Montréal Canadiens at New York Rangers

Wed, Jan 3, 1979 · Madison Square Garden · 1978–79 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

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Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–2 on Wed, Jan 3, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. Pierre Plante led the way with 2 points. John Davidson made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–26.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
MTL	2	27
NYR	6	26

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
6	Pierre Mondou	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2
10	Guy Lafleur	R	1	0	1	-2	0	5
28	Pierre Larouche	C	1	0	1	0	2	2
18	Serge Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Yvon Lambert	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1
23	Bob Gainey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1
21	Doug Jarvis	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Gilles Lupien	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2
5	Guy Lapointe	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1
15	Rejean Houle	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0
14	Mario Tremblay	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1
19	Larry Robinson	D	0	0	0	-4	0	2
22	Steve Shutt	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2
27	Rick Chartraw	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2
3	Brian Engblom	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3
30	Pat Hughes	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
8	Doug Risebrough	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Ken Dryden	L	26	20	6	.769	60:00

New York Rangers

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	John Davidson	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00