NHL game summary from May 13, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (51-32-11) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (60-21-11) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
1: NYR, Steve Vickers 5 (Anders Hedberg), 6:28 - PP
NYR, Ron Greschner 7, 14:27
2: MTL, Guy Lafleur 9 (Jacques Lemaire, Yvon Lambert), 7:07
NYR, Phil Esposito 7 (Mike McEwen), 9:30 - PP
NYR, Dave Maloney 3 (Anders Hedberg, Walt Tkaczuk), 13:32 - SH
3: no scoring
Penalties:
1: Mario Tremblay, MTL [Slashing] 4:58
Phil Esposito, NYR [Slashing] 7:25
Rod Langway, MTL [Slashing] 7:25
Rod Langway, MTL [Roughing] 11:52
Phil Esposito, NYR [Roughing] 11:52
Don Maloney, NYR [Interference] 18:29
2: Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 3:34
Pierre Mondou, MTL [Hooking] 8:32
Mike McEwen, NYR [Holding] 11:50
Dave Maloney, NYR [Cross checking] 16:21
Serge Savard, MTL [Holding] 17:15
3: Rick Chartraw, MTL [Charging] 10:58
Doug Risebrough, MTL [Misconduct] 10:58
Anders Hedberg, NYR [Holding] 13:34
Ron Duguay, NYR [Holding] 15:14
Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
MTL: 22 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 4 | 22 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Larocque | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 7- 6- 9-22
MTL: 7-14-11-32
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 11-3-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (L, 8-4-0), Michel Larocque
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 17,005
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