All NHL game summaries from May 5, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (49-26-14) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (59-19-11) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Guy Lafleur 6 (Guy Lapointe, Steve Shutt), 8:35 |
| MTL, | Guy Lafleur 7 (Larry Robinson, Pierre Mondou), 9:00 | |
| MTL, | Larry Robinson 5 (Jacques Lemaire), 10:02 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MTL, | Serge Savard 1 (Larry Robinson, Jacques Lemaire), 10:03 - PP |
| MTL, | Mario Tremblay 2 (Pierre Mondou), 12:00 | |
| BOS, | Wayne Cashman 1 (Terry O'Reilly, Mike Milbury), 18:32 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Brad Park, BOS [Tripping] 3:31 |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Elbowing] 10:34 | |
| Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 17:06 | |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Fighting] 17:06 | |
| 2: | Brad Park, BOS [Interference] 6:26 |
| Yvon Lambert, MTL [Hi-sticking] 16:30 | |
| Brad Park, BOS [Tripping] 16:53 | |
| 3: | Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Fighting] 8:08 |
| Doug Risebrough, MTL [Fighting] 8:08 | |
| Stan Jonathan, BOS [Roughing] 8:08 | |
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Roughing] 8:08 | |
| Brad Park, BOS [Slashing] 8:08 | |
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Holding] 17:19 |
Penalty time: BOS: 20 minutes
MTL: 18 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -1 | 0 |
| Gary Doak | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Dwight Foster | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Al Sims | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 22 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 40 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 40 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 6- 7- 9-22
MTL: 18- 8-14-40
Goalies: BOS: Gilles Gilbert (L, 2-1-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 7-2-0)
Referee: Ron Wicks
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Ron Finn
Attendance: 17,593
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (49-32-11) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
 New York Islanders (57-18-14) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Don Maloney 7 (Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais), 15:29 |
| NYI, | Lorne Henning 2 (Bob Lorimer, Billy Harris), 17:48 - SH | |
| 2: | NYR, | Lucien DeBlois 2 (Mike McEwen, Ron Greschner), 7:29 |
| 3: | NYI, | Mike Kaszycki 1 (Bob Lorimer), 4:20 |
| NYR, | Ron Greschner 5 (Phil Esposito, Don Maloney), 9:04 | |
| NYI, | Bob Nystrom 3 (Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin), 9:33 | |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 3 (Ron Greschner, Steve Vickers), 17:47 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking] 13:45 | |
| Billy Harris, NYI [Slashing] 13:45 | ||
| Bob Bourne, NYI [Tripping] 16:22 | ||
| 2: | Pierre Plante, NYR [Hooking] 12:08 | |
| Mario Marois, NYR [Slashing] 16:21 | ||
| Bob Nystrom, NYI [Roughing] 19:38 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: NYR: 6 minutes
NYI: 6 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 4 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 4 | 30 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Price | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Stefan Persson | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Mike Kaszycki | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 9- 9-12-30
NYI: 9- 8-11-28
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 9-3-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (L, 4-1-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 14,995
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