The New York Rangers were defeated by the Boston Bruins, 4 to 3, on December 23, 1979.

Final

Bruins

19-9-5

4

Rangers

16-15-5

3

Team

BOS

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

NYR

Mario Marois (EV) assisted by Don Maloney and Phil Esposito

2nd period

BOS

NYR

Rick Middleton (EV) assisted by Rick Smith and Craig MacTavish

Don Murdoch (PP) assisted by Steve Vickers and Carol Vadnais

Anders Hedberg (EV) assisted by Ulf Nilsson

3rd period

BOS

NYR

Terry O'Reilly (PP) assisted by Peter McNab and Ray Bourque

Bobby Lalonde (PP) assisted by Ray Bourque

Stan Jonathan (EV) assisted by Bobby Lalonde and Peter McNab

Bruins

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gerry Cheevers (W) G. Cheevers	1	0	0	17	14	.824	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	0	4	0.0
Gary Doak G. Doak	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Dwight Foster D. Foster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stan Jonathan S. Jonathan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Bobby Lalonde B. Lalonde	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Craig MacTavish C. MacTavish	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Peter McNab P. McNab	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Rick Middleton R. Middleton	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
Mike Milbury M. Milbury	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Dick Redmond D. Redmond	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Al Secord A. Secord	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Rick Smith R. Smith	0	1	1	+2	6	0	0	0	0
Thomas Songin T. Songin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
John Wensink J. Wensink	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Davidson (L) J. Davidson	0	1	0	24	20	.833	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ed Hospodar E. Hospodar	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	+1	10	0	0	1	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	1	100.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	0.0