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Sunday, February 18, 1979 · Madison Square Garden

Capitals 6 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 80OVR Don Murdoch Rangers First Star 1G · 4A · 3 SOG C 93OVR Phil Esposito Rangers Second Star 3G · 1A · 3 SOG R 94OVR Greg Polis Capitals Third Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:02 Bob Sirois (23) Rolf Edberg (20), Robert Picard (34) WSH 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 15:19 Phil Esposito (28) Don Maloney (3), Don Murdoch (5) WSH 1 – 1 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 1:20 Don Murdoch (7) Phil Esposito (27), Don Maloney (4) WSH 1 – 2 NYR
  2. 5:21 Bob Girard (7) Dennis Hextall (9), Gord Lane (14) WSH 2 – 2 NYR
  3. 8:28 Greg Polis (10) Unassisted WSH 3 – 2 NYR
  4. 9:25 Ron Duguay (25) Mike McEwen (30), Mario Marois (16) WSH 3 – 3 NYR
  5. 13:35 Greg Polis (11) PPG Robert Picard (35) WSH 4 – 3 NYR
  6. 15:57 Steve Vickers (11) Don Murdoch (6) WSH 4 – 4 NYR
  7. 16:34 Ryan Walter (24) Unassisted WSH 5 – 4 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 2:34 Phil Esposito (29) Don Murdoch (7), Mike McEwen (31) WSH 5 – 5 NYR
  2. 6:41 Phil Esposito (30) Mario Marois (17), Don Murdoch (8) WSH 5 – 6 NYR
  3. 14:15 Rolf Edberg (6) Greg Polis (5), Tom Rowe (23) WSH 6 – 6 NYR

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Greg Polis R 2 1 6 0 0 +3 0:00 3.03
Rolf Edberg C 1 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.90
Robert Picard D 0 2 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.70
Bob Girard L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Bob Sirois R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Ryan Walter C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.90
Dennis Hextall C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Gord Lane D 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0:00 0.33
Blair Stewart L 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Guy Charron C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Mark Lofthouse R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Yvon Labre D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Leif Svensson D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Tom Rowe R 0 1 2 0 0 -4 0:00 0.03
Rick Green D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.52
Dennis Maruk C 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0:00 -0.75
Gary Rissling L 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0:00 -1.13
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Inness T 32 26 6 .812 60:00 -1.90

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Don Murdoch R 1 4 3 0 0 +4 0:00 3.93
Phil Esposito C 3 1 3 0 0 +3 0:00 3.55
Mike McEwen D 0 2 5 0 0 +3 0:00 2.08
Don Maloney L 0 2 0 0 0 +3 0:00 1.70
Mario Marois D 0 2 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.48
Steve Vickers L 1 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.13
Ron Duguay C 1 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.98
Anders Hedberg R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Pat Hickey L 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Ulf Nilsson C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dave Farrish D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dean Talafous C 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Dave Maloney D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Pierre Plante R 0 0 1 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson T 30 24 6 .800 60:00 -2.10