All NHL game summaries from May 17, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (62-21-11) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
 New York Rangers (51-34-11) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Steve Shutt 4 (Jacques Lemaire, Larry Robinson), 7:27 - PP |
| MTL, | Doug Risebrough 1 (Yvon Lambert, Serge Savard), 15:44 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | NYR, | Ron Duguay 5, 6:06 |
| MTL, | Mario Tremblay 3 (Yvon Lambert, Doug Risebrough), 14:48 | |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 9 (Steve Shutt, Ken Dryden), 17:10 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rod Langway, MTL [Roughing] 0:31 | |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Roughing] 0:31 | ||
| Bob Gainey, MTL [Slashing] 4:41 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Slashing, Hi-sticking] 4:41 | ||
| Rejean Houle, MTL [Hooking] 4:46 | ||
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Elbowing] 8:32 | ||
| Mario Marois, NYR [Slashing] 11:26 | ||
| 2: | Bob Gainey, MTL [Slashing] 2:08 | |
| Rod Langway, MTL [Roughing] 12:19 | ||
| Phil Esposito, NYR [Roughing] 12:19 | ||
| Rick Chartraw, MTL [Closing hand on puck] 13:28 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: MTL: 14 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 23 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 20 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 7- 9- 7-23
NYR: 4-10- 6-20
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 10-4-0)
NYR: John Davidson (L, 11-5-0)
Referee: Bob Myers
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 17,376
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