NHL game summary from April 12, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | 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) | 10 | 43 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | 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) | -10 | 36 | ||||||
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
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