The Vancouver Canucks were defeated by the New York Rangers, 5 to 2, on November 5, 1978.

Final

Rangers

8-1-3

5

Canucks

5-7-1

2

Team

NYR

VAN

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

VAN

Pat Hickey (EV) assisted by Ron Greschner

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Ron Duguay and Dave Farrish

Dennis Kearns (EV) assisted by Dennis Ververgaert and Pit Martin

Rick Blight (EV) assisted by Roland Eriksson and Ron Sedlbauer

2nd period

NYR

VAN

Dave Farrish (EV) assisted by Ron Duguay and Phil Esposito

Ron Greschner (EV) assisted by Pat Hickey

3rd period

NYR

VAN

Ron Duguay (EV) assisted by Phil Esposito

Rangers

Canucks

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Canucks

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Wayne Thomas (W) W. Thomas	1	0	0	24	22	.917	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

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

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gary Bromley (L) G. Bromley	0	1	0	29	24	.828	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Rick Blight R. Blight	1	0	1	-1	0	1	100.0
Roland Eriksson R. Eriksson	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0.0
Curt Fraser C. Fraser	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Jere Gillis J. Gillis	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Thomas Gradin T. Gradin	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
John Grisdale J. Grisdale	0	0	0	-4	0	0
Dennis Kearns D. Kearns	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Don Lever D. Lever	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0.0
Lars Lindgren L. Lindgren	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Pit Martin P. Martin	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0.0
Jack McIlhargey J. McIlhargey	0	0	0	+2	4	0
Chris Oddleifson C. Oddleifson	0	0	0	-3	0	0
Ron Sedlbauer R. Sedlbauer	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0
Harold Snepsts H. Snepsts	0	0	0	-2	5	1	0.0
Dennis Ververgaert D. Ververgaert	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0
Lars Zetterstrom L. Zetterstrom	0	0	0	-2	0	0