Vancouver Canucks at New York Rangers

Fri, Jan 5, 1979 · Madison Square Garden · 1978–79 Regular Season

Vancouver Canucks

4 – 6

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–4 on Fri, Jan 5, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. Ulf Nilsson led the way with 3 points. Doug Soetaert made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–28.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
VAN	4	26
NYR	6	28

Vancouver Canucks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
8	Rick Blight	R	0	3	3	-1	0	2
9	Don Lever	C	1	1	2	0	0	2
17	Ron Sedlbauer	L	1	1	2	0	0	4
6	Dennis Kearns	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1
7	Pit Martin	C	1	0	1	-2	0	1
3	Lars Lindgren	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2
27	Harold Snepsts	D	1	0	1	-4	0	3
26	Don Kozak	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1
12	Stan Smyl	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1
24	Curt Fraser	L	0	0	0	-1	5	3
21	Jere Gillis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1
23	Thomas Gradin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1
22	Bob Manno	D	0	0	0	-3	2	2
29	Jack McIlhargey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
14	Chris Oddleifson	C	0	0	0	-1	5	0
20	Drew Callander	R	0	0	0	-3	0	0
15	Hilliard Graves	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dunc Wilson	L	28	22	6	.786	60:00

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Ulf Nilsson	C	3	0	3	+2	5	3
15	Anders Hedberg	R	0	2	2	+2	5	4
77	Phil Esposito	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1
24	Pierre Plante	R	0	2	2	+3	0	3
4	Ron Greschner	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1
27	Mike McEwen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2
5	Carol Vadnais	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1
18	Walt Tkaczuk	C	1	0	1	0	0	2
19	Dean Talafous	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0
26	Dave Maloney	D	1	0	1	+3	2	2
3	Dave Farrish	D	0	0	0	+1	9	1
22	Nick Fotiu	L	0	0	0	0	12	1
23	Lucien DeBlois	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Steve Vickers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Ron Duguay	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3
16	Pat Hickey	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0
25	Mario Marois	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Doug Soetaert	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00