Atlanta Flames vs. New York Rangers Box Score: December 31, 1978
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:42 | NYR | PP | Phil Esposito (19) | Ron Duguay, Mario Marois |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 06:33 | ATF | SH | Tom Lysiak (19) | Bobby Lalonde |
| 09:54 | ATF | PP | Tom Lysiak (20) | Bobby Lalonde, Bob MacMillan |
| 12:05 | NYR | PP | Phil Esposito (20) | Steve Vickers, Carol Vadnais |
| 17:51 | NYR | Ron Greschner (15) | ||
| 18:30 | NYR | SH | Ron Duguay (10) | Dean Talafous |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 00:54 | NYR | PP | Pat Hickey (20) | Carol Vadnais, Ron Greschner |
| 04:50 | ATF | Eric Vail (16) | Bob MacMillan, Guy Chouinard | |
| 07:59 | ATF | Eric Vail (17) | Guy Chouinard | |
| 14:03 | ATF | PP | Guy Chouinard (25) | Tom Lysiak, Bobby Lalonde |
| 17:42 | ATF | Willi Plett (12) | Harold Phillipoff, Tom Lysiak | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:24 | ATF | Willi Plett | Interference | 2 min |
| 05:07 | ATF | Willi Plett | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 12:32 | ATF | Greg Fox | Interference | 2 min |
| 17:20 | NYR | Dave Farrish | Elbowing | 2 min |
| 17:20 | ATF | Eric Vail | Roughing | 2 min |
| 17:20 | ATF | Eric Vail | Roughing | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 03:19 | NYR | Phil Esposito | Roughing | 2 min |
| 05:22 | ATF | Guy Chouinard | Hooking | 2 min |
| 09:23 | NYR | Dean Talafous | Interference | 2 min |
| 11:33 | ATF | Greg Fox | Holding | 2 min |
| 14:26 | ATF | Dave Shand | Tripping | 2 min |
| 18:02 | NYR | Walt Tkaczuk | High sticking | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 00:43 | ATF | Ed Kea | Tripping | 2 min |
| 13:58 | NYR | Carol Vadnais | Holding | 2 min |
Atlanta Flames
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Gene Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Guy Chouinard | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 3 | Bill Clement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Greg Fox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Ken Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Ed Kea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Bobby Lalonde | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Tom Lysiak | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | ||
| 9 | Bob MacMillan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Brad Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Harold Phillipoff | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Willi Plett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| 13 | Jean Pronovost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Pat Ribble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Rod Seiling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Dave Shand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Eric Vail | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | ||
| 18 | Yves Bélanger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 6 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 22.2 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Yves Bélanger | W | 5 | 27 | 22 | .815 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Ron Duguay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 3 | Phil Esposito | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | ||
| 4 | Dave Farrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Nick Fotiu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Ron Greschner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | ||
| 7 | Anders Hedberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Pat Hickey | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 9 | Dave Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Mario Marois | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Pierre Plante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Dean Talafous | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Carol Vadnais | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Steve Vickers | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Wayne Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58:25 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Wayne Thomas | L | 6 | 27 | 21 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 58:25 |

