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New York Rangers at Montréal Canadiens

Stanley Cup Final, Game 1 · May 13, 1979 · Montreal Forum

Team Goals Shots
New York Rangers 4 22
Montréal Canadiens 1 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:28 NYR Steve Vickers (5) PP Anders Hedberg (4) 1 - 0
14:27 NYR Ron Greschner (7) Unassisted 2 - 0
2nd Period
07:07 MTL Guy Lafleur (9) Jacques Lemaire (10), Yvon Lambert (3) 2 - 1
09:30 NYR Phil Esposito (7) PP Mike McEwen (10) 3 - 1
12:32 NYR Dave Maloney (3) SH Anders Hedberg (5), Walt Tkaczuk (7) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:58 MTL Mario Tremblay Slashing 2
07:25 MTL Rod Langway Slashing 2
07:25 NYR Phil Esposito Slashing 2
11:52 MTL Rod Langway Roughing 2
11:52 NYR Phil Esposito Roughing 2
18:29 NYR Don Maloney Interference 2
2nd Period
03:34 NYR Ron Greschner Slashing 2
08:32 MTL Pierre Mondou Hooking 2
11:50 NYR Mike McEwen Holding 2
16:21 NYR Dave Maloney Cross checking 2
17:15 MTL Serge Savard Holding 2
3rd Period
10:58 MTL Rick Chartraw Charging 2
10:58 MTL Doug Risebrough Misconduct 10
13:34 NYR Anders Hedberg Holding 2
15:14 NYR Ron Duguay Holding 2

New York Rangers

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
15 Anders Hedberg R 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 00:00
4 Ron Greschner D 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
8 Steve Vickers L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
26 Dave Maloney D 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
77 Phil Esposito C 1 0 1 -1 4 3 0 00:00
18 Walt Tkaczuk C 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
25 Mike McEwen D 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
5 Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
7 Eddie Johnstone R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
14 Don Murdoch R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
14 Pierre Plante R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
15 Bobby Sheehan C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
19 Ulf Nilsson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
28 Don Maloney L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
33 Mario Marois D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
44 Ron Duguay C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
61 Pat Hickey L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI
30 John Davidson W 32 31 1 60:00

Montréal Canadiens

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
10 Guy Lafleur R 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
15 Yvon Lambert L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
25 Jacques Lemaire C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
5 Rod Langway D 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 00:00
6 Rick Chartraw D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
6 Brian Engblom D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
6 Pierre Mondou C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
8 Doug Risebrough C 0 0 0 -1 10 2 0 00:00
10 Pierre Larouche C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
11 Steve Shutt L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
14 Mario Tremblay R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
15 Rejean Houle L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
18 Serge Savard D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
19 Larry Robinson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
23 Bob Gainey L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
27 Doug Jarvis C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
65 Mark Napier R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI
29 Ken Dryden L 13 9 4 39:50
30 Michel Larocque 9 9 0 20:00