The Minnesota North Stars fell to the New York Rangers, 5 to 3, on January 4, 1978.

Final

Rangers

13-16-9

5

North Stars

9-23-4

3

Team

NYR

MNS

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

MNS

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) assisted by Don Murdoch

Ron Duguay (EV) assisted by Greg Polis

Dean Talafous (EV) assisted by Pierre Jarry and Brad Maxwell

Phil Esposito (PP) assisted by Pat Hickey and Mike McEwen

2nd period

NYR

MNS

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) assisted by Dallas Smith and Dave Maloney

3rd period

NYR

MNS

Roland Eriksson (PP) assisted by Pierre Jarry and Dean Talafous

Roland Eriksson (EV) assisted by Brad Maxwell

Lucien DeBlois (EV) assisted by Greg Polis and Ron Duguay

Rangers

North Stars

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

North Stars

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Wayne Thomas (W) W. Thomas	1	0	0	37	34	.919	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Wayne Dillon W. Dillon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dan Newman D. Newman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Polis G. Polis	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dallas Smith D. Smith	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	1	6	33.3
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Pete Lopresti (L) P. Lopresti	0	1	0	28	23	.821	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Kent-Erik Andersson K. Andersson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Fred Barrett F. Barrett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Harvey Bennett H. Bennett	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Per-Olov Brasar P. Brasar	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Engele J. Engele	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Roland Eriksson R. Eriksson	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	8	25.0
Doug Hicks D. Hicks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pierre Jarry P. Jarry	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	3	0.0
Steve Jensen S. Jensen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	4	0.0
Lou Nanne L. Nanne	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Alex Pirus A. Pirus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Glen Sharpley G. Sharpley	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	5	20.0
Tim Young T. Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Tom Younghans T. Younghans	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0