Tuesday April 24, 1979
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NHL game summary from April 24, 1979



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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#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-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)2323
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)2323

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-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)-2728
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2728
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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