NHL game summary from April 20, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Philadelphia Flyers (43-28-15)	1	0	0	1
New York Rangers (44-30-11)	0	3	2	5
New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7)

1: PHI, Mel Bridgman 1 (Bob Kelly), 1:38
2: NYR, Don Maloney 3 (Carol Vadnais, Phil Esposito), 2:15
   NYR, Don Maloney 4 (Phil Esposito, Dave Maloney), 2:41
   NYR, Anders Hedberg 1 (Ron Greschner, Walt Tkaczuk), 5:39 - SH
3: NYR, Ron Duguay 1 (Pat Hickey, Bobby Sheehan), 14:17
   NYR, Don Murdoch 2 (Phil Esposito), 19:48 - EN

Penalties:

1: Bob Kelly, PHI [Elbowing] 2:21
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 4:46
   Behn Wilson, PHI [Interference] 5:44
   Ken Linseman, PHI [Misconduct] 5:44
   Pierre Plante, NYR [Misconduct] 5:44
   Andre Dupont, PHI [Hi-sticking] 6:42
   Ed Johnstone, NYR [Hi-sticking] 6:42
   Bench penalty, NYR [Too many men on the ice] 9:40
   Blake Dunlop, PHI [Tripping] 12:59
   Andre Dupont, PHI [Cross checking] 13:40
   Wayne Stephenson, PHI [Fighting] 15:03
   Anders Hedberg, NYR [Fighting] 15:03
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Holding] 15:03
   Bobby Clarke, PHI [Roughing] 15:03
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Holding] 19:02
2: Dave Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 5:24
   Rick Lapointe, PHI [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 12:06
   Mike McEwen, NYR [Holding] 13:28
3: Paul Holmgren, PHI [Holding] 15:01

Penalty time: PHI: 31 minutes
              NYR: 29 minutes

PHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bob Dailey	2	D	0	0	0	0	-3	1
Behn Wilson	3	D	0	0	0	2	-1	4
Rick Lapointe	5	D	0	0	0	2	0	2
Andre Dupont	6	D	0	0	0	4	0	0
Bill Barber	7	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	5
Dave Hoyda	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Kelly	9	LW	0	1	1	2	-2	0
Mel Bridgman	10	C	1	0	1	0	-2	3
Bobby Clarke	16	C	0	0	0	2	-2	4
Paul Holmgren	17	RW	0	0	0	2	0	2
Rick MacLeish	19	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Jimmy Watson	20	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Tom Gorence	22	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	2
Ken Linseman	26	C	0	0	0	10	-1	1
Reggie Leach	27	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	4
Frank Bathe	31	D	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Blake Dunlop	32	C	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Wayne Stephenson	35	G	0	0	0	5	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-21	33

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	1	1	0	1	4
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	1	1	0	3	0
Bobby Sheehan	6	C	0	1	1	0	1	0
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	0	1	0	1	1
Don Maloney	12	LW	2	0	2	0	2	3
Don Murdoch	14	RW	1	0	1	0	2	2
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	1	0	1	5	1	5
Pat Hickey	16	LW	0	1	1	0	1	0
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	1	1	0	1	0
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	0	0	10	0	1
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	1	1	6	2	1
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	2	1	4
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	3	3	2	2	2
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							19	25


Shots: PHI: 11-11-11-33
       NYR: 10- 5-10-25

Goalies: PHI: Wayne Stephenson (L, 0-2-0)
         NYR: John Davidson (W, 4-1-0)

Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Swede Knox, John D'Amico

Attendance: 17,308

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