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Wednesday, February 15, 1978 · Madison Square Garden

Canucks 3 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 97OVR Ron Greschner Rangers First Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG R 75OVR Mark Heaslip Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC C 90OVR Phil Esposito Rangers Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 15:06 Sheldon Kannegiesser (1) Bob Manno (7), Jere Gillis (12) VAN 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 4:03 Ron Greschner (14) PPG Carol Vadnais (34) VAN 1 – 1 NYR
  2. 6:55 Walt Tkaczuk (24) Steve Vickers (30), Don Murdoch (22) VAN 1 – 2 NYR
  3. 11:24 Pat Hickey (30) Mike McEwen (9) VAN 1 – 3 NYR
  4. 13:36 Phil Esposito (21) PPG Ron Greschner (27) VAN 1 – 4 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 15:48 Dan Newman (3) Ron Greschner (28), Mark Heaslip (2) VAN 1 – 5 NYR
  2. 16:30 Dennis Ververgaert (13) Ron Sedlbauer (6), Don Lever (21) VAN 2 – 5 NYR
  3. 17:22 Chris Oddleifson (15) Hilliard Graves (18), Dennis Kearns (35) VAN 3 – 5 NYR
  4. 19:20 Mark Heaslip (1) Phil Esposito (34) VAN 3 – 6 NYR

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jere Gillis L 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Chris Oddleifson C 1 0 2 +2 1.05
Hilliard Graves R 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Dennis Ververgaert R 1 0 2 0 0.90
Dennis Kearns D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Sheldon Kannegiesser D 1 0 1 +1 0.83
Bob Manno D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Ron Sedlbauer L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Don Lever C 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Pit Martin C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Brad Gassoff L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Rick Blight R 0 0 3 -3 -0.22
Mike Walton C 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Claire Alexander D 0 0 3 -4 -0.38
Rob Flockhart R 0 0 0 -3 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cesare Maniago L 22 17 5 .773 59:22 -2.05

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ron Greschner D 1 2 1 +2 2.08
Mark Heaslip R 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Phil Esposito C 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Dan Newman R 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 0 1 0 0.83
Steve Vickers L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Don Murdoch R 0 1 4 -1 0.78
Pat Hickey L 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Mike McEwen D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Dave Farrish D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dallas Smith D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Wayne Dillon C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Don Awrey D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ron Duguay C 0 0 1 -1 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson W 17 14 3 .824 60:00 -0.85