NHL game summary from January 30, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (29-16-5) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
 Vancouver Canucks (17-27-7) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1: | NYR, | Phil Esposito 25 (Dean Talafous, Don Murdoch), 2:47 |
| NYR, | Pat Hickey 23 (Mike McEwen, Ulf Nilsson), 9:51 | |
| 2: | VAN, | Rob Flockhart 1 (Ron Sedlbauer, Bob Manno), 4:12 |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 22 (Walt Tkaczuk, Nick Fotiu), 15:03 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Phil Esposito 26 (Dean Talafous, Don Murdoch), 2:36 |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 21 (Pierre Plante, Ron Greschner), 9:13 | |
| VAN, | Ron Sedlbauer 29 (Rick Blight, Rob Flockhart), 17:31 | |
| VAN, | Rick Blight 5 (Curt Fraser), 18:09 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 5:08 |
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Hi-sticking] 12:35 | |
| Lars Lindgren, VAN [Hi-sticking] 12:35 | |
| Mike McEwen, NYR [Tripping] 19:15 | |
| 2: | Carol Vadnais, NYR [Roughing] 4:54 |
| Rick Blight, VAN [Roughing] 4:54 | |
| Harold Snepsts, VAN [Slashing] 5:43 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 8:03 | |
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Slashing] 9:12 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Holding] 10:28 | |
| 3: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Elbowing] 10:55 |
| Larry Goodenough, VAN [Hi-sticking] 14:53 |
Penalty time: NYR: 16 minutes
VAN: 8 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Farrish | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 36 | ||||||
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Larry Goodenough | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Brad Gassoff | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Grisdale | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Drew Callander | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Rob Flockhart | 28 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gary Bromley | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 47 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 47 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 9-13-14-36
VAN: 11-22-14-47
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 17-7-3)
VAN: Gary Bromley (L, 4-10-2)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Jim Christison
Attendance: 14,833
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