The New York Rangers beat the Montreal Canadiens, 6 to 2, on January 3, 1979.

Final

Canadiens

26-7-5

2

Rangers

21-13-4

6

Team

MTL

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYR

Dave Maloney (EV) assisted by Steve Vickers

Mike McEwen (EV) assisted by Pierre Plante and Dean Talafous

2nd period

MTL

NYR

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Pierre Mondou

Nick Fotiu (EV) assisted by Pierre Plante

Ron Duguay (EV) assisted by Steve Vickers and Walt Tkaczuk

Ulf Nilsson (EV) assisted by Anders Hedberg and Mario Marois

3rd period

MTL

NYR

Anders Hedberg (EV) assisted by Ulf Nilsson and Pat Hickey

Pierre Larouche (PP) unassisted

Canadiens

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ken Dryden (L) K. Dryden	0	1	0	26	20	.769	6	6.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	S	S%
Rick Chartraw R. Chartraw	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Pat Hughes P. Hughes	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	0	1	-2	0	0	5	20.0
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	50.0
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0.0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	0.0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	0	0	-4	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0.0
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Davidson (W) J. Davidson	1	0	0	27	25	.926	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	1	0	1	+2	0	0	3	33.3
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Dave Farrish D. Farrish	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	1	0	1	+1	4	1	2	50.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	1	1	2	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	1	0	1	+3	0	0	4	25.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	1	1	2	+1	0	0	2	50.0
Pierre Plante P. Plante	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0.0