The Detroit Red Wings squeaked out a win over the New York Rangers, 5 to 4, on December 9, 1978.

Final

Rangers

15-7-4

4

Red Wings

7-13-7

5

Team

NYR

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

DET

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

Ron Greschner (PP) assisted by Ron Duguay and Dean Talafous

Ron Duguay (EV) assisted by Dave Farrish and Nick Fotiu

Bill Lochead (EV) assisted by Dennis Polonich

2nd period

NYR

DET

Dale McCourt (PP) assisted by Vaclav Nedomansky and Reed Larson

Thommie Bergman (EV) assisted by John Taft and Nick Libett

3rd period

NYR

DET

Dan Bolduc (EV) assisted by Andre St. Laurent and John Taft

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) assisted by Ron Greschner and Steve Vickers

Dan Bolduc (EV) assisted by Nick Libett

Rangers

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Davidson (L) J. Davidson	0	1	0	35	30	.857	5	5.09	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	7	14.3
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Farrish D. Farrish	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	2	50.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	1	100.0
Mike Korney M. Korney	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Rogie Vachon (W) R. Vachon	1	0	0	30	26	.867	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Thommie Bergman T. Bergman	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dan Bolduc D. Bolduc	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	1	3	66.7
Mal Davis M. Davis	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Huber W. Huber	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dan Labraaten D. Labraaten	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	6	0.0
Nick Libett N. Libett	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Bill Lochead B. Lochead	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
Perry Miller P. Miller	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
John Taft J. Taft	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Errol Thompson E. Thompson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Woods P. Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0