Wednesday, March 7, 1979 · Madison Square Garden
Rockies 3 at Rangers 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
1:22
Pierre Plante
(6)
Dave Maloney (16)
CLR 0 – 1 NYR
-
9:59
Pat Hickey
(27)
Mike McEwen (34), Lucien DeBlois (14)
CLR 0 – 2 NYR
-
10:13
Walt Tkaczuk
(9)
Steve Vickers (25), Anders Hedberg (34)
CLR 0 – 3 NYR
-
16:05
Dean Talafous
(13)
SHG
Pierre Plante (24), Mike McEwen (35)
CLR 0 – 4 NYR
2nd Period
-
12:03
Randy Pierce
(14)
SHG
Unassisted
CLR 1 – 4 NYR
-
18:53
Don Saleski
(12)
Rey Comeau (9), Mike Gillis (6)
CLR 2 – 4 NYR
3rd Period
-
10:00
John Van Boxmeer
(7)
PPG
Wilf Paiement (26), Paul Gardner (26)
CLR 3 – 4 NYR
-
12:50
Phil Esposito
(34)
PPG
Don Murdoch (12), Don Maloney (10)
CLR 3 – 5 NYR
Colorado Rockies
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Saleski R | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.13 |
| Randy Pierce R | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| John Van Boxmeer D | 1 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 1.05 |
| Mike Gillis L | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Rey Comeau C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Wilf Paiement R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.40 |
| Paul Gardner C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0.33 |
| Nick Beverley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Jack Valiquette C | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Gary Croteau R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Mike Christie D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Michel Lachance D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Don Awrey D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Merlin Malinowski C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ron Delorme C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Mike Kitchen D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Bill Lochead L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Oleschuk | — | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 40:00 | 1.35 |
| Michel Plasse | L | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 20:00 | -2.30 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Plante R | 1 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 1.75 |
| Mike McEwen D | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 1.63 |
| Don Murdoch R | 0 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 1.15 |
| Anders Hedberg R | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.00 |
| Walt Tkaczuk C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.98 |
| Dean Talafous C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Phil Esposito C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Pat Hickey L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Steve Vickers L | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.85 |
| Don Maloney L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Lucien DeBlois C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Dave Maloney D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.55 |
| Mario Marois D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0.23 |
| Ron Duguay C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Andre Dore D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Eddie Johnstone R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dave Farrish D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 60:00 | 0.05 |