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Wednesday, October 18, 1978 · Madison Square Garden

Red Wings 3 at Rangers 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 61OVR Dean Talafous Rangers First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG D 96OVR Mike McEwen Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 64OVR Dennis Hextall Capitals Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:23 Mike McEwen (3) Phil Esposito (1), Dean Talafous (1) DET 0 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 2:55 Vaclav Nedomansky (2) Dennis Hextall (2), Nick Libett (2) DET 1 – 1 NYR
  2. 4:15 Dale McCourt (3) Thommie Bergman (2) DET 2 – 1 NYR
  3. 14:17 Ron Duguay (2) Mike McEwen (3) DET 2 – 2 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 3:48 Dennis Hextall (1) Fern LeBlanc (1), Willie Huber (1) DET 3 – 2 NYR
  2. 6:19 Dean Talafous (1) Pierre Plante (2) DET 3 – 3 NYR

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dennis Hextall C 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Dale McCourt C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Fern LeBlanc C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Willie Huber D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Nick Libett L 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Thommie Bergman D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Vaclav Nedomansky C 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.53
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 0.53
Al Cameron D 0 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.38
Reed Larson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Brent Peterson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Errol Thompson L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Terry Harper D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Paul Woods C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 -0.15
David Hanson D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Perry Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon T 33 30 3 .909 59:54 0.75

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dean Talafous C 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Mike McEwen D 1 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.68
Phil Esposito C 0 1 4 0 0 +3 0:00 1.38
Ron Duguay C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Pierre Plante R 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.85
Anders Hedberg R 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dave Maloney D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dave Farrish D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Pat Hickey L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Mario Marois D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Ulf Nilsson C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Ron Greschner D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 -0.38
Greg Polis R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Thomas T 24 21 3 .875 60:00 -0.15