Top Cheddar 2026-27

Sunday, December 3, 1978 · Madison Square Garden

Bruins 3 at Rangers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 89OVR Al Sims Bruins First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG L 51OVR Al Secord Bruins Second Star 1G · 2 SOG RC C 96OVR Ulf Nilsson Rangers Third Star 1G · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 17:09 Al Secord (6) Al Sims (3) BOS 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 1:03 Al Sims (6) Don Marcotte (13), Rick Middleton (17) BOS 2 – 0 NYR
  2. 12:30 Phil Esposito (10) Steve Vickers (8), Lucien DeBlois (7) BOS 2 – 1 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 5:42 Ulf Nilsson (9) SHG Unassisted BOS 2 – 2 NYR
  2. 16:22 John Wensink (12) Terry O'Reilly (19), Dick Redmond (9) BOS 3 – 2 NYR

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Al Sims D 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Al Secord L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Rick Middleton R 0 1 2 +1 0.93
John Wensink L 1 0 2 0 0.90
Dick Redmond D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Don Marcotte L 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Terry O'Reilly R 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Peter McNab C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jean Ratelle C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Bob Miller C 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Mike Milbury D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Bobby Schmautz R 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Thomas Songin R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dennis O'Brien D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wayne Cashman L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Brad Park D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gerry Cheevers W 20 18 2 .900 60:00 0.30

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ulf Nilsson C 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Phil Esposito C 1 0 4 -2 0.75
Lucien DeBlois C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Steve Vickers L 0 1 1 -2 0.40
Pat Hickey L 0 0 4 0 0.30
Anders Hedberg R 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Ron Greschner D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dave Maloney D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Dean Talafous C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pierre Plante R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Farrish D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike McEwen D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Mario Marois D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Ron Duguay C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson L 23 20 3 .870 58:58 -0.25