Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Rangers Box Score: December 20, 1978
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:42 | NYR | PP | Mike McEwen (8) | Mario Marois, Ulf Nilsson |
| 13:27 | BUF | Derek Smith (7) | Tony McKegney, Bill Stewart | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 00:39 | NYR | Dean Talafous (8) | Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson | |
| 09:44 | NYR | PP | Phil Esposito (15) | Lucien DeBlois, Mike McEwen |
| 15:34 | BUF | Derek Smith (8) | Gilbert Perreault, Tony McKegney | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 02:01 | NYR | PP | Dean Talafous (9) | Ron Greschner, Ron Duguay |
| 09:44 | NYR | Mario Marois (3) | Walt Tkaczuk, Mike McEwen | |
| 15:50 | NYR | Anders Hedberg (11) | Pat Hickey, Dan Clark | |
| 17:23 | BUF | PP | Terry Martin (3) | René Robert, Tony McKegney |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:34 | BUF | Jim Schoenfeld | High sticking | 2 min |
| 19:01 | BUF | Lee Fogolin | Fighting | 5 min |
| 19:01 | BUF | Lee Fogolin | Misconduct | 10 min |
| 19:01 | NYR | Pat Hickey | Fighting | 5 min |
| 19:01 | NYR | Pat Hickey | Misconduct | 10 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 08:23 | BUF | Jocelyn Guevremont | Interference | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 01:14 | BUF | René Robert | Hooking | 2 min |
| 03:17 | NYR | Carol Vadnais | Roughing | 2 min |
| 11:52 | NYR | Dave Maloney | Holding | 2 min |
| 16:12 | NYR | Ulf Nilsson | Tripping | 2 min |
Buffalo Sabres
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Lee Fogolin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Danny Gare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Jocelyn Guevremont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Jerry Korab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Don Luce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Rick Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Terry Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 8 | Gary McAdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Tony McKegney | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Gilbert Perreault | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Craig Ramsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Jacques Richard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | René Robert | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Jim Schoenfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Ric Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Derek Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | ||
| 17 | Bill Stewart | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Bob Sauvé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Bob Sauvé | L | 6 | 34 | 28 | .824 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Dan Clark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Lucien DeBlois | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Ron Duguay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Phil Esposito | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| 5 | Ron Greschner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Anders Hedberg | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| 7 | Pat Hickey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Dave Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Mario Marois | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 10 | Mike McDougal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Mike McEwen | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | ||
| 12 | Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Pierre Plante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | Dean Talafous | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 66.7 | ||
| 15 | Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Carol Vadnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Steve Vickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Wayne Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 6 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 17.6 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Wayne Thomas | W | 3 | 28 | 25 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |

