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Tuesday, January 17, 1978 · Pacific Coliseum

Rangers 5 at Canucks 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 88OVR Don Murdoch Rangers First Star 2G · 2 SOG C 49OVR Ralph Stewart Canucks Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG D 97OVR Ron Greschner Rangers Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:11 Don Murdoch (15) Steve Vickers (26) NYR 1 – 0 VAN
  2. 7:41 Mike Walton (20) PPG Jere Gillis (10), Rick Blight (25) NYR 1 – 1 VAN
  3. 17:23 Harold Snepsts (3) Hilliard Graves (12), Ralph Stewart (3) NYR 1 – 2 VAN

2nd Period

  1. 6:41 Ralph Stewart (2) Bob Manno (6) NYR 1 – 3 VAN
  2. 14:15 Ron Duguay (8) Pat Hickey (13) NYR 2 – 3 VAN

3rd Period

  1. 1:14 Don Murdoch (16) Dallas Smith (2) NYR 3 – 3 VAN
  2. 4:32 Ron Greschner (8) Unassisted NYR 4 – 3 VAN
  3. 13:57 Ron Greschner (9) Unassisted NYR 5 – 3 VAN
  4. 16:56 Chris Oddleifson (11) Dennis Kearns (24), Dennis Ververgaert (23) NYR 5 – 4 VAN

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Don Murdoch R 2 0 2 +3 2.10
Ron Greschner D 2 0 3 +2 1.88
Dallas Smith D 0 1 1 +4 1.30
Steve Vickers L 0 1 0 +4 1.23
Ron Duguay C 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 2 +4 0.75
Pat Hickey L 0 1 2 -1 0.48
Greg Polis R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Phil Esposito C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mario Marois D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Don Awrey D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Mike McEwen D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 1 -1 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson W 31 27 4 .871 60:00 -0.30

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ralph Stewart C 1 1 5 +2 2.05
Dennis Ververgaert R 0 1 5 +1 1.15
Mike Walton C 1 0 4 0 1.05
Hilliard Graves R 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Chris Oddleifson C 1 0 3 0 0.98
Bob Manno D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Harold Snepsts D 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Rick Blight R 0 1 5 -5 0.25
Jere Gillis L 0 1 1 -4 0.10
Garry Monahan L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Brad Gassoff L 0 0 1 +2 0.00
Gerry O'Flaherty L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Larry Goodenough D 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Grisdale D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Pit Martin C 0 0 2 -4 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Curt Ridley L 26 21 5 .808 60:00 -1.65