The Minnesota North Stars were defeated by the New York Rangers, 7 to 2, on November 18, 1978.

Final

Rangers

11-3-3

7

North Stars

5-9-2

2

Team

NYR

MNS

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

MNS

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

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Ron Greschner

Anders Hedberg (EV) assisted by Ulf Nilsson

2nd period

NYR

MNS

Carol Vadnais (EV) assisted by Ron Duguay and Dave Maloney

Ron Zanussi (EV) assisted by Glen Sharpley and J.P. Parise

Dean Talafous (EV) assisted by Walt Tkaczuk and Ron Duguay

Carol Vadnais (PP) assisted by Ron Greschner and Steve Vickers

3rd period

NYR

MNS

J.P. Parise (EV) assisted by Bobby Smith and Bryan Maxwell

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

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	34	32	.941	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dave Farrish D. Farrish	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0	3	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	1	3	33.3
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	1	1	2	+4	4	0	0	0	3	33.3
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Pierre Plante P. Plante	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	4	25.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	2	0	2	-1	2	1	0	0	3	66.7
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	1	1	+1	7	0	1	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Pete Lopresti (L) P. Lopresti	0	1	0	7	4	.571	3	9.00	0	20
Gary Edwards G. Edwards				29	25	.862	4	6.00	0	40

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Per-Olov Brasar P. Brasar	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Mike Fidler M. Fidler	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	0	0	0	5	1	0.0
Bryan Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	1	1	-3	0	2	0.0
J.P. Parise	1	1	2	+1	2	4	25.0
Steve Payne S. Payne	0	0	0	-2	5	2	0.0
Mike Polich M. Polich	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Jean Potvin J. Potvin	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Gary Sargent G. Sargent	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0.0
Glen Sharpley G. Sharpley	0	1	1	0	2	1	0.0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0.0
Greg Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Tom Younghans T. Younghans	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Ron Zanussi R. Zanussi	1	0	1	0	0	6	16.7