The New York Rangers handily defeated the St. Louis Blues, 7 to 4, on December 6, 1978.

Final

Blues

6-17-4

4

Rangers

14-6-4

7

Team

STL

NYR

1

3

2

3

1

Total

4

7

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

STL

NYR

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Steve Vickers and Lucien DeBlois

0

1

Bernie Federko (EV) assisted by Wayne Babych and Bob Stewart

1

Phil Esposito (EV) assisted by Steve Vickers and Mike McEwen

1

2

Steve Vickers (EV) assisted by Carol Vadnais and Lucien DeBlois

1

3

2nd period

STL

NYR

Pat Hickey (EV) assisted by Anders Hedberg

1

4

Anders Hedberg (EV) assisted by Ulf Nilsson and Mike McEwen

1

5

Larry Patey (EV) assisted by Jack Brownschidle and Inge Hammarstrom

2

5

Inge Hammarstrom (EV) assisted by Bruce Affleck and Curt Bennett

3

5

Ron Duguay (SH) assisted by Walt Tkaczuk and Carol Vadnais

3

6

3rd period

STL

NYR

Walt Tkaczuk (EV) unassisted

3

7

Curt Bennett (PP) assisted by Larry Patey and Bernie Federko

4

7

Blues

Rangers

Goals

4

7

Shots

26

33

Penalty Minutes

6

12

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

5

2

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Blues

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Phil Myre (L)		33	7	26	.788	59:58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Bruce Affleck	0	1	0	0	2
Wayne Babych	0	1	-3	0	3
Curt Bennett	1	1	-1	0	4
Rick Bowness	0	0	-1	0	0
Jack Brownschidle	0	1	-2	0	2
Bernie Federko	1	1	-2	0	1
Barry Gibbs	0	0	-4	0	0
Larry Giroux	0	0	+1	2	1
Inge Hammarstrom	1	1	+2	0	1
Bob Murdoch	0	0	-1	2	3
Larry Patey	1	1	0	0	3
John Smrke	0	0	-1	0	1
Bob Stewart	0	1	-2	0	0
Brian Sutter	0	0	-3	0	2
Garry Unger	0	0	-2	2	3

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Doug Soetaert (W)		26	4	22	.846	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Lucien DeBlois	0	2	+1	2	2
Ron Duguay	1	0	+1	0	2
Phil Esposito	2	0	+1	0	4
Dave Farrish	0	0	0	2	0
Ron Greschner	0	0	0	4	3
Anders Hedberg	1	1	+2	0	3
Pat Hickey	1	0	+2	0	4
Mike Korney	0	0	-1	0	1
Dave Maloney	0	0	0	2	1
Mario Marois	0	0	+3	0	2
Mike McEwen	0	2	+4	0	2
Ulf Nilsson	0	1	+2	0	2
Dean Talafous	0	0	-1	0	1
Walt Tkaczuk	1	1	+1	0	1
Carol Vadnais	0	2	+1	0	3
Steve Vickers	1	2	+2	0	2