Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers Box Score: December 22, 1978
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:16 | DET | Dennis Polonich (4) | Perry Miller, Thommie Bergman | |
| 09:49 | NYR | PP | Pat Hickey (15) | Carol Vadnais, Anders Hedberg |
| 16:19 | NYR | Pat Hickey (16) | Dave Maloney | |
| 18:51 | DET | Danny Bolduc (5) | Václav Nedomanský, Reed Larson | |
| 19:55 | NYR | PP | Phil Esposito (16) | Ron Greschner, Pat Hickey |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 19:21 | NYR | EN | Phil Esposito (17) | Ron Duguay, Mario Marois |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:48 | NYR | Mario Marois | Slashing | 2 min |
| 04:14 | NYR | Dave Maloney | Fighting | 5 min |
| 04:14 | DET | Reed Larson | Fighting | 5 min |
| 09:15 | DET | Thommie Bergman | Holding | 2 min |
| 10:41 | DET | Thommie Bergman | Holding | 2 min |
| 11:32 | DET | Willie Huber | High sticking | 2 min |
| 11:32 | DET | Willie Huber | Fighting | 5 min |
| 11:32 | NYR | Steve Vickers | High sticking | 2 min |
| 11:32 | NYR | Steve Vickers | Fighting | 5 min |
| 15:17 | NYR | Ron Duguay | Roughing | 2 min |
| 15:17 | NYR | Ron Duguay | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 15:17 | DET | Perry Miller | Roughing | 2 min |
| 18:13 | DET | Dan Labraaten | Tripping | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 03:59 | NYR | Lucien DeBlois | Slashing | 2 min |
| 15:42 | NYR | Dave Farrish | Slashing | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 04:14 | NYR | Mike McEwen | Hooking | 2 min |
| 08:02 | DET | Dennis Polonich | Hooking | 2 min |
| 19:46 | NYR | Mario Marois | Fighting | 5 min |
| 19:46 | DET | Dennis Polonich | Fighting | 5 min |
Detroit Red Wings
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Thommie Bergman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Danny Bolduc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 3 | John Hilworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Willie Huber | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Dan Labraaten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Reed Larson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Fern LeBlanc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Nick Libett | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Bill Lochead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Perry Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Václav Nedomanský | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Rob Plumb | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Dennis Polonich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 14 | André St. Laurent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | John Taft | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Errol Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Paul Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Rogie Vachon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:26 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 2 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Empty Net | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Rogie Vachon | L | 3 | 32 | 29 | .906 | 0 | 0 | 59:26 |
New York Rangers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Lucien DeBlois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Ron Duguay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Phil Esposito | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | ||
| 4 | Dave Farrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Nick Fotiu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Ron Greschner | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Anders Hedberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Pat Hickey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | ||
| 9 | Dave Maloney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Mario Marois | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Pierre Plante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | Dean Talafous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Carol Vadnais | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Steve Vickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | John Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:58 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | John Davidson | W | 2 | 19 | 17 | .895 | 0 | 0 | 59:58 |

