NHL game summary from December 16, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (16-9-4) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Boston Bruins (20-5-6) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | BOS, | Bob Miller 10 (Wayne Cashman, Bill Bennett), 2:06 |
| BOS, | Al Sims 7 (Jean Ratelle), 10:19 | |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 14 (Nick Fotiu, Ron Greschner), 14:44 | |
| BOS, | John Wensink 20 (Terry O'Reilly, Al Sims), 15:52 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Peter McNab 20 (John Wensink, Rick Middleton), 6:33 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Smith, BOS [Tripping] 2:53 | |
| Greg Polis, NYR [Hooking] 7:28 | ||
| 2: | Mike Milbury, BOS [Hi-sticking] 19:35 | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 2 minutes
BOS: 4 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Korney | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Greg Polis | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -15 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -15 | 21 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Bennett | 7 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Songin | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Walton | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis O'Brien | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Al Sims | 29 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 6-10- 5-21
BOS: 6- 8-14-28
Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 7-5-1)
BOS: Gerry Cheevers (W, 10-0-3)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 13,672
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