All NHL game summaries from May 21, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (51-36-11) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (64-21-11) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Montreal Canadiens win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MTL, | Rick Chartraw 2 (Rejean Houle, Yvon Lambert), 10:36 |
| NYR, | Carol Vadnais 2 (Don Murdoch), 16:52 | |
| 2: | MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 10, 1:02 - PP |
| MTL, | Bob Gainey 6 (Doug Jarvis, Rejean Houle), 11:01 | |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 11 (Rejean Houle), 18:49 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Cross checking] 19:59 |
| 2: | Rod Langway, MTL [Cross checking] 6:41 |
| 3: | Mark Napier, MTL [Slashing] 18:12 |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 19:41 |
Penalty time: NYR: 4 minutes
MTL: 4 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Sheehan | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Lucien DeBlois | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Plante | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 15 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 15 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 31 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 8- 3- 4-15
MTL: 9-14- 8-31
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 11-7-0)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 12-4-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Matt Pavelich, Claude Bechard
Attendance: 18,076
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