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Tuesday, March 20, 1979 · Capital Centre

Rangers 2 at Capitals 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 85OVR Bob Sirois Capitals First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG G 51OVR Doug Soetaert Rangers Second Star 30 SV · .938 D 84OVR Leif Svensson Capitals Third Star 1G · 3 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 0:45 Bob Sirois (29) PPG Ryan Walter (22), Robert Picard (42) NYR 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 18:27 Dave Maloney (10) SHG Walt Tkaczuk (23), Pierre Plante (25) NYR 1 – 1 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 9:57 Leif Svensson (2) Bob Sirois (24), Bob Girard (15) NYR 1 – 2 WSH
  2. 19:55 Phil Esposito (40) PPG Anders Hedberg (40), Don Maloney (16) NYR 2 – 2 WSH

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Phil Esposito C 1 0 3 0 0.98
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Pierre Plante R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Anders Hedberg R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Don Maloney L 0 1 1 0 0.55
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Dave Maloney D 1 0 3 +1 0.38
Don Murdoch R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Steve Vickers L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mario Marois D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ron Duguay C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike McEwen D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Lucien DeBlois C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dave Farrish D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Pat Hickey L 0 0 2 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Doug Soetaert T 32 30 2 .938 58:59 1.50

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bob Sirois R 1 1 4 0 1.68
Leif Svensson D 1 0 3 +1 0.98
Bob Girard L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Robert Picard D 0 1 4 0 0.78
Ryan Walter C 0 1 6 -1 0.63
Guy Charron C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Rolf Edberg C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Gord Lane D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Chuck Arnason R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dennis Hextall C 0 0 2 0 0.00
Blair Stewart L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tom Rowe R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dennis Maruk C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Paul Mulvey L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Yvon Labre D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rick Green D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Jack Lynch D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Bedard T 22 20 2 .909 59:58 0.50