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1978-79 Semi-Finals Game 5, New York Rangers vs. New York Islanders Box Score: May 5, 1979

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May 5, 1979

Semi-Finals

Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary Table
1st Period
15:29	NYR		Don Maloney (7)	Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais
17:48	NYI	SH	Lorne Henning (2)	Bob Lorimer, Billy Harris
2nd Period
07:29	NYR		Lucien DeBlois (2)	Mike McEwen, Ron Greschner
3rd Period
04:20	NYI		Mike Kaszycki (1)	Bob Lorimer
09:04	NYR		Ron Greschner (5)	Phil Esposito, Don Maloney
09:33	NYI		Bob Nystrom (3)	Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin
17:47	NYR		Anders Hedberg (3)	Ron Greschner, Steve Vickers

Penalty Summary

Penalty Summary Table
1st Period
13:45	NYI	Billy Harris	Slashing	2 min
13:45	NYR	Dave Maloney	High sticking	2 min
16:22	NYI	Bob Bourne	Tripping	2 min
2nd Period
12:08	NYR	Pierre Plante	Hooking	2 min
16:21	NYR	Mario Marois	Slashing	2 min
19:38	NYI	Bob Nystrom	Roughing	2 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	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
2	Ron Duguay	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
3	Phil Esposito	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
4	Ron Greschner	1	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
5	Anders Hedberg	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	33.3
6	Pat Hickey	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
7	Eddie Johnstone	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Dave Maloney	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	Don Maloney	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
10	Mario Marois	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
11	Mike McEwen	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
12	Don Murdoch	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
13	Pierre Plante	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	Bobby Sheehan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Walt Tkaczuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
16	Carol Vadnais	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
17	Steve Vickers	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
18	John Davidson	0	0	0		0				0	0			60:00
	TOTAL	4	8	12		6	4	0	0		30	13.3

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	John Davidson	W	3	28	25	.893	0	0	60:00

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	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2	Bob Bourne	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
3	Clark Gillies	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
4	Billy Harris	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	Gerry Hart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Lorne Henning	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
7	Garry Howatt	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Mike Kaszycki	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
9	Dave Lewis	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
10	Bob Lorimer	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
11	Wayne Merrick	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
12	Bob Nystrom	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
13	Stefan Persson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Denis Potvin	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
15	Pat Price	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	John Tonelli	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
17	Bryan Trottier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
18	Billy Smith	0	0	0		0				0	0			59:19
	TOTAL	3	5	8		6	2	0	1		28	10.7

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Billy Smith	L	4	30	26	.867	0	0	59:19

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