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Sunday, March 4, 1979 · Madison Square Garden

Maple Leafs 4 at Rangers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 99OVR Mike Palmateer Maple Leafs First Star 33 SV · .943 R 94OVR Lanny McDonald Maple Leafs Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG D 98OVR Borje Salming Maple Leafs Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 16:29 Dave Williams (18) PPG Ron Wilson (8), Lanny McDonald (37) TOR 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 11:46 Lanny McDonald (31) PPG Ron Wilson (9) TOR 2 – 0 NYR
  2. 12:44 Dan Maloney (13) Walt McKechnie (24), Borje Salming (42) TOR 3 – 0 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 11:00 Don Murdoch (12) Don Maloney (9), Phil Esposito (32) TOR 3 – 1 NYR
  2. 13:36 Steve Vickers (12) Dave Farrish (18) TOR 3 – 2 NYR
  3. 19:49 Pat Boutette (13) Borje Salming (43) TOR 4 – 2 NYR

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Lanny McDonald R 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Borje Salming D 0 2 2 +2 1.70
Ron Wilson D 0 2 2 0 1.40
Pat Boutette L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Dan Maloney L 1 0 3 0 0.98
Walt McKechnie C 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Dave Williams L 1 0 1 -1 0.38
Darryl Sittler C 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Joel Quenneville D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Ron Ellis R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jimmy Jones C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jerry Butler R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Garry Monahan L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Hutchison D 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dave Burrows D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Ian Turnbull D 0 0 1 -2 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer W 35 33 2 .943 60:00 1.80

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Don Murdoch R 1 0 7 0 1.28
Steve Vickers L 1 0 3 0 0.98
Dave Farrish D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Don Maloney L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Phil Esposito C 0 1 2 0 0.63
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Mario Marois D 0 0 5 -1 0.23
Ron Duguay C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Dave Maloney D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Anders Hedberg R 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Pat Hickey L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dean Talafous C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike McEwen D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pierre Plante R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Soetaert L 15 12 3 .800 59:35 -1.05