Sunday, November 26, 1978 · Madison Square Garden
Capitals 4 at Rangers 9
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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2:08
Steve Vickers (6) Dave Farrish (4), Ron Greschner (14) WSH 0 – 1 NYR
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5:10
Phil Esposito (9) Eddie Johnstone (1), Carol Vadnais (8) WSH 0 – 2 NYR
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13:40
Ron Greschner (6) Dave Farrish (5), Ulf Nilsson (12) WSH 0 – 3 NYR
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14:52
Rolf Edberg (3) Rick Green (10), Greg Carroll (3) WSH 1 – 3 NYR
2nd Period
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1:09
Anders Hedberg (7) Pat Hickey (14) WSH 1 – 4 NYR
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4:58
Mike McEwen (6) Ron Duguay (11) WSH 1 – 5 NYR
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5:29
Anders Hedberg (8) Pat Hickey (15), Carol Vadnais (9) WSH 1 – 6 NYR
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6:35
Eddie Johnstone (2) Nick Fotiu (1), Carol Vadnais (10) WSH 1 – 7 NYR
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10:04
Greg Carroll (3) Leif Svensson (5), Bob Girard (8) WSH 2 – 7 NYR
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15:09
Michel Bergeron (3) Rolf Edberg (10), Dennis Maruk (11) WSH 3 – 7 NYR
3rd Period
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7:56
Ron Greschner (7) Lucien DeBlois (6), Steve Vickers (5) WSH 3 – 8 NYR
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11:27
Greg Carroll (4) Rolf Edberg (11), Bob Girard (9) WSH 4 – 8 NYR
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19:27
Pat Hickey (9) Anders Hedberg (14), Ulf Nilsson (13) WSH 4 – 9 NYR
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Carroll C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 2.65 |
| Rolf Edberg C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 2.53 |
| Bob Girard L | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.55 |
| Michel Bergeron R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.75 |
| Dennis Maruk C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.55 |
| Leif Svensson D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Rick Green D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.40 |
| Guy Charron C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Bryan Watson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Gord Lane D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Bob Sirois R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Robert Picard D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Tom Rowe R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.37 |
| Paul Mulvey L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Ryan Walter C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0:00 | -0.53 |
| Mark Lofthouse R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0:00 | -0.53 |
| Peter Scamurra D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0:00 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bedard | L | 30 | 21 | 9 | .700 | 60:00 | -4.65 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Hedberg R | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 2.80 |
| Ron Greschner D | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 2.73 |
| Pat Hickey L | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 2.68 |
| Carol Vadnais D | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0:00 | 2.55 |
| Eddie Johnstone R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.75 |
| Steve Vickers L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.68 |
| Dave Farrish D | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0:00 | 1.63 |
| Ulf Nilsson C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.55 |
| Phil Esposito C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 1.20 |
| Lucien DeBlois C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Ron Duguay C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Nick Fotiu L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Dave Maloney D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0:00 | 0.68 |
| Mike McEwen D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.60 |
| Dean Talafous C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Pierre Plante R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Mario Marois D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | W | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 60:00 | -1.10 |