MTL @ NYR - 1979-01-03

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Wednesday, January 3, 1979 — Madison Square Garden

MTL

Montréal Canadiens

2—6

NYR

New York Rangers

Final

MTL: Scotty BowmanNYR: Fred Shero

Notable

Pierre Larouche— career_game #300

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Goals

SOG

Missed

Blocked

Hits

Penalties

Goals (8)

5:59

NYR

Dave Maloney(3)

Assists: Steve Vickers

0-1

2:44

NYR

Mike McEwen(11)

Assists: Pierre Plante, Dean Talafous

0-2

13:07

MTL

Guy Lafleur

Game Timeline

Penalties (7)

13:42

MTL

Gilles Lupiencross-checking

2 min

18:27

MTL

Steve Shutthigh-sticking

2 min

17:12

NYR

Ron Greschnercross-checking

2 min

Box Score

MTL Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	Hits	Blk	PIM	FO	TOI	SH
Doug RisebroughC	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	-	0:00	0
Guy LafleurR	1	0	1	-2	5	0	0

On This Day (Jan 3)

2026CBJ 5 - BUF 1

2026NJD 4 - UTA 1

2026LAK 5 - MIN 4

2026DET 1 - PIT 4

2026EDM 2 - PHI 5

Healthy Scratches

MTL

Jacques Lemaire(C)Rod Langway(D)Cam Connor(R)Yvan Cournoyer(R)Dave Lumley(R)Mark Napier(R)Dan Newman(R)

NYR

Tim Bothwell(D)Dan Clark(D)Andre Dore(D)Mike Korney(D)Dean Turner(D)Frank Beaton(L)Don Maloney(L)Eddie Johnstone(R)Mike McDougall(R)Don Murdoch(R)

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goal

penalty

Assists: Pierre Mondou

12:51

NYR

Nick Fotiu(2)

Assists: Pierre Plante

1-3

2:04

NYR

Ron Duguay(11)

Assists: Steve Vickers, Walt Tkaczuk

1-4

0:05

NYR

Ulf Nilsson(14)

Assists: Anders Hedberg, Mario Marois

1-5

19:11

NYR

Anders Hedberg(16)

Assists: Ulf Nilsson, Pat Hickey

1-6

12:13

MTL

Pierre Larouche(3)

Unassisted

2-6

15:59

NYR

Nick Fotiuroughing

2 min

12:27

NYR

Mario Maroishooking

2 min

1:38

NYR

Nick Fotiuroughing

2 min

NYR Skaters

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	PIM	FO	TOI
Mike McEwenD	1	0	1	+3	4	0	-	0:00
Steve VickersL	0	2	2	+2	1	0	-	0:00
Ron DuguayC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	-	0:00
Ulf NilssonC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	-	0:00
Anders HedbergR	1	1	2	+1	3	0	-	0:00
Pat HickeyL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	-	0:00
Walt TkaczukC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	-	0:00
Dean TalafousC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	-	0:00
Nick FotiuL	1	0	1	+1	2	4	-	0:00
Lucien DeBloisC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0:00
Carol VadnaisD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	-	0:00
Pierre PlanteR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	-	0:00
Phil EspositoC	0	0	0	+2	3	0	-	0:00
Dave FarrishD	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	0:00
Ron GreschnerD	0	0	0	0	2	2	-	0:00
Mario MaroisD	0	1	1	+3	0	2	-	0:00
Dave MaloneyD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	-	0:00

Goalies

Goalie	Team	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
John Davidson	NYR	27	25	2	.926	60:00
Doug Soetaert	NYR	0	0	0	.0	0:00
Ken Dryden	MTL	26	20	6	.769	60:00
Michel Larocque	MTL	0	0	0	.0	0:00

Notable

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Goals (8)

Game Timeline

Penalties (7)

Box Score

MTL Skaters

On This Day (Jan 3)

Healthy Scratches

MTL

NYR

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