Atlanta Flames at New York Rangers

Sun, Dec 31, 1978 · Madison Square Garden · 1978–79 Regular Season

Atlanta Flames

6 – 5

Final

New York Rangers

The Atlanta Flames beat the New York Rangers 6–5 on Sun, Dec 31, 1978 at Madison Square Garden. Tom Lysiak led the way with 4 points. Yves Belanger made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–27.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
AFM	6	27
NYR	5	27

Atlanta Flames

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
12	Tom Lysiak	C	2	2	4	+1	0	3
7	Bobby Lalonde	C	0	3	3	0	0	0
16	Guy Chouinard	C	1	2	3	+1	2	2
11	Bob MacMillan	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2
27	Eric Vail	L	2	0	2	+1	4	4
25	Willi Plett	R	1	0	1	0	4	4
24	Harold Phillipoff	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1
15	Rod Seiling	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	Greg Fox	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1
8	Dave Shand	D	0	0	0	+4	2	1
6	Ken Houston	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
19	Ed Kea	D	0	0	0	0	2	1
3	Pat Ribble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Bill Clement	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Jean Pronovost	R	0	0	0	0	0	4
14	Gene Carr	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
5	Brad Marsh	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Yves Belanger	W	27	22	5	.815	60:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
77	Phil Esposito	C	2	0	2	-1	2	3
4	Ron Greschner	D	1	1	2	0	0	7
10	Ron Duguay	C	1	1	2	0	0	2
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	2	2	-1	2	2
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	1	1	-2	0	0
16	Pat Hickey	L	1	0	1	-2	0	2
25	Mario Marois	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	1	1	+2	2	0
26	Dave Maloney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	0	0	0	0	3
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Wayne Thomas	L	27	21	6	.778	58:25