The New York Rangers came up just a bit short against the Boston Bruins, 3 to 2, on December 3, 1978.

Final

Bruins

15-4-5

3

Rangers

13-6-4

2

Team

BOS

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

NYR

Al Secord (EV) assisted by Al Sims

2nd period

BOS

NYR

Al Sims (EV) assisted by Don Marcotte and Rick Middleton

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Steve Vickers and Lucien DeBlois

3rd period

BOS

NYR

Ulf Nilsson (SH) unassisted

John Wensink (EV) assisted by Terry O'Reilly and Dick Redmond

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	20	18	.900	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Wayne Cashman W. Cashman	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0.0
Don Marcotte D. Marcotte	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Peter McNab P. McNab	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rick Middleton R. Middleton	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Milbury M. Milbury	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0
Bob Miller B. Miller	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0
Brad Park B. Park	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0
Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dick Redmond D. Redmond	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Schmautz B. Schmautz	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Al Secord A. Secord	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0
Al Sims A. Sims	1	1	2	+1	0	0	2	50.0
John Wensink J. Wensink	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Davidson (L) J. Davidson	0	1	0	23	20	.870	3	3.05	0	59

Skaters

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