NHL game summary from December 26, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (19-11-4) |
1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
 Atlanta Flames (19-14-3) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1: | NYR, | Pat Hickey 17 (Ulf Nilsson, Ron Greschner), 2:13 - PP |
| ATL, | Guy Chouinard 22 (Jean Pronovost, Tom Lysiak), 12:19 - PP | |
| ATL, | Don Laurence 3 (Eric Vail, Pat Ribble), 12:49 | |
| 2: | ATL, | Bill Clement 9 (Gene Carr, Bobby Lalonde), :56 |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 13 (Ulf Nilsson, Dave Maloney), 5:02 | |
| NYR, | Nick Fotiu 1 (Pierre Plante), 5:17 | |
| NYR, | Mike McEwen 10 (Walt Tkaczuk), 13:30 | |
| NYR, | Pierre Plante 3 (Phil Esposito, Lucien DeBlois), 17:19 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Brad Marsh, ATL [Holding] 0:49 |
| Nick Fotiu, NYR [Hooking] 4:07 | |
| Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Hooking] 11:41 | |
| 2: | Brad Marsh, ATL [Holding] 6:17 |
| Dean Talafous, NYR [Roughing] 9:27 | |
| Richard Mulhern, ATL [Roughing double minor] 9:27 | |
| 3: | Richard Mulhern, ATL [Hooking] 10:22 |
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes
ATL: 10 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 43 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 43 | ||||||
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Ribble | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
| Brad Marsh | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jean Pronovost | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Gene Carr | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Seiling | 15 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Don Laurence | 17 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Kea | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 15-16-12-43
ATL: 8- 4-11-23
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 9-5-2)
ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 19-11-2)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 10,546
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