NHL game summary from December 22, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Detroit Red Wings (8-17-9) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 New York Rangers (18-10-4) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1: | DET, | Dennis Polonich 4 (Perry Miller, Thommie Bergman), 6:16 |
| NYR, | Pat Hickey 15 (Carol Vadnais, Anders Hedberg), 9:49 - PP | |
| NYR, | Pat Hickey 16 (Dave Maloney), 16:19 | |
| DET, | Dan Bolduc 5 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Reed Larson), 18:51 | |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 16 (Ron Greschner, Pat Hickey), 19:55 - PP | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | NYR, | Phil Esposito 17 (Ron Duguay), 19:21 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mario Marois, NYR [Slashing] 3:48 |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Fighting] 4:14 | |
| Reed Larson, DET [Fighting] 4:14 | |
| Thommie Bergman, DET [Holding] 9:15 | |
| Thommie Bergman, DET [Holding] 10:41 | |
| Steve Vickers, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 11:32 | |
| Willie Huber, DET [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 11:32 | |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Cross checking, Roughing] 15:17 | |
| Perry Miller, DET [Roughing] 15:17 | |
| Dan Labraaten, DET [Tripping] 18:13 | |
| 2: | Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Slashing] 3:59 |
| Dave Farrish, NYR [Slashing] 15:42 | |
| 3: | Mike McEwen, NYR [Hooking] 4:14 |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Hooking] 8:02 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 19:46 | |
| Mario Marois, NYR [Fighting] 19:46 |
Penalty time: DET: 27 minutes
NYR: 29 minutes
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Miller | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Thommie Bergman | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Willie Huber | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| John Taft | 11 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rob Plumb | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Fern LeBlanc | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Bolduc | 19 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Labraaten | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Lochead | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| John Hilworth | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rogie Vachon | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 19 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: DET: 4- 9- 6-19
NYR: 17- 7- 9-33
Goalies: DET: Rogie Vachon (L, 5-12-6)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 8-5-2)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Willard Norris
Attendance: 17,412
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