The New York Rangers were defeated by the Atlanta Flames, 6 to 5, on December 31, 1978.

Final

Flames

20-16-3

6

Rangers

20-13-4

5

Team

AFM

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

AFM

NYR

Phil Esposito (PP) assisted by Ron Duguay and Mario Marois

2nd period

AFM

NYR

Tom Lysiak (SH) assisted by Bobby Lalonde

Tom Lysiak (PP) assisted by Bobby Lalonde and Bob MacMillan

Phil Esposito (PP) assisted by Steve Vickers and Carol Vadnais

Ron Greschner (EV) unassisted

Ron Duguay (SH) assisted by Dean Talafous

3rd period

AFM

NYR

Pat Hickey (PP) assisted by Carol Vadnais and Ron Greschner

Eric Vail (EV) assisted by Bob MacMillan and Guy Chouinard

Eric Vail (EV) assisted by Guy Chouinard

Guy Chouinard (PP) assisted by Tom Lysiak and Bobby Lalonde

Willi Plett (EV) assisted by Harold Phillipoff and Tom Lysiak

Flames

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Flames

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Yves Belanger (W) Y. Belanger	1	0	0	27	22	.815	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Gene Carr G. Carr	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Guy Chouinard G. Chouinard	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Greg Fox G. Fox	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Houston K. Houston	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ed Kea E. Kea	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Lalonde B. Lalonde	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Tom Lysiak T. Lysiak	2	2	4	+1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	66.7
Bob MacMillan B. MacMillan	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brad Marsh B. Marsh	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Harold Phillipoff H. Phillipoff	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Willi Plett W. Plett	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Jean Pronovost J. Pronovost	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Rod Seiling R. Seiling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Shand D. Shand	0	0	0	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Eric Vail E. Vail	2	0	2	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Wayne Thomas (L) W. Thomas	0	1	0	27	21	.778	6	6.16	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	50.0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	2	0	2	-1	2	2	0	0	0	3	66.7
Dave Farrish D. Farrish	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	14.3
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Plante P. Plante	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	2	2	-1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0