The New York Rangers put the smackdown on the Los Angeles Kings, 7 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1979 playoff series on April 10, 1979.

Final

Kings

0-1-0

1

Rangers

1-0-0

7

Team

LAK

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

LAK

NYR

Lucien DeBlois (PP) assisted by Mike McEwen and Mario Marois

Charlie Simmer (PP) assisted by Marcel Dionne

Mike McEwen (PP) assisted by Walt Tkaczuk

2nd period

LAK

NYR

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

Dave Maloney (EV) assisted by Mike McEwen and Pierre Plante

Ron Greschner (PP) assisted by Anders Hedberg and Pat Hickey

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) assisted by Don Maloney and Carol Vadnais

3rd period

LAK

NYR

Dave Maloney (EV) assisted by Ron Duguay

Kings

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Kings

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mario Lessard (L) M. Lessard	0	1	0	30	23	.767	7	7.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Syl Apps Jr. S. Apps Jr.	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	6	0.0
Darryl Edestrand D. Edestrand	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Glenn Goldup G. Goldup	0	0	0	-1	9	0	0	2	0.0
Butch Goring B. Goring	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Randy Holt R. Holt	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Jensen S. Jensen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Randy Manery R. Manery	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0.0
Richard Mulhern R. Mulhern	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Murphy M. Murphy	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Rob Palmer R. Palmer	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	2	0.0
Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	3	33.3
Dave Taylor D. Taylor	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	5	0.0
Murray Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Davidson (W) J. Davidson	1	0	0	32	31	.969	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Farrish D. Farrish	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	2	0	2	+3	6	0	0	0	3	66.7
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	1	1	+1	7	0	0	0	0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	1	2	3	+1	0	1	1	1	2	50.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pierre Plante P. Plante	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	1	2	3	+2	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0