Thursday March 15, 1979
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All NHL game summaries from March 15, 1979



Team123F
New York Rangers (38-22-8) 2 2 3 7
Boston Bruins (37-20-12) 1 0 3 4

1: NYR,Phil Esposito 36 (Don Maloney, Anders Hedberg), 7:37 - PP
NYR,Phil Esposito 37 (Carol Vadnais), 11:20
BOS,Rick Middleton 36 (Bob Miller), 15:08
2: NYR,Walt Tkaczuk 13 (Steve Vickers, Anders Hedberg), 3:54
NYR,Mike McEwen 16 (Ed Johnstone, Dean Talafous), 4:13
3: BOS,Wayne Cashman 23 (Dick Redmond), 1:34 - PP
NYR,Phil Esposito 38 (Don Murdoch), 6:41
NYR,Don Murdoch 14 (Carol Vadnais, Anders Hedberg), 8:09 - PP
NYR,Phil Esposito 39 (Don Murdoch, Don Maloney), 12:03
BOS,Al Secord 12 (Peter McNab, Stan Jonathan), 17:36
BOS,Rick Smith 5 (Stan Jonathan, Bob Miller), 18:01
Penalties:

1: Gary Doak, BOS [Holding] 7:24
Don Marcotte, BOS [Holding] 13:04
Rick Smith, BOS [Hooking] 19:19
2: Dave Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 15:20
3: Don Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking major] 0:12
Gary Doak, BOS [Elbowing] 7:36
Pat Hickey, NYR [Hi-sticking] 7:36
Dick Redmond, BOS [Hooking] 7:53
Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 15:33
Mario Marois, NYR [Holding, Fighting] 15:33
Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes BOS: 15 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Wayne Thomas 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Farrish 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 2 2 0 2 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 1 1 0 1 1
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 2 2 5 1 0
Don Murdoch 14 RW 1 2 3 0 0 3
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 3 3 0 2 1
Pat Hickey 16 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 1 1 0 0 1
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pierre Plante 24 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mario Marois 25 D 0 0 0 7 1 0
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Mike McEwen 27 D 1 0 1 0 1 1
Phil Esposito 77 C 4 0 4 0 1 5
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1022
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1022

BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dick Redmond 6 D 0 1 1 2 -2 1
Peter McNab 8 C 0 1 1 0 -1 4
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Schmautz 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 1 0 1 0 -3 1
Bob Miller 14 C 0 2 2 0 1 0
Rick Middleton 16 RW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Stan Jonathan 17 LW 0 2 2 0 -1 0
Al Secord 20 LW 1 0 1 0 2 1
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Brad Park 22 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Rick Smith 23 D 1 0 1 2 0 2
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 0 0 5 -1 2
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 4 -1 3
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dwight Foster 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Dennis O'Brien 28 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Pettie 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1025
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1025
Shots: NYR: 6-11- 5-22 BOS: 8-10- 7-25 Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (W, 14-9-2) BOS: Jim Pettie (L, 8-5-2) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Gerard Gauthier Attendance: 13,814



Team123F
Vancouver Canucks (19-40-10) 1 1 0 2
Buffalo Sabres (30-24-14) 0 2 2 4

1: VAN,Ron Sedlbauer 37 (Pit Martin, Bob Manno), 2:59
2: VAN,Don Lever 19 (Larry Goodenough), 5:57
BUF,Rene Robert 17 (Jim Schoenfeld), 16:48
BUF,Danny Gare 22 (Rick Dudley, Jerry Korab), 17:15
3: BUF,Ric Seiling 20 (Craig Ramsay, Don Luce), :33
BUF,Don Luce 23 (Ric Seiling, Ken Breitenbach), 13:21
Penalties:

1: Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Holding] 19:03
2: Don Kozak, VAN [Hooking] 8:51
Lee Fogolin, BUF [Fighting] 12:24
Curt Fraser, VAN [Fighting] 12:24
3: Harold Snepsts, VAN [Interference] 3:17
Harold Snepsts, VAN [Tripping] 6:50
Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Tripping] 8:50
Jerry Korab, BUF [Roughing] 10:30
Don Lever, VAN [Roughing] 10:30
Penalty time: VAN: 13 minutes BUF: 11 minutes
VAN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lars Lindgren 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Larry Goodenough 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 2
Dennis Kearns 6 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Pit Martin 7 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rick Blight 8 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Don Lever 9 C 1 0 1 2 -2 2
Stan Smyl 12 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Brad Gassoff 16 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Sedlbauer 17 LW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Rob Tudor 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jere Gillis 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Bob Manno 22 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Thomas Gradin 23 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Curt Fraser 24 LW 0 0 0 5 0 2
Don Kozak 26 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Harold Snepsts 27 D 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jack McIlhargey 29 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Gary Bromley 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1020
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1020

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Korab 4 D 0 1 1 2 1 2
Lee Fogolin 5 D 0 0 0 5 0 1
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 1 1 2 2 5
Rick Martin 7 LW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 0 1 1 0 2 2
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Andre Savard 12 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rene Robert 14 RW 1 0 1 0 0 5
Mike Boland 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ric Seiling 16 RW 1 1 2 0 2 7
Rick Dudley 17 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Danny Gare 18 RW 1 0 1 0 1 7
Don Luce 20 C 1 1 2 0 2 4
Dave Schultz 21 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ken Breitenbach 23 D 0 1 1 0 2 3
Terry Martin 25 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1045
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1045
Shots: VAN: 8- 7- 5-20 BUF: 6-22-17-45 Goalies: VAN: Gary Bromley (L, 6-18-4) BUF: Don Edwards (W, 23-16-7) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Bob Luther Attendance: 16,433



Team123F
Toronto Maple Leafs (29-29-11) 0 0 2 2
New York Islanders (43-13-12) 1 4 1 6

1: NYI,Bryan Trottier 41 (John Tonelli), 10:43
2: NYI,Bryan Trottier 42 (Bob Bourne, John Tonelli), 2:29
NYI,Denis Potvin 27 (Bob Bourne), 6:04 - SH
NYI,Stefan Persson 9 (Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin), 9:19 - PP
NYI,Bryan Trottier 43 (Dave Lewis, Stefan Persson), 19:01
3: TOR,Lanny McDonald 32 (Ian Turnbull), 9:50
TOR,Walt McKechnie 23 (Dan Maloney, Rocky Saganiuk), 16:21 - PP
NYI,Denis Potvin 28, 19:46 - SH-EN
Penalties:

1: Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR 4:21
2: Wayne Merrick, NYI 4:31
Joel Quenneville, TOR 7:49
Ian Turnbull, TOR 13:28
3: Clark Gillies, NYI 15:35
Lanny McDonald, TOR [major] 18:29
Billy Smith, NYI [minor, major] 18:29
Penalty time: TOR: 11 minutes NYI: 11 minutes
TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 1 1 2 -4 3
Joel Quenneville 3 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 1 0 1 5 0 6
Rocky Saganiuk 8 RW 0 1 1 0 -2 4
Dan Maloney 9 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 2
John Anderson 10 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Walt McKechnie 11 C 1 0 1 0 -2 2
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Jerry Butler 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Garry Monahan 20 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 -2 6
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 5
Dave Hutchison 23 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Palmateer 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2133
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)-2133

NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Price 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 0 2 1
Denis Potvin 5 D 2 1 3 0 2 2
Bert Marshall 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stefan Persson 7 D 1 1 2 0 2 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 2 0 2
Lorne Henning 10 C 0 0 0 0 2 0
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 0 0 2 0 1
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 3 3 0 2 0
Billy Harris 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Trottier 19 C 3 0 3 0 2 3
Mike Kaszycki 21 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Bossy 22 RW 0 0 0 0 2 2
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dave Lewis 25 D 0 1 1 0 2 0
John Tonelli 27 LW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 7 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1823
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1823
Shots: TOR: 5-11-17-33 NYI: 5-13- 5-23 Goalies: TOR: Mike Palmateer (L, 21-18-9) NYI: Billy Smith (W, 22-7-3) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Swede Knox Attendance: 14,995



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (37-25-7) 0 3 1 4
Philadelphia Flyers (32-22-14) 1 2 2 5

1: PHI,Blake Dunlop 14 (Ken Linseman), 16:48
2: ATL,Ivan Boldirev 30, :20 - PP
ATL,Ivan Boldirev 31 (Jean Pronovost), 1:05
PHI,Blake Dunlop 15 (Al Hill, Wayne Stephenson), 5:16
ATL,Guy Chouinard 41 (Bob MacMillan, Brad Marsh), 5:37
PHI,Reggie Leach 29 (Bill Barber, Behn Wilson), 7:24 - PP
3: PHI,Rick MacLeish 23 (Bill Barber, Behn Wilson), 7:06 - PP
PHI,Paul Holmgren 12 (Rick MacLeish), 7:57
ATL,Ivan Boldirev 32, 9:18 - PP
Penalties:

1: Rick Lapointe, PHI [Interference] 4:17
Phil Russell, ATL [Hooking] 8:00
Bob Murdoch, ATL [Interference] 10:14
2: Bob Kelly, PHI [Interference] 0:10
Phil Russell, ATL [Tripping] 1:39
Don Laurence, ATL [Tripping] 6:54
Andre Dupont, PHI [Interference] 11:40
Bill Barber, PHI [Hooking] 16:47
Behn Wilson, PHI [Hi-sticking] 19:31
3: Phil Russell, ATL [Hooking] 6:44
Bob Kelly, PHI [Roughing] 6:44
Phil Russell, ATL [Charging] 7:06
Al Hill, PHI [Hi-sticking] 8:27
Bob Kelly, PHI [Fighting] 8:44
Phil Russell, ATL [Fighting] 9:06
Penalty time: ATL: 17 minutes PHI: 19 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Russell 2 D 0 0 0 13 0 2
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 0 0 0 0 1 3
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 3 0 3 0 0 6
Guy Chouinard 16 C 1 0 1 0 0 5
Don Laurence 17 C 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ed Kea 19 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
John Gould 21 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 5 defensemen)-529

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 2 2 2 0 1
Rick Lapointe 5 D 0 0 0 2 2 0
Andre Dupont 6 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 0 2 2 2 0 4
Dave Hoyda 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bob Kelly 9 LW 0 0 0 9 0 1
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 1 0 1 0 0 3
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 1 2 0 0 3
Jimmy Watson 20 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Gorence 22 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ken Linseman 26 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Reggie Leach 27 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 5
Frank Bathe 31 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Dunlop 32 C 2 0 2 0 2 3
Wayne Stephenson 35 G 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al Hill 37 LW 0 1 1 2 2 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)529
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)529
Shots: ATL: 6-17- 6-29 PHI: 11-11- 7-29 Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 31-19-6) PHI: Wayne Stephenson (W, 14-7-5) Referee: Bruce Hood Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Kevin Collins Attendance: 17,077



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