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New York Rangers vs. New York Islanders Box Score: December 23, 1978

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New York Rangers

4

18-11-4

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New York Islanders

9

21-4-7

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December 23, 1978

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary Table
1st Period
13:40	NYI		Bryan Trottier (20)	Gerry Hart
15:09	NYR		Ron Greschner (12)	Pierre Plante, Dave Farrish
2nd Period
01:11	NYI	PP	Mike Bossy (24)	Bryan Trottier
03:41	NYI		Bryan Trottier (21)	Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy
05:08	NYI		Garry Howatt (8)	Bryan Trottier, Gerry Hart
08:59	NYI		Stefan Persson (6)	Garry Howatt, Ed Westfall
11:21	NYI		Mike Bossy (25)	Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies
13:13	NYR		Ron Greschner (13)	Pierre Plante, Nick Fotiu
18:39	NYI		Bryan Trottier (22)	Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy
19:44	NYI	PP	Bryan Trottier (23)	Clark Gillies, Stefan Persson
3rd Period
07:38	NYI	PP	Bryan Trottier (24)	Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin
11:20	NYR		Mike McEwen (9)	Pierre Plante, Walt Tkaczuk
17:05	NYR		Anders Hedberg (12)	Ulf Nilsson, Pat Hickey

Penalty Summary

Penalty Summary Table
1st Period
04:22	NYI	Mike Kaszycki	High sticking	2 min
09:27	NYR	Dave Farrish	Hooking	2 min
2nd Period
01:08	NYR	Ron Duguay	Hooking	2 min
14:22	NYI	Stefan Persson	Holding	2 min
19:06	NYR	Nick Fotiu	Tripping	2 min
3rd Period
03:43	NYR	Mike McEwen	Hooking	2 min
06:53	NYR	Ron Duguay	Fighting	5 min
06:53	NYR	Nick Fotiu	Roughing	2 min
06:53	NYR	Nick Fotiu	Game misconduct	10 min
06:53	NYI	Garry Howatt	Fighting	5 min
06:53	NYR	Mario Marois	Fighting	5 min
06:53	NYR	Mario Marois	Misconduct	10 min
06:53	NYR	Mario Marois	Game misconduct	10 min
06:53	NYI	Pat Price	Fighting	5 min

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New York Rangers

New York Rangers Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Lucien DeBlois	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
2	Ron Duguay	0	0	0	-3	7	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
3	Phil Esposito	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
4	Dave Farrish	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
5	Nick Fotiu	0	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
6	Ron Greschner	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	50.0
7	Anders Hedberg	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
8	Pat Hickey	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
9	Dave Maloney	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Mario Marois	0	0	0	-2	25	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
11	Mike McEwen	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
12	Ulf Nilsson	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
13	Pierre Plante	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
14	Dean Talafous	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Walt Tkaczuk	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	Carol Vadnais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
17	Steve Vickers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	John Davidson	0	0	0		0				0	0			20:00
19	Wayne Thomas	0	0	0		0				0	0			40:00
	TOTAL	4	8	12		50	4	0	0		31	12.9

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas	L	8	23	15	.652	0	0	40:00
2	John Davidson		1	13	12	.923	0	0	20:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Mike Bossy	2	3	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	8	25.0
2	Bob Bourne	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
3	Clark Gillies	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
4	Billy Harris	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
5	Gerry Hart	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
6	Garry Howatt	1	1	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
7	Mike Kaszycki	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	Dave Lewis	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Bert Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
10	Wayne Merrick	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
11	Bob Nystrom	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
12	Stefan Persson	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	50.0
13	Denis Potvin	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
14	Pat Price	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
15	John Tonelli	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	Bryan Trottier	5	3	8	6	0	3	2	0	0	8	62.5
17	Ed Westfall	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Billy Smith	0	0	0		0				0	0			60:00
	TOTAL	9	16	25		14	6	3	0		36	25.0

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Billy Smith	W	4	31	27	.871	0	0	60:00

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