New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings

Sat, Dec 9, 1978 · Detroit Olympia · 1978–79 Regular Season

New York Rangers

4 – 5

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Sat, Dec 9, 1978 at Detroit Olympia. John Taft led the way with 2 points. Rogie Vachon made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–35.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	4	30
DET	5	35

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
4	Ron Greschner	D	1	1	2	+1	2	2
10	Ron Duguay	C	1	1	2	0	0	7
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	1	1	0	0	3
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	0	0	2
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	1	1	0	0	0
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	-1	2	1
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1
6	Mike Korney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2
77	Phil Esposito	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	John Davidson	L	35	30	5	.857	58:57

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	John Taft	D	0	2	2	+1	2	1
19	Dan Bolduc	R	2	0	2	+1	0	3
14	Nick Libett	L	0	2	2	+1	0	5
20	Vaclav Nedomansky	C	0	1	1	0	0	2
28	Reed Larson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	6
10	Dale McCourt	C	1	0	1	0	0	5
16	Andre St. Laurent	C	0	1	1	0	4	1
8	Dennis Polonich	C	0	1	1	+1	5	0
4	Thommie Bergman	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2
23	Bill Lochead	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2
3	Perry Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3
15	Paul Woods	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	Errol Thompson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2
21	Dan Labraaten	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1
18	Mal Davis	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0
7	Willie Huber	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1
29	John Hilworth	D	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Rogie Vachon	W	30	26	4	.867	60:00