NHL game summary from April 24, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (46-30-11)	2	0	6	8
Philadelphia Flyers (43-30-15)	0	0	3	3
New York Rangers win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7)

1: NYR, Ron Greschner 4 (Phil Esposito, Mike McEwen), 9:55 - PP
   NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 2 (Dave Farrish), 13:26 - SH
2: no scoring
3: NYR, Walt Tkaczuk 3, 2:03
   NYR, Steve Vickers 3 (Walt Tkaczuk), 4:13
   NYR, Ron Duguay 2 (Anders Hedberg, Carol Vadnais), 8:19 - SH-EN
   PHI, Reggie Leach 5 (Blake Dunlop, Paul Holmgren), 10:37 - PP
   PHI, Bob Dailey 1 (Dennis Ververgaert, Ken Linseman), 12:21
   PHI, Behn Wilson 1 (Ken Linseman, Dennis Ververgaert), 15:27
   NYR, Carol Vadnais 1 (Ron Duguay, Dave Farrish), 16:50
   NYR, Ed Johnstone 4 (Don Maloney, Phil Esposito), 17:24
   NYR, Anders Hedberg 2 (Steve Vickers, Walt Tkaczuk), 19:26 - EN

Penalties:

1: Dennis Ververgaert, PHI [Tripping] 1:28
   Mario Marois, NYR [Tripping] 6:06
   Mel Bridgman, PHI [Holding] 8:54
   Mario Marois, NYR [Hooking] 12:44
   John Davidson, NYR [Cross checking] 14:23
   Paul Holmgren, PHI [Interference] 14:23
2: Rick Lapointe, PHI [Cross checking] 2:50
   Behn Wilson, PHI [Holding] 7:28
   Bob Dailey, PHI [Cross checking] 8:31
   Pierre Plante, NYR [Roughing] 17:33
   John Davidson, NYR [Hi-sticking] 18:59
   Paul Holmgren, PHI [Interference] 18:59
3: Pat Hickey, NYR [Holding] 7:01
   Mario Marois, NYR [Delay of game] 9:34
   Bobby Sheehan, NYR [Roughing] 15:01
   Bill Barber, PHI [Roughing] 15:01

Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
              PHI: 16 minutes

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

PHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bob Dailey	2	D	1	0	1	2	0	2
Behn Wilson	3	D	1	0	1	2	-3	2
Rick Lapointe	5	D	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Andre Dupont	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Barber	7	LW	0	0	0	2	-2	3
Bob Kelly	9	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mel Bridgman	10	C	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Bobby Clarke	16	C	0	0	0	0	-6	4
Paul Holmgren	17	RW	0	1	1	4	-1	1
Rick MacLeish	19	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Jimmy Watson	20	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Tom Gorence	22	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Linseman	26	C	0	2	2	0	-1	2
Reggie Leach	27	RW	1	0	1	0	-6	5
Dennis Ververgaert	28	RW	0	2	2	2	1	1
Blake Dunlop	32	C	0	1	1	0	-2	0
Wayne Stephenson	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hill	37	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-27	28


Shots: NYR:  9- 6- 8-23
       PHI:  5- 6-17-28

Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 6-1-0)
         PHI: Wayne Stephenson (L, 0-3-0)

Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Claude Bechard

Attendance: 17,077

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