PHI [Too many men on the ice] 12:42
Rick Lapointe, PHI [Slashing] 15:01
Bob Dailey, PHI [Slashing] 15:23
Rick Blight, VAN [Slashing] 15:23
Thomas Gradin, VAN [Holding] 18:25
2: Andre Dupont, PHI [Cross checking] 3:37
Bob Kelly, PHI [Roughing] 15:31
Bob Manno, VAN [Roughing] 15:31
Andre Dupont, PHI [Fighting] 16:50
Ron Sedlbauer, VAN [Slashing, Fighting] 16:50
3: Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 5:33
Bob Manno, VAN [Roughing] 5:33
Penalty time: PHI: 23 minutes VAN: 17 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 4 4 2
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 4 0 1
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 7 0 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 2 7
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 2 1 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 3
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 2 2 0 2 1
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 0 1 1 4 1 0
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 1 1 0 2 3
Tom Gorence 22 RW 2 0 2 0 1 4
Ken Linseman 26 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Reggie Leach 27 RW 2 0 2 0 1 5
Frank Bathe 31 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Blake Dunlop 32 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Hill 37 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Robbie Moore 39 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1537
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)1537

VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dennis Kearns 6 D 1 0 1 0 -1 3
Pit Martin 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 2 2 2 1 0
Don Lever 9 C 1 1 2 0 -1 2
Stan Smyl 12 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Chris Oddleifson 14 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Brad Gassoff 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 0 0 0 7 0 5
John Grisdale 18 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Rob Tudor 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Manno 22 D 0 1 1 4 -1 0
Thomas Gradin 23 C 2 0 2 2 -3 4
Curt Fraser 24 LW 0 1 1 2 -4 1
Don Kozak 26 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Gary Bromley 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1621
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1621
Shots: PHI: 12-16- 9-37 VAN: 9- 8- 4-21 Goalies: PHI: Robbie Moore (W, 1-0-0) VAN: Gary Bromley (L, 1-1-0) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: John D'Amico, Swede Knox Attendance: 14,293



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