All NHL game summaries from May 1, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (58-18-11) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Boston Bruins (48-25-14) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BOS, | Stan Jonathan 1 (Brad Park, Dwight Foster), 12:19 |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MTL, | Larry Robinson 4 (Pierre Larouche, Mario Tremblay), 13:23 |
| BOS, | Brad Park 1 (Jean Ratelle), 16:48 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Rod Langway, MTL [Cross checking] 2:36 | |
| Rick Smith, BOS [Roughing] 9:06 | ||
| Mario Tremblay, MTL [Roughing] 9:06 | ||
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Hooking] 18:56 | ||
| 3: | Wayne Cashman, BOS [Roughing] 1:20 | |
| Rod Langway, MTL [Roughing] 1:20 | ||
| Bench penalty, BOS [Delay of game] 6:48 | ||
| Stan Jonathan, BOS [Slashing] 15:11 | ||
| Ken Dryden, MTL [Slashing] 15:11 | ||
Penalty time: MTL: 10 minutes
BOS: 8 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cam Connor | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 30 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -4 | 18 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -4 | 18 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dwight Foster | 27 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Sims | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 4 | 31 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 6- 4- 8-18
BOS: 10- 8-13-31
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 6-1-0)
BOS: Gilles Gilbert (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Jim Christison
Attendance: 14,654
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Islanders (56-17-14) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 New York Rangers (48-31-11) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYR, | Bobby Sheehan 4 (Mike McEwen, Pat Hickey), 3:14 |
| NYI, | Bob Bourne 1, 14:04 | |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 6 (Don Maloney, Don Murdoch), 16:23 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Steve Vickers 4, 13:55 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gerry Hart, NYI [Hi-sticking] 4:00 |
| Steve Vickers, NYR [Interference] 4:00 | |
| Don Murdoch, NYR [Roughing] 7:42 | |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Roughing] 7:42 | |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Charging] 12:22 | |
| Mario Marois, NYR [Cross checking] 13:33 | |
| Billy Harris, NYI [Hooking] 14:07 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 15:21 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Interference] 17:32 | |
| 2: | Denis Potvin, NYI [Holding] 0:57 |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 5:58 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 19:14 | |
| Mike Kaszycki, NYI [Slashing] 19:14 | |
| 3: | Mike Bossy, NYI [Hi-sticking] 17:41 |
| Steve Vickers, NYR [Hi-sticking] 17:41 |
Penalty time: NYI: 14 minutes
NYR: 16 minutes
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Resch | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 17 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 17 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: NYI: 5- 5- 7-17
NYR: 8-14-10-32
Goalies: NYI: Glenn Resch (L, 2-2-0)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 8-2-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Matt Pavelich
Attendance: 17,375
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