NHL game summary from December 28, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (19-12-4)	1	2	2	5
Philadelphia Flyers (19-12-6)	3	0	3	6

1:	NYR,	Pat Hickey 18 (Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson), 7:20
	PHI,	Rick MacLeish 15 (Kevin McCarthy, Blake Dunlop), 10:03
	PHI,	Bobby Clarke 8, 12:06
	PHI,	Reggie Leach 16 (Bill Barber), 12:26
2:	NYR,	Ulf Nilsson 12 (Anders Hedberg, Pat Hickey), 4:29
	NYR,	Ron Greschner 14 (Lucien DeBlois, Steve Vickers), 9:56 - PP
3:	PHI,	Bobby Clarke 9 (Reggie Leach, Bill Barber), :37
	NYR,	Phil Esposito 18 (Pierre Plante, Dean Talafous), 2:16
	PHI,	Reggie Leach 17 (Jimmy Watson, Rick MacLeish), 6:25 - PP
	NYR,	Steve Vickers 10 (Ron Duguay, Phil Esposito), 10:04 - PP
	PHI,	Paul Holmgren 6 (Jimmy Watson), 16:38

Penalties:

1:	Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Fighting] 3:36
	Mel Bridgman, PHI [Fighting] 3:36
	Kevin McCarthy, PHI [Interference] 16:35
2:	Andre Dupont, PHI [Hooking] 0:43
	Bobby Clarke, PHI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 6:23
	Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 6:23
	Kevin McCarthy, PHI [Interference] 8:36
	Mario Marois, NYR [Boarding] 10:17
	Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Hooking] 13:32
	Dave Maloney, NYR [Slashing, Unsportsmanlike conduct, Misconduct] 14:42
3:	Anders Hedberg, NYR [Hi-sticking, Roughing] 3:01
	Bernie Parent, PHI [Interference] 3:01
	Bill Barber, PHI [Roughing] 3:01
	Bobby Clarke, PHI [Tripping] 8:48
	Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 12:54
	Mel Bridgman, PHI [Roughing] 12:54

Penalty time: NYR: 36 minutes PHI: 26 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dave Farrish	3	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Ron Greschner	4	D	1	0	1	0	-2	2
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Vickers	8	LW	1	1	2	0	-1	3
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	1	1	2	2	-1	2
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	2	2	4	-1	2
Pat Hickey	16	LW	1	1	2	0	-1	1
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Dean Talafous	19	C	0	1	1	0	0	2
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lucien DeBlois	23	C	0	1	1	5	0	0
Pierre Plante	24	RW	0	1	1	0	0	1
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	16	-1	0
Mike McEwen	27	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Doug Soetaert	33	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	1	1	2	7	0	6
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-10	25
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-10	25

PHI Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Bernie Parent	1	G	0	0	0	2	0	0
Behn Wilson	3	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
Rick Lapointe	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Dupont	6	D	0	0	0	2	0	1
Bill Barber	7	LW	0	2	2	2	2	1
Bob Kelly	9	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Mel Bridgman	10	C	0	0	0	7	-2	2
Don Saleski	11	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Bobby Clarke	16	C	2	0	2	9	2	4
Paul Holmgren	17	RW	1	0	1	0	2	5
Yves Preston	18	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Rick MacLeish	19	C	1	1	2	0	2	3
Jimmy Watson	20	D	0	2	2	0	2	3
Paul Evans	23	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin McCarthy	25	D	0	1	1	4	2	1
Reggie Leach	27	RW	2	1	3	0	2	2
Barry Dean	29	LW	0	0	0	0	0	2
Blake Dunlop	32	C	0	1	1	0	2	3
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							10	32
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)					10	32

Shots: NYR: 4- 4-17-25 PHI: 9-11-12-32 Goalies: NYR: Doug Soetaert (L, 2-1-1) PHI: Bernie Parent (W, 14-9-4) Referee: Wally Harris Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Leon Stickle Attendance: 17,077

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