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Monday, April 2, 1979 · Madison Square Garden

Kings 4 at Rangers 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 91OVR Butch Goring Kings First Star 2G · 1A · 8 SOG L 92OVR Pat Hickey Rangers Second Star 2G · 2 SOG C 99OVR Marcel Dionne Kings Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:19 Butch Goring (34) SHG Rob Palmer (41) LAK 1 – 0 NYR
  2. 12:15 Walt Tkaczuk (15) Mike McEwen (38), Steve Vickers (32) LAK 1 – 1 NYR
  3. 18:47 Pat Hickey (32) Lucien DeBlois (16), Carol Vadnais (36) LAK 1 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 5:09 Charlie Simmer (16) PPG Marcel Dionne (65), Dave Taylor (46) LAK 2 – 2 NYR
  2. 7:47 Pat Hickey (33) Lucien DeBlois (17), Ron Duguay (33) LAK 2 – 3 NYR
  3. 14:22 Ron Greschner (17) PPG Anders Hedberg (45) LAK 2 – 4 NYR
  4. 19:30 Marcel Dionne (57) Charlie Simmer (23), Butch Goring (48) LAK 3 – 4 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 8:23 Phil Esposito (42) PPG Don Murdoch (20), Steve Vickers (33) LAK 3 – 5 NYR
  2. 16:41 Butch Goring (35) Mike Murphy (27), Randy Holt (9) LAK 4 – 5 NYR

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Butch Goring C 2 1 8 +1 2.88
Marcel Dionne C 1 1 4 -1 1.53
Charlie Simmer L 1 1 3 -1 1.45
Mike Murphy R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Dave Taylor R 0 1 2 -1 0.48
Randy Holt D 0 1 0 0 0.48
Rob Palmer D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Vic Venasky C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Glenn Goldup R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Syl Apps C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Mark Heaslip R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Richard Mulhern D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Darryl Edestrand D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Steve Jensen L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Murray Wilson L 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Randy Manery D 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Bert Wilson L 0 0 0 0 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ron Grahame L 27 22 5 .815 60:00 -1.55

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Pat Hickey L 2 0 2 +1 1.80
Steve Vickers L 0 2 0 +1 1.40
Lucien DeBlois C 0 2 0 +1 1.40
Mike McEwen D 0 1 4 +3 1.38
Phil Esposito C 1 0 6 -1 0.90
Don Murdoch R 0 1 4 -1 0.78
Walt Tkaczuk C 1 0 2 +1 0.75
Anders Hedberg R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Ron Greschner D 1 0 1 0 0.68
Ron Duguay C 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Pierre Plante R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mario Marois D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Don Maloney L 0 0 1 -1 -0.38
Dave Maloney D 0 0 1 -1 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson W 28 24 4 .857 60:00 -0.60