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Saturday, February 24, 1979 · Maple Leaf Gardens

Rangers 4 at Maple Leafs 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 84OVR Don Murdoch Rangers First Star 2G · 6 SOG L 85OVR Don Maloney Rangers Second Star 3A · 2 SOG RC C 90OVR Phil Esposito Rangers Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:19 Lanny McDonald (26) PPG Darryl Sittler (32), Borje Salming (39) NYR 0 – 1 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 1:12 Don Murdoch (8) Mike McEwen (32), Don Maloney (5) NYR 1 – 1 TOR
  2. 3:43 Dave Williams (16) Lanny McDonald (36) NYR 1 – 2 TOR
  3. 19:59 Anders Hedberg (25) Dave Maloney (13), Carol Vadnais (30) NYR 2 – 2 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 14:02 Don Murdoch (9) Don Maloney (6), Phil Esposito (29) NYR 3 – 2 TOR
  2. 16:23 Phil Esposito (32) Don Maloney (7) NYR 4 – 2 TOR

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Don Murdoch R 2 0 6 +3 2.40
Don Maloney L 0 3 2 +3 2.03
Phil Esposito C 1 1 2 +3 1.98
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 5 +3 1.45
Mike McEwen D 0 1 9 +1 1.45
Anders Hedberg R 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Dave Maloney D 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Ron Duguay C 0 0 6 0 0.45
Mario Marois D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Pat Hickey L 0 0 4 0 0.30
Ulf Nilsson C 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 4 0 0.15
Dean Talafous C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Farrish D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Frank Beaton L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dean Turner D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wayne Thomas W 32 30 2 .938 60:00 1.50

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Lanny McDonald R 1 1 7 -1 1.75
Dave Williams L 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Darryl Sittler C 0 1 3 -1 0.55
Borje Salming D 0 1 4 -1 0.48
Walt McKechnie C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Jimmy Jones C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dave Hutchison D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Ellis R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dan Maloney L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jerry Butler R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Garry Monahan L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Joel Quenneville D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Ron Wilson D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
John Anderson R 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Dave Burrows D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Pat Boutette L 0 0 1 -2 -0.52
Ian Turnbull D 0 0 3 -3 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer L 49 45 4 .918 60:00 1.50