The New York Rangers were defeated by the Minnesota North Stars, 8 to 1, on January 15, 1979.

Final

North Stars

16-21-5

8

Rangers

25-14-4

1

Team

MNS

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MNS

NYR

Jim Roberts (EV) assisted by Tim Young and Ron Zanussi

Tim Young (PP) assisted by Per-Olov Brasar and Kris Manery

2nd period

MNS

NYR

Kris Manery (EV) assisted by Per-Olov Brasar and Glen Sharpley

Tim Young (EV) assisted by Ron Zanussi and Jim Roberts

Tim Young (EV) assisted by Ron Zanussi and Greg Smith

3rd period

MNS

NYR

Dave Maloney (EV) assisted by Carol Vadnais and Walt Tkaczuk

Tim Young (PP) assisted by Jean Potvin and Gilles Meloche

Al MacAdam (PP) assisted by Gary Sargent and J.P. Parise

Tim Young (EV) unassisted

North Stars

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

North Stars

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Meloche (W) G. Meloche	1	0	0	34	33	.971	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Per-Olov Brasar P. Brasar	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Butters B. Butters	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Kris Manery K. Manery	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	2	50.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	0	0	+1	7	0	0	0	3	0.0
J.P. Parise	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Steve Payne S. Payne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Polich M. Polich	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Jean Potvin J. Potvin	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0
Jim Roberts J. Roberts	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Gary Sargent G. Sargent	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Glen Sharpley G. Sharpley	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Smith G. Smith	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	0
Tim Young T. Young	5	1	6	+4	0	2	0	1	5	100.0
Tom Younghans T. Younghans	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0
Ron Zanussi R. Zanussi	0	3	3	+4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Doug Soetaert (L) D. Soetaert	0	1	0	13	8	.615	5	7.50	0	40
Wayne Thomas W. Thomas				8	5	.625	3	9.00	0	20

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Tim Bothwell T. Bothwell	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0
Dave Farrish D. Farrish	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0.0
Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	0	0	0	-1	21	1	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	1	0	1	0	7	1	100.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Pierre Plante P. Plante	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0.0