NHL game summary from April 16, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (42-30-11) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
 Philadelphia Flyers (43-26-15) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Philadelphia Flyers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Don Maloney 1 (Carol Vadnais, Walt Tkaczuk), 4:32 |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 3 (Don Maloney, Mike McEwen), 9:10 - PP | |
| PHI, | Bob Kelly 1 (Tom Gorence, Mel Bridgman), 16:52 - PP | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | PHI, | Bill Barber 3 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren), 15:02 |
| 4: | PHI, | Ken Linseman 2, :44 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Dailey, PHI [Holding] 0:36 | |
| Paul Holmgren, PHI [Hooking] 8:39 | ||
| Pierre Plante, NYR [Hooking] 9:21 | ||
| Bill Barber, PHI [Hooking] 10:58 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Interference] 14:40 | ||
| Don Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 16:04 | ||
| Andre Dupont, PHI [Hi-sticking] 17:29 | ||
| Bobby Clarke, PHI [Slashing] 18:35 | ||
| 2: | Dave Farrish, NYR [Hooking] 10:18 | |
| Bob Kelly, PHI [Hooking] 16:09 | ||
| 3: | none | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 8 minutes
PHI: 12 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 24 | ||||||
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Dailey | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rick Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andre Dupont | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy Watson | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Gorence | 22 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Barnes | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ken Linseman | 26 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Reggie Leach | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Frank Bathe | 31 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Dunlop | 32 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Hill | 37 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Moore | 39 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 13- 7- 4- 0-24
PHI: 12- 6-13- 1-32
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 2-1-0)
PHI: Robbie Moore (W, 3-0-0)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 17,077
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