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Sunday, October 22, 1978 · Madison Square Garden

Maple Leafs 2 at Rangers 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 71OVR Walt Tkaczuk Rangers First Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG C 58OVR Dean Talafous Rangers Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG D 90OVR Carol Vadnais Rangers Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 15:56 Walt Tkaczuk (2) PPG Pierre Plante (4), Dean Talafous (2) TOR 0 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 9:27 Lanny McDonald (2) PPG Dave Williams (1), Darryl Sittler (6) TOR 1 – 1 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 3:02 Phil Esposito (2) Carol Vadnais (1), Mike Korney (1) TOR 1 – 2 NYR
  2. 5:53 Ulf Nilsson (2) Pat Hickey (4), Anders Hedberg (3) TOR 1 – 3 NYR
  3. 10:58 Dean Talafous (2) SHG Ron Greschner (2), Carol Vadnais (2) TOR 1 – 4 NYR
  4. 12:20 Dave Hutchison (1) Walt McKechnie (2) TOR 2 – 4 NYR
  5. 17:08 Lucien DeBlois (2) Dave Farrish (2), Walt Tkaczuk (4) TOR 2 – 5 NYR

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dave Hutchison D 1 0 1 0 0.83
Walt McKechnie C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Lanny McDonald R 1 0 4 -2 0.75
Dave Williams L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Darryl Sittler C 0 1 2 -2 0.48
Dan Maloney L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Joel Quenneville D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
John Anderson R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Garry Monahan L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Don Ashby C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Lorne Stamler L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Ron Wilson D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Jerry Butler R 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Trevor Johansen D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Pat Boutette L 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Ian Turnbull D 0 0 3 -3 -0.38
Borje Salming D 0 0 2 -3 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Paul Harrison L 35 30 5 .857 60:00 -0.75

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 1 5 +1 1.90
Dean Talafous C 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Carol Vadnais D 0 2 1 +1 1.48
Ron Greschner D 0 1 3 +3 1.30
Lucien DeBlois C 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Ulf Nilsson C 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Pat Hickey L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Phil Esposito C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Pierre Plante R 0 1 3 +1 0.85
Anders Hedberg R 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Dave Farrish D 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Mike Korney D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Greg Polis R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Mario Marois D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Mike McEwen D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 3 0 0.07
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson W 26 24 2 .923 60:00 0.90