NHL game summary from May 19, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (63-21-11) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
 New York Rangers (51-35-11) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Pat Hickey 1 (Dave Maloney, Bobby Sheehan), 1:19 |
| MTL, | Rejean Houle 1 (Bob Gainey), 2:39 | |
| NYR, | Don Murdoch 7 (Phil Esposito, Pat Hickey), 17:03 | |
| 2: | MTL, | Yvon Lambert 5 (Rejean Houle), 18:05 |
| 3: | NYR, | Phil Esposito 8 (Don Maloney, Dave Maloney), 4:26 |
| MTL, | Bob Gainey 5, 6:26 | |
| 4: | MTL, | Serge Savard 2 (Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt), 7:25 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Chartraw, MTL [Interference] 3:34 | |
| Don Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 3:34 | ||
| Rick Chartraw, MTL [Elbowing] 5:49 | ||
| Gilles Lupien, MTL [Tripping] 10:13 | ||
| Rick Chartraw, MTL [Slashing] 11:06 | ||
| Phil Esposito, NYR [Slashing] 11:06 | ||
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Slashing] 13:54 | ||
| 2: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 1:16 | |
| Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Tripping] 2:15 | ||
| Mike McEwen, NYR [Holding] 7:41 | ||
| 3: | Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 7:58 | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: MTL: 10 minutes
NYR: 12 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 42 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 42 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 21 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 11-15-11- 5-42
NYR: 9- 4- 7- 1-21
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 11-4-0)
NYR: John Davidson (L, 11-6-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 17,382
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