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1979 PRELIMINARY ROUND 4 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 95 v. 12 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 63 GM KEITH ALLEN, HC PAT QUINN v. GM JAKE MILFORD, HC HARRY NEALE FLYERS WIN SERIES IN 3

Tuesday, April 10 Thursday, April 12 VANCOUVER 3 @ PHILADELPHIA 2 PHILADELPHIA 6 @ VANCOUVER 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 1 (Mel Bridgman, Jim Watson) 1:47 2. VANCOUVER, Don Lever 2 (Pit Martin, Chris Oddleifson) 14:10 PPG Penalties – Linseman P 0:25, Lever V 0:52, Lindgren V 6:29, Lapointe P 9:26, Dailey P 17:38, Bridgman P 19:06 3. VANCOUVER, Dennis Kearns 1 (Don Lever) 16:11 PPG 4. PHILADELPHIA, Reggie Leach 2 (Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke) 18:39 PPG SECOND PERIOD 1. VANCOUVER, Thomas Gradin 1 (Stan Smyl, Ron Sedlbauer) 1:35 Penalties – Fraser V 4:53, Dailey P 6:38, Lapointe P 7:48, Holmgren P 10:31, Flyers’ bench (served by Linseman) 12:42, Lapointe P 15:01, Blight V Dailey P 15:23, Gradin V 18:25 Penalties – Sedlbauer V Bridgman P 4:01, Barber P 5:48, Wilson P 8:36, Fraser V 8:56 SECOND PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 2 (unassisted) 1:12 2. VANCOUVER, Stan Smyl 1 (unassisted) 3:09 6. VANCOUVER, Thomas Gradin 2 (Curt Fraser, Rick Blight) 1:48 3. PHILADELPHIA, Bobby Clarke 1 (Bob Dailey) 6:30 4. VANCOUVER, Don Lever 1 (Dennis Kearns, Rick Blight) 10:28 GWG Penalties – Dupont P 3:37, Kelly P Manno V 15:31, Dupont P (major) Sedlbauer V (minor, major) 16:50 5. PHILADELPHIA, Reggie Leach 1 (Bobby Clarke, Bill Barber) 19:35 THIRD PERIOD Penalties – None 7. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 1 (unassisted) 13:36 8. VANCOUVER, Thomas Gradin 3 (Bob Manno, Rick Blight) 16:40 Shots on goal by 9. PHILADELPHIA, Reggie Leach 3 (Bobby Clarke) 19:06 GWG CANUCKS 9 9 8 26 10. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 1 (Paul Holmgren) 19:57 ENG FLYERS 7 9 14 30 VANCOUVER, Gary Bromley; PHILADELPHIA, Wayne Stephenson Penalties – Holmgren P Manno V 5:53

Power play: VAN – 0 for 6, PHI – 0 for 3 Shots on goal by 17,077 at The Spectrum FLYERS 12 16 9 37 CANUCKS 9 8 4 21 PHILADELPHIA, Robbie Moore; VANCOUVER, Gary Bromley

Power play: PHI – 1 for 3, VAN – 2 for 6 14,293 at Pacific Coliseum

Saturday, April 14 VANCOUVER 2 @ PHILADELPHIA 7

FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Bobby Clarke 2 (Bill Barber, Reggie Leach) 4:13 PPG 2. PHILADELPHIA, Al Hill 1 (Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman) 7:20 3. VANCOUVER, Thomas Gradin 4 (Jere Gillis, Rick Blight) 17:34

Penalties – Lindgren V Kelly P 0:28, Bromley V (served by Martin) Clarke P 1:19, Goodenough V 4:06, Moore P (served by Leach) 5:03, Clarke P 12:16, Dailey P 13:28, Lapointe P 14:21, Oddleifson V 15:14, Gradin V 18:36

SECOND PERIOD 4. PHILADELPHIA, Reggie Leach 4 (Bobby Clarke, Rick MacLeish) 0:34 PPG GWG 5. PHILADELPHIA, Tom Gorence 3 (Rick Lapointe, Robbie Moore) 8:53 PPG 6. PHILADELPHIA, Blake Dunlop 1 (Paul Holmgren, Jim Watson) 10:27

Penalties – Fraser V Bathe P 1:56, Martin V Linseman P 4:13, Kearns V 7:11, Holmgren P 10:37, Grisdale V Bridgman P 15:25, McIlhargey V 16:51

THIRD PERIOD 7. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 2 (Ken Linseman, Bob Dailey) 3:05 8. PHILADELPHIA, Paul Holmgren 1 (Bill Barber) 12:58 9. VANCOUVER, Don Kozak 1 (Thomas Gradin, Curt Fraser) 15:11

Penalties – Lapointe P 5:08, Lindgren V Hill P 8:03, Kelly P 18:02

Shots on goal by CANUCKS 15 11 5 31 FLYERS 10 12 6 26 VANCOUVER, Gary Bromley; PHILADELPHIA, Robbie Moore

Power play: VAN – 0 for 7 2 for 19 in series, PHI – 3 for 5 4 for 11 in series 17,077 at The Spectrum

Tuesday, April 10 Thursday, April 12 LOS ANGELES 1 @ NEW YORK 7 NEW YORK 2 @ LOS ANGELES 1 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Lucien DeBlois 1 (Mike McEwen, Mario Marois) 6:15 PPG 1. LOS ANGELES, Syl Apps 1 (Glenn Goldup, Mike Murphy) 10:29 PPG 2. LOS ANGELES, Charlie Simmer 1 (Marcel Dionne) 9:17 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 1 (Walt Tkaczuk) 14:16 PPG GWG Penalties – Holt L 2:35, Manery L 8:02, Esposito N 9:00, Tkaczuk N 11:34, Johnstone N Edestrand L 16:07

Penalties – Palmer L 4:23, Taylor L Plante N 6:25, Farrish N 8:49, Goldup L Don Maloney N (minors, majors) SECOND PERIOD 10:18, Holt L 12:31, Dave Maloney N 18:53, Goldup L Vadnais N 20:00 NO SCORING

SECOND PERIOD Penalties – Halward L 4:54, Edestrand L 14:24, Esposito N 15:43, DeBlois N Heaslip L 15:53, Farrish N 17:21 4. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 1 (Walt Tkaczuk, Ron Greschner) 6:15 5. NEW YORK, Dave Maloney 1 (Mike McEwen, Pierre Plante) 9:08 THIRD PERIOD 6. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 1 (Anders Hedberg, Pat Hickey) 13:38 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Phil Esposito 1 (Don Murdoch, Don Maloney) 1:11 7. NEW YORK, Walt Tkaczuk 1 (Don Maloney, Carol Vadnais) 15:49 Penalties – Halward L (major, 10-minute misconduct) 1:39, Simmer L 8:35 Penalties – Dave Maloney N 6:57, Manery L 12:39, Farrish N 15:59 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Phil Esposito 2 (Don Maloney) 6:11 GWG 8. NEW YORK, Dave Maloney 2 (Ron Duguay) 13:02 Penalties – None Penalties – Vadnais N 4:58, Dave Maloney N 13:49, Manery L Hickey N 16:53, Edestrand L Johnstone N 19:44 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by RANGERS 13 8 14 8 43 KINGS 14 9 9 32 KINGS 12 14 7 3 36 RANGERS 11 16 3 30 NEW YORK, John Davidson; LOS ANGELES, Mario Lessard LOS ANGELES, Mario Lessard; NEW YORK, John Davidson Power play – NYR – 0 for 5 3 for 8 in series, LA – 0 for 4 2 for 10 in series Power play – LA – 1 for 6, NYR – 3 for 3 12,029 at The Forum 17,372 at Madison Square Garden

1979 PRELIMINARY ROUND 6 ATLANTA FLAMES 90 v. 9 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 81 GM CLIFF FLETCHER, HC FRED CREIGHTON v. GM JIM GREGORY, HC ROGER NEILSON MAPLE LEAFS SWEEP SERIES

Tuesday, April 10 Thursday, April 12 TORONTO 2 @ ATLANTA 1 ATLANTA 4 @ TORONTO 7

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. TORONTO, Darryl Sittler 1 (Pat Boutette) 4:04 2. TORONTO, Darryl Sittler 2 (Lanny McDonald) 4:16 Penalties – Sittler T 0:13, Rota A 2:46, Williams T 4:09, Vail A 5:40, Jones T 9:57, Turnbull T 16:04, 3. TORONTO, Ron Ellis 1 (Dan Maloney, Joel Quenneville) 4:27 Williams T Plett A (10-minute misconducts) 20:00 4. ATLANTA, Jean Pronovost 2 (Eric Vail, Guy Chouinard) 10:52 PPG

SECOND PERIOD Penalties – Plett A Williams T 0:22, Plett A 7:03, Burrows T 10:05, Quenneville T 10:18, Murdoch A 12:31 1. TORONTO, Walt McKechnie 1 (unassisted) 6:26 SHG 2. TORONTO, Walt McKechnie 2 (Dan Maloney, Ian Turnbull) 9:14 GWG SECOND PERIOD 3. ATLANTA, Jean Pronovost 1 (Ivan Boldirev) 16:37 5. TORONTO, Pat Boutette 1 (unassisted) 3:09 6. TORONTO, Dan Maloney 1 (Ron Wilson, Walt McKechnie) 8:38 PPG GWG Penalties – Russell A (minor, major) Boutette T (double minor, major) 5:11, Houston A 7:10, 7. ATLANTA, Guy Chouinard 1 (Bob MacMillan, Ivan Boldirev) 11:41 PPG Quenneville T 10:14, Palmateer T (served by Gardner) Rota A 12:25, Boldirev A 14:02, 8. TORONTO, Walt McKechnie 3 (John Anderson, Darryl Sittler) 15:42 Hutchison A (double minor, major, game misconduct) Turnbull T Sittler T Williams T Marsh A Plett A (majors, 9. TORONTO, Pat Boutette 2 (Darryl Sittler, Dave Hutchison) 17:32 game misconducts) Burrows T (major) Rota A (minor, double major, game misconduct) Houston A (double minor, game misconduct) Shand A (double major, game misconduct) 19:09 Penalties – Russell A 6:59, Salming T 11:13, Bouchard A (served by Carr) Williams T (double minors) 13:48

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING 10. ATLANTA, Bobby Lalonde 1 (Guy Chouinard, Rejean Lemelin) 3:37 PPG 11. ATLANTA, Willi Plett 1 (Darcy Rota) 10:02 Penalties – McKechnie T 3:05, Gardner T 17:42 Penalties – Boutette T 2:40, Marsh A 6:33, Ellis T 19:50 Shots on goal by MAPLE LEAFS 5 12 4 21 Shots on goal by FLAMES 12 4 12 28 FLAMES 4 12 10 26 TORONTO, Mike Palmateer; ATLANTA, Dan Bouchard MAPLE LEAFS 14 13 15 42 ATLANTA, Dan Bouchard, Rejean Lemelin (0:00 of third period); TORONTO, Mike Palmateer Power play – TOR – 0 for 6, ATL – 0 for 8 14,757 at The Omni Power play – ATL – 2 for 5 3 for 13 in series, TOR – 1 for 4 1 for 10 in series 16,485 at Maple Leaf Gardens

MAPLE LEAFS set SC record for FASTEST THREE GOALS, ONE TEAM ~ 0:23

Tuesday, April 10 Thursday, April 12 PITTSBURGH 4 @ BUFFALO 3 BUFFALO 3 @ PITTSBURGH 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Mike Boland 1 (André Savard, René Robert) 10:49 1. BUFFALO, Rick Dudley 1 (Richard Martin, Jim Schoenfeld) 19:22 2. PITTSBURGH, Rod Schutt 1 (Tom Bladon, Peter Lee) 11:32 Penalties – Ramsay B 0:55, Gare B Lonsberry P (minors, majors) 1:10, Breitenbach B 3:03, Kindrachuk P 7:59, Penalties – Carlyle P Robert B 2:23, Campbell P 6:54, Malone P 12:27 Perreault B 10:29, Campbell P 16:27

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. BUFFALO, René Robert 1 (André Savard, Richard Martin) 12:48 2. BUFFALO, Jacques Richard 1 (Dave Schultz, Tony McKegney) 2:59 3. PITTSBURGH, Colin Campbell 1 (Greg Malone, Gary McAdam) 17:19 Penalties – Boland B 8:51 Penalties – Fogolin B 4:29, Korab B 9:12 THIRD PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Blair Chapman 1 (Colin Campbell) 5:21 THIRD PERIOD 5. PITTSBURGH, Gary McAdam 1 (George Ferguson, Rick Kehoe) 13:54 4. BUFFALO, René Robert 2 (Ken Breitenbach) 19:11 ENG 6. PITTSBURGH, Orest Kindrachuk 1 (Ross Lonsberry, Rick Kehoe) 15:48 GWG 7. BUFFALO, Don Luce 1 (Dave Schultz, Bill Stewart) 17:26 Penalties – Schultz B 6:06, Campbell P Gare B 8:15

Penalties – Schutt P 7:27, Breitenbach B 11:42 Shots on goal by SABRES 9 10 11 30 Shots on goal by PENGUINS 11 10 10 31 PENGUINS 3 12 7 22 BUFFALO, Bob Sauvé; PITTSBURGH, Denis Herron SABRES 12 11 8 31 PITTSBURGH, Denis Herron; BUFFALO, Bob Sauvé Power play – BUF – 0 for 2, PIT – 0 for 6 16,033 at Civic Arena Power play – PIT – 0 for 2, BUF – 0 for 3 16,433 at The Aud

Saturday, April 14 PITTSBURGH 4 @ BUFFALO 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. BUFFALO, Gilbert Perreault 1 (Richard Martin, René Robert) 12:59 PPG 2. PITTSBURGH, Jim Hamilton 1 (Gregg Sheppard) 13:04 3. BUFFALO, Craig Ramsay 1 (Don Luce, Rod Seiling) 16:35

Penalties – Korab B 0:42, Carlyle P 3:42, Stackhouse P 3:55, Dudley B 8:49, Campbell P 12:23, Seiling B 18:24

SECOND PERIOD 4. PITTSBURGH, Jim Hamilton 2 (Peter Lee, Colin Campbell) 11:47 5. BUFFALO, Jerry Korab 1 (Rick Dudley) 17:38

Penalties – Schultz B Fogolin B Carlyle P 4:05, Savard B 7:26

THIRD PERIOD 6. PITTSBURGH, George Ferguson 1 (Jacques Cossette, Tom Bladon) 4:17

Penalties – Robert B Lonsberry P 19:04

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. PITTSBURGH, George Ferguson 2 (Gregg Sheppard, Colin Campbell) 0:47 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by PENGUINS 8 12 3 1 24 SABRES 14 8 18 1 41 PITTSBURGH, Denis Herron; BUFFALO, Bob Sauvé

Power play – PIT – 0 for 5 0 for 13 in series, BUF – 1 for 3 1 for 8 in series 16,433 at The Aud

Teams set SC record for FASTEST TWO GOALS, BOTH TEAMS ~ 0:05

1979 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL 1 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 116 v. 11 CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS 73 GM BILL TORREY, HC AL ARBOUR v. GM BOB PULFORD, HC BOB PULFORD ISLANDERS SWEEP SERIES

Monday, April 16 Wednesday, April 18 CHICAGO 2 @ NEW YORK 6 CHICAGO 0 @ NEW YORK 1 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Wayne Merrick 1 (Bob Lorimer, Bob Bourne) 2:29 NO SCORING 2. CHICAGO, Reg Kerr 1 (J.P. Bordeleau) 7:30 3. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 1 (John Tonelli, Bryan Trottier) 18:41 Penalties – None

Penalties – Lysiak C 3:44, Persson N 4:24, Murray C 5:27, Mulvey C 13:07, Potvin N 19:17 SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Bryan Trottier 1 (John Tonelli, Denis Potvin) 2:27 GWG Penalties – Harris N Ribble C 10:27, Murray C 11:52 5. CHICAGO, Bob Murray 1 (Harold Phillipoff) 6:46 6. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 2 (Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson) 14:25 PPG THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties – Harris N 4:33, Trottier N O’Connell C 12:20, Logan C 12:46, Kerr C Gillies N (majors) 20:00 Penalties – None THIRD PERIOD 7. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 1 (Mike Bossy, John Tonelli) 3:49 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 8. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 3 (Pat Price) 15:27 1. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 4 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies) 2:31 GWG

Penalties – Trottier N 7:04 Penalties – None

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BLACK HAWKS 10 8 6 24 BLACK HAWKS 6 6 7 3 22 ISLANDERS 10 16 8 34 ISLANDERS 8 16 14 2 40 CHICAGO, Tony Esposito; NEW YORK, Glenn Resch CHICAGO, Tony Esposito; NEW YORK, Billy Smith

Power play – CHI – 0 for 4, NYI – 1 for 4 Power play – CHI – 0 for 0, NYI – 0 for 1 14,995 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,995 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Friday, April 20 Sunday, April 22 NEW YORK 4 @ CHICAGO 0 NEW YORK 3 @ CHICAGO 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Billy Harris 1 (Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy) 18:08 PPG GWG 1. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 3 (Garry Howatt, Bob Nystrom) 15:09

Penalties – O’Connell C 0:24, Trottier N 0:38, Murray C 14:55, Ribble C Phillipoff C (minor, major) Trottier N Penalties – Lorimer N (double minor, major) Kelly C (minor, major) 10:03, Bordeleau C 18:19 (major) Price N (minor, game misconduct) 17:19 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Ed Westfall 1 (Wayne Merrick, Stefan Persson) 1:24 GWG 2. NEW YORK, Lorne Henning 1 (Ed Westfall, Denis Potvin) 17:47 3. CHICAGO, Mike Walton 1 (Rick Paterson, Greg Fox) 7:05

Penalties – Potvin N 12:35 Penalties – Gillies N 4:45

THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Clark Gillies 1 (Ed Westfall, Gerry Hart) 3:00 4. NEW YORK, Mike Bossy 5 (Gerry Hart, Bryan Trottier) 9:02 4. NEW YORK, Denis Potvin 2 (John Tonelli) 11:25 Penalties – Lorimer N 13:20, Marks C 19:40 Penalties – Kelly C 6:07 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by ISLANDERS 11 8 5 24 ISLANDERS 11 9 8 28 BLACK HAWKS 6 13 9 28 BLACK HAWKS 4 11 6 21 NEW YORK, Billy Smith; CHICAGO, Tony Esposito NEW YORK, Glenn Resch; CHICAGO, Tony Esposito Power play – NYI – 0 for 2 2 for 11 in series, CHI – 0 for 3 0 for 9 in series Power play – NYI – 1 for 4, CHI – 0 for 2 10,871 at Chicago Stadium 12,614 at Chicago Stadium

MIKE WALTON CHI stopped on penalty-shot attempt by GLENN RESCH NYI

1979 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL 2 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 115 v. 9 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 81 GM IRVING GRUNDMAN, HC SCOTTY BOWMAN v. GM JIM GREGORY, HC ROGER NEILSON CANADIENS SWEEP SERIES

Monday, April 16 Wednesday, April 18 TORONTO 2 @ MONTREAL 5 TORONTO 1 @ MONTREAL 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. TORONTO, Lanny McDonald 1 (Ian Turnbull, Darryl Sittler) 9:36 1. MONTREAL, Bob Gainey 1 (Guy Lafleur, Jacques Lemaire) 2:50 2. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 2 (Pierre Larouche, Ken Dryden) 9:33 GWG Penalties – Turnbull T (double minor) Mondou M 0:20, Palmateer T (served by Butler) 3:26, Palmateer T (served by Burrows) Lambert M 4:36, Maloney T 7:01, Boutette T Robinson M 10:13, Boutette T Tremblay M (majors) Penalties – McKechnie T (major) 12:13, Robinson M 16:53 Jones T Chartraw M 14:08 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 3 (Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson) 7:01 PPG 2. TORONTO, Dan Maloney 2 (Walt McKechnie, Ron Ellis) 3:23 3. MONTREAL, Steve Shutt 1 (Larry Robinson, Guy Lafleur) 4:33 Penalties – Williams T 6:44 4. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 1 (Steve Shutt, Guy Lapointe) 13:05 PPG THIRD PERIOD Penalties – Lemaire M 5:20, Turnbull T 12:11, Shutt M 15:37 4. MONTREAL, Bob Gainey 2 (Serge Savard, Larry Robinson) 13:19 5. MONTREAL, Steve Shutt 2 (Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lafleur) 14:36 THIRD PERIOD 6. TORONTO, Lanny McDonald 2 (Darryl Sittler, Ian Turnbull) 19:43 5. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 1 (Steve Shutt) 4:23 GWG 6. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 2 (Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson) 7:15 Penalties – Boutette T 0:20, Boutette T 5:39, Saganiuk T Engblom M (major) 14:52 7. MONTREAL, Yvon Lambert 1 (Larry Robinson, Guy Lafleur) 9:59 PPG Shots on goal by Penalties – Salming T 8:25, Turnbull T 18:59 MAPLE LEAFS 12 10 6 28 CANADIENS 11 16 11 38 Shots on goal by TORONTO, Mike Palmateer, Paul Harrison (approximately 13:00 of second period); MONTREAL, Ken Dryden MAPLE LEAFS 6 11 11 28 CANADIENS 8 15 10 33 Power play – TOR – 0 for 1, MTL – 1 for 4 TORONTO, Mike Palmateer; MONTREAL, Ken Dryden 16,665 at Montreal Forum

Power play – TOR – 0 for 2, MTL – 2 for 6 15,946 at Montreal Forum

Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22 MONTREAL 4 @ TORONTO 3 OVERTIME MONTREAL 5 @ TORONTO 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MONTREAL, Mark Napier 1 (Yvon Lambert, Serge Savard) 2:48 1. MONTREAL, Yvon Lambert 2 (Pierre Larouche, Jacques Lemaire) 6:55 PPG 2. TORONTO, Darryl Sittler 3 (Lanny McDonald, Ian Turnbull) 5:06 PPG 2. MONTREAL, Larry Robinson 2 (Jacques Lemaire, Bob Gainey) 7:57 3. TORONTO, Lanny McDonald 3 (Dave Burrows, Borje Salming) 11:14 Penalties – Chartraw M Hutchison T 0:36, Risebrough M Williams T (double minor) 3:20, Penalties – Savard M 4:33, Salming T 5:52, Gainey M 8:14, Turnbull T 14:42, Gardner T 18:29, Lapointe M 18:53 Salming T Engblom M 7:35, Chartraw M 16:00, McKechnie T 19:32

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 4. MONTREAL, Larry Robinson 1 (Bob Gainey, Pierre Mondou) 4:35 PPG 3. MONTREAL, Pierre Mondou 1 (Pat Hughes) 8:06 5. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 4 (Mark Napier, Guy Lapointe) 6:12 4. MONTREAL, Pat Hughes 1 (Bob Gainey, Pierre Mondou) 10:31 5. TORONTO, Rocky Saganiuk 1 (Dave Hutchison, Paul Gardner) 14:48 Penalties – Engblom M Butler T (double minor) 3:01, Savard M Williams T 6:56, Robinson M 18:05 6. TORONTO, Darryl Sittler 5 (Pat Boutette, Ian Turnbull) 16:06 PPG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties – Engblom M 15:22 6. TORONTO, Darryl Sittler 4 (unassisted) 17:46 THIRD PERIOD Penalties – None 7. TORONTO, Walt McKechnie 4 (Dan Maloney) 13:29 8. TORONTO, Dan Maloney 3 (Walt McKechnie, Dave Hutchison) 13:58 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties – None

Penalties – Hughes M Hutchison T 8:21 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 9. MONTREAL, Larry Robinson 3 (Guy Lapointe, Pat Hughes) 4:14 PPG GWG SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 7. MONTREAL, Cam Connor 1 (Doug Risebrough, Serge Savard) 5:25 GWG Penalties – Williams T 2:38

Penalties – None Shots on goal by CANADIENS 7 14 10 4 35 Shots on goal by MAPLE LEAFS 5 11 14 3 33 CANADIENS 13 9 12 10 4 48 MONTREAL, Ken Dryden; TORONTO, Paul Harrison MAPLE LEAFS 7 10 10 10 4 41 MONTREAL, Ken Dryden; TORONTO, Mike Palmateer Power play – MTL – 2 for 3 6 for 17 in series, TOR – 1 for 2 2 for 9 in series 16,485 at Maple Leaf Gardens Power play – MTL – 1 for 4, TOR – 1 for 4 16,485 at Maple Leaf Gardens

1979 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL 3 BOSTON BRUINS 100 v. 8 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 85 GM HARRY SINDEN, HC DON CHERRY v. GM BAZ BASTIEN, HC JOHNNY WILSON BRUINS SWEEP SERIES

Monday, April 16 Wednesday, April 18 PITTSBURGH 2 @ BOSTON 6 PITTSBURGH 3 @ BOSTON 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Peter McNab 1 (Don Marcotte) 2:29 1. PITTSBURGH, Jim Hamilton 3 (Tom Bladon) 14:11 PPG 2. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 1 (Peter McNab, Mike Milbury) 5:14 2. BOSTON, Jean Ratelle 1 (Rick Middleton, Wayne Cashman) 15:10 PPG 3. BOSTON, Mike Milbury 1 (Dwight Foster) 15:58 3. BOSTON, Dwight Foster 1 (Stan Jonathan, Wayne Cashman) 16:16

Penalties – Jonathan B 6:19, Wensink B 10:20, Cossette P 17:22 Penalties – Carlyle P 4:37, Smith B 12:19, Chapman P 14:54, Marcotte B 17:00

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 4. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 2 (Rick Smith, Peter McNab) 4:21 4. BOSTON, Peter McNab 2 (John Wensink, Al Sims) 14:15 5. PITTSBURGH, Orest Kindrachuk 2 (unassisted) 6:07 5. PITTSBURGH, Orest Kindrachuk 3 (unassisted) 14:52 6. BOSTON, Bobby Schmautz 1 (Dick Remond, Wayne Cashman) 16:02 PPG 7. BOSTON, Dick Redmond 1 (Mike Milbury, Dwight Foster) 17:27 SHG Penalties – Campbell P 3:55, Kindrachuk P O’Reilly B (majors) 7:25, Secord B 8:08, Schmautz B 11:32, Malone P 17:37 Penalties – Stackhouse P 6:19, Malone P 15:37, O’Reilly B 17:11 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 6. BOSTON, Bob Miller 1 (Mike Milbury, Brad Park) 10:10 GWG 8. PITTSBURGH, Gregg Sheppard 1 (Peter Lee, Tom Bladon) 12:14 PPG 7. PITTSBURGH, Orest Kindrachuk 4 (Ross Lonsberry, Rick Kehoe) 19:54

Penalties – Secord B 12:04, Cossette P Marcotte B 13:41, Campbell P (major, 10-minute misconduct) Wensink B Penalties – None (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) 17:15 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by PENGUINS 9 8 10 27 PENGUINS 5 7 9 21 BRUINS 10 9 6 25 BRUINS 10 17 6 33 PITTSBURGH, Denis Herron; BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers PITTSBURGH, Denis Herron; BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers Power play – PIT – 1 for 4, BOS – 1 for 4 Power play – PIT – 1 for 5, BOS – 1 for 3 12,146 at Boston Garden 12,001 at Boston Garden

Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22 BOSTON 2 @ PITTSBURGH 1 BOSTON 4 @ PITTSBURGH 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PITTSBURGH, Gary McAdam 2 (Pete Mahovlich) 3:10 1. PITTSBURGH, Rod Schutt 2 (Orest Kindrachuk) 15:20 2. BOSTON, Peter McNab 3 (unassisted) 18:43 2. BOSTON, Bobby Schmautz 2 (Rick Middleton, Gary Doak) 16:53 3. BOSTON, Jean Ratelle 2 (Mike Milbury, Rick Middleton) 18:46 Penalties – Miller B 12:42 Penalties – Miller B 3:41, O’Reilly B 10:52, Smith B 17:17, Malone P 18:12 SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties – None Penalties – Smith B 4:21, Carlyle P 8:03, Doak B 10:13 THIRD PERIOD 3. BOSTON, Rick Middleton 1 (Dick Redmond, Brad Park) 5:03 PPG GWG THIRD PERIOD 4. BOSTON, Jean Ratelle 3 (Mike Milbury, Rick Middleton) 8:50 Penalties – Bladon P 3:13, Schutt P 14:55, Cashman B Carlyle P 16:05, Milbury B Campbell P (majors) 18:08 5. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 3 (Peter McNab) 19:19 ENG

Shots on goal by Penalties – O’Reilly B Malone P 8:09 BRUINS 9 8 14 31 PENGUINS 9 7 8 24 Shots on goal by BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers; PITTSBURGH, Denis Herron BRUINS 10 8 13 31 PENGUINS 11 6 8 25 Power play – BOS – 1 for 2, PIT – 0 for 1 BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers; PITTSBURGH, Denis Herron 13,636 at Civic Arena Power play – BOS – 0 for 2 3 for 11 in series, PIT – 0 for 5 2 for 15 in series 15,033 at Civic Arena

1979 STANLEY CUP QUARTER-FINAL 4 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 95 v. 5 NEW YORK RANGERS 91 GM KEITH ALLEN, HC PAT QUINN v. GM FRED SHERO, HC FRED SHERO RANGERS WIN SERIES IN 5

Monday, April 16 Wednesday, April 18 NEW YORK 2 @ PHILADELPHIA 3 OT NEW YORK 7 @ PHILADELPHIA 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Don Maloney 1 (Carol Vadnais, Walt Tkaczuk) 4:32 1. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 2 (Anders Hedberg, Mario Marois) 2:21 2. NEW YORK, Phil Esposito 3 (Don Maloney, Mike McEwen) 9:10 PPG 2. PHILADELPHIA, Frank Bathe 1 (Ken Linseman) 7:45 3. PHILADELPHIA, Bob Kelly 1 (Tom Gorence, Mel Bridgman) 16:52 PPG 3. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 2 (unassisted) 18:22 SHG GWG

Penalties – Dailey P 0:36, Holmgren P 8:39, Plante N 9:21, Barber P 10:58, Tkaczuk N 14:40, Penalties – Linseman N 0:17, Sheehan N Dunlop P 3:12, Sheehan N 16:50 Don Maloney N 16:04, Dupont P 17:29, Clarke P 18:35 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 4. NEW YORK, Don Maloney 2 (unassisted) 2:33 NO SCORING 5. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 3 (Don Maloney, Phil Esposito) 6:19 PPG 6. NEW YORK, Ed Johnstone 1 (Pierre Plante, Mario Marois) 11:41 Penalties – Farrish N 10:18, Kelly P 16:09 Penalties – Barber P 4:54, Bridgman P 6:37, Bridgman P Dave Maloney N 11:47 THIRD PERIOD 4. PHILADELPHIA, Bill Barber 3 (Ken Linseman, Paul Holmgren) 15:02 THIRD PERIOD 7. NEW YORK, Don Murdoch 1 (Don Maloney) 9:44 PPG Penalties – None 8. NEW YORK, Mike McEwen 2 (unassisted) 17:18 PPG

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD Penalties – Linseman P 8:37, Bathe P Duguay N (majors) 10:59, Clarke P 16:20, Bathe P Hedberg N (majors) 5. PHILADELPHIA, Ken Linseman 2 (unassisted) 0:44 GWG 17:18, Bridgman P Vadnais N (majors) 18:43

Penalties – None Shots on goal by RANGERS 7 21 8 38 Shots on goal by FLYERS 12 10 11 33 RANGERS 13 7 4 0 24 NEW YORK, John Davidson; PHILADELPHIA, Robbie Moore, Wayne Stephenson (approximately 7:00 of second pd) FLYERS 12 6 13 1 32 NEW YORK, John Davidson; PHILADELPHIA, Robbie Moore Power play: NYR – 3 for 4, PHI – 0 for 2 17,077 at The Spectrum Power play: NYR – 1 for 6, PHI – 1 for 4 17,077 at The Spectrum

Friday, April 20 Sunday, April 22 PHILADELPHIA 1 @ NEW YORK 5 PHILADELPHIA 0 @ NEW YORK 6

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. PHILADELPHIA, Mel Bridgman 1 (Bob Kelly) 1:38 1. NEW YORK, Don Murdoch 3 (Mario Marois, Phil Esposito) 3:43 GWG 2. NEW YORK, Ed Johnstone 2 (Pierre Plante, Carol Vadnais) 6:33 Penalties – Kelly P 2:21, Dave Maloney N 4:48, Linseman P Plante N (10-minute misconducts) Wilson P 5:44, Dupont P Johnstone N 6:42, Rangers’ bench (served by Fotiu) 9:40, Dunlop P 12:59, Dupont P 13:40, Penalties – Fotiu N (double minor) Holmgren P 3:10, Holmgren P 6:08, Fotiu N 10:47, Don Maloney N 14:30, Stephenson P Hedberg N (majors) Clarke P Esposito N 15:03, Dave Maloney N 19:02 Holmgren P Marois N 16:49, Dailey P 17:53

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. NEW YORK, Don Maloney 3 (Carol Vadnais, Phil Esposito) 2:15 3. NEW YORK, Phil Esposito 4 (Don Murdoch, Mike McEwen) 2:00 3. NEW YORK, Don Maloney 4 (Phil Esposito, Dave Maloney) 2:41 GWG 4. NEW YORK, Bobby Sheehan 1 (Ron Duguay) 5:15 4. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 1 (Ron Greschner, Walt Tkaczuk) 5:39 SHG Penalties – Wilson P 8:12, Dupont P 11:54, Linseman P Dave Maloney N 14:51, Watson P 16:04 Penalties – Dave Maloney N 5:24, Lapointe P 12:06, McEwen N 13:28 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 5. NEW YORK, Don Murdoch 4 (Phil Esposito, Ron Greschner) 6:58 PPG 5. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 1 (Pat Hickey, Bobby Sheehan) 14:17 6. NEW YORK, Ed Johnstone 3 (Pierre Plante) 11:39 SHG 6. NEW YORK, Don Murdoch 2 (Phil Esposito) 19:48 ENG Penalties – Linseman P 2:21, Holmgren P 5:34, Marois N 10:43, Dupont P 13:27 Penalties – Holmgren P 15:01 Shots on goal by Shots on goal by FLYERS 14 9 5 28 FLYERS 11 11 11 33 RANGERS 8 8 14 30 RANGERS 10 5 10 25 PHILADELPHIA, Robbie Moore; NEW YORK, John Davidson PHILADELPHIA, Wayne Stephenson; NEW YORK, John Davidson Power play – PHI – 0 for 4, NYR – 1 for 8 Power play – PHI – 0 for 5, NYR – 0 for 6 17,380 at Madison Square Garden 17,308 at Madison Square Garden

Tuesday, April 24 NEW YORK 8 @ PHILADELPHIA 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 4 (Phil Esposito, Mike McEwen) 9:55 PPG 2. NEW YORK, Walt Tkaczuk 2 (Dave Farrish) 13:26 SHG

Penalties – Ververgaert P 1:28, Marois N 6:06, Bridgman P 8:54, Marois N 12:44, Davidson N (served by Johnstone) Holmgren P 14:23

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Lapointe P 2:50, Wilson P 7:28, Dailey P 8:31, Plante N 17:33, Holmgren P Davidson N (served by Duguay) 18:58

THIRD PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Walt Tkaczuk 3 (unassisted) 2:03 4. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 3 (Walt Tkaczuk) 4:13 GWG 5. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 2 (Anders Hedberg, Carol Vadnais) 8:19 SHG 6. PHILADELPHIA, Reggie Leach 5 (Blake Dunlop, Paul Holmgren) 10:37 PPG 7. PHILADELPHIA, Bob Dailey 1 (Dennis Ververgaert, Ken Linseman) 12:21 8. PHILADELPHIA, Behn Wilson 1 (Ken Linseman, Dennis Ververgaert) 15:27 9. NEW YORK, Carol Vadnais 1 (Ron Duguay, Dave Farrish) 16:50 ENG 10. NEW YORK, Ed Johnstone 4 (Don Maloney, Phil Esposito) 17:24 ENG 11. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 2 (Steve Vickers, Walt Tkaczuk) 19:26

Penalties – Hickey N 7:01, Marois N 9:34, Barber P Sheehan N 15:01

Shots on goal by RANGERS 9 6 8 23 FLYERS 5 6 17 28 NEW YORK, John Davidson; PHILADELPHIA, Wayne Stephenson

Power play: NYR – 1 for 5 6 for 29 (30) in series, PHI – 1 for 5 2 for 20 in series 17,077 at The Spectrum

Teams set SC record for MOST GOALS, BOTH TEAMS, ONE PERIOD

1979 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL 1 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 116 v. 5 NEW YORK RANGERS 91 GM BILL TORREY, HC AL ARBOUR v. GM FRED SHERO, HC FRED SHERO

RANGERS WIN SERIES IN 6

Thursday, April 26 Saturday, April 28 RANGERS 4 @ ISLANDERS 1 RANGERS 3 @ ISLANDERS 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. ISLANDERS, Bryan Trottier 2 (John Tonelli, Denis Potvin) 10:41 1. RANGERS, Walt Tkaczuk 4 (Mike McEwen, Pat Hickey) 3:12 2. RANGERS, Don Murdoch 5 (Don Maloney, Mike McEwen) 15:01 PPG 3. RANGERS, Ed Johnstone 5 (Carol Vadnais, Pierre Plante) 17:57 GWG Penalties – Dave Maloney NYR 3:23, Marois NYR (double minor) Duguay NYR Smith NYI (double minor, served by Howatt) Hart NYI (double minor) 6:13, Murdoch NYR Potvin NYI 9:10, Hart NYI Hickey NYR 11:00, Penalties – Murdoch NYR 2:11, Farrish NYR 4:13, Don Maloney NYR Price NYI 6:37, Tkaczuk NYR 15:06 Harris NYI 13:43, Marois NYR Howatt NYI (minors, majors) 17:00 SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. ISLANDERS, Wayne Merrick 2 (Bob Bourne, Stefan Persson) 1:37 4. RANGERS, Ron Duguay 3 (Pat Hickey, Bobby Sheehan) 9:43 3. RANGERS, Bobby Sheehan 3 (Carol Vadnais) 8:32 PPG 5. RANGERS, Bobby Sheehan 2 (Pierre Plante, Carol Vadnais) 16:34 Penalties – Kaszycki NYI Farrish NYR 0:24, Greschner NYR 4:08, Farrish NYR 5:46, Lewis NYI 7:20, Penalties – Bourne NYI 1:10, Dave Maloney NYR 5:24, Esposito NYR Price NYI 11:21, Howatt NYI (double minor) McEwen NYR 9:17, Farrish NYR 9:36, Merrick NYI 12:00, Greschner NYR 14:25 Johnstone NYR 16:14 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 4. ISLANDERS, Bob Lorimer 1 (Bob Nystrom, Wayne Merrick) 5:13 NO SCORING 5. ISLANDERS, Bob Nystrom 1 (Wayne Merrick, John Tonelli) 8:35 6. RANGERS, Phil Esposito 5 (Don Maloney, Dave Maloney) 15:48 Penalties – Dave Maloney NYR (major) Howatt NYI (minor, major) 17:28 Penalties – None Shots on goal by RANGERS 14 14 10 38 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD ISLANDERS 8 3 11 22 7. ISLANDERS, Denis Potvin 4 (Mike Kaszycki) 8:02 GWG RANGERS, John Davidson; ISLANDERS, Glenn Resch Penalties – None Power play: NYR – 1 for 4, NYI – 0 for 3 14,995 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Shots on goal by RANGERS 10 16 7 4 37 ISLANDERS 12 8 11 6 37 RANGERS, John Davidson; ISLANDERS, Billy Smith

Power play: NYR – 1 for 3, NYI – 0 for 7 14,995 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Tuesday, May 1 Thursday, May 3 ISLANDERS 1 @ RANGERS 3 ISLANDERS 3 @ RANGERS 2 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING NO SCORING

Penalties – Vickers NYR Hart NYI 4:00, Murdoch NYR Trottier NYI 7:52, Gillies NYI 12:22, Marois NYR 13:33, Penalties – Price NYI Vickers NYR 1:32, Murdoch NYR 4:26, Persson NYI Plante NYR 7:43, Bourne NYI 12:44, Harris NYI 14:07, Dave Maloney NYR 15:21, Greschner NYR 17:32 Dave Maloney NYR 15:22, Persson NYI 15:44, Vadnais NYR 16:28

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. RANGERS, Bobby Sheehan 4 (Mike McEwen, Pat Hickey) 3:14 1. RANGERS, Don Maloney 5 (Don Murdoch) 1:18 2. ISLANDERS, Bob Bourne 1 (unassisted) 14:04 2. ISLANDERS, John Tonelli 1 (Mike Kaszycki) 1:53 3. RANGERS, Phil Esposito 6 (Dan Maloney, Don Murdoch) 16:43 GWG Penalties – Nystrom NYI 5:59, Vadnais NYR 11:24, Lewis NYI 15:28 Penalties – Potvin NYI 0:57, Dave Maloney NYR 5:58, Kaszycki NYI Greschner NYR 19:14 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 3. ISLANDERS, Billy Harris 2 (Mike Kaszycki, Denis Potvin) 2:56 4. RANGERS, Steve Vickers 4 (unassisted) 13:55 4. RANGERS, Don Maloney 6 (Phil Esposito, Mario Marois) 6:50

Penalties – Bossy NYI Vickers NYR 17:41 Penalties – Vickers NYR Price NYI (minors, majors) 1:19

Shots on goal by FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD ISLANDERS 5 5 7 17 5. ISLANDERS, Bob Nystrom 2 (Clark Gillies) 3:40 GWG RANGERS 8 14 10 32 ISLANDERS, Glenn Resch; RANGERS, John Davidson Penalties – None

Power play: NYI – 0 for 3, NYR – 0 for 3 Shots on goal by 17,375 at Madison Square Garden ISLANDERS 8 6 11 1 26 RANGERS 11 10 8 1 30 ISLANDERS, Glenn Resch; RANGERS, John Davidson

Power play: NYI – 0 for 4, NYR – 0 for 4 17,375 at Madison Square Garden

Saturday, May 5 Tuesday, May 8 RANGERS 4 @ ISLANDERS 3 ISLANDERS 1 @ RANGERS 2

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. RANGERS, Don Maloney 7 (Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais) 15:29 1. ISLANDERS, Mike Bossy 6 (Bryan Trottier, Stefan Persson) 8:56 PPG 2. ISLANDERS, Lorne Henning 2 (Bob Lorimer, Billy Harris) 17:48 SHG Penalties – Lorimer NYI 3:59, Murdoch NYR 7:47, Esposito NYR Hart NYI 10:24, Penalties – Dave Maloney NYR Harris NYI 13:45, Bourne NYI 16:22 Gillies NYI Dave Maloney NYR 15:50

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 3. RANGERS, Lucien DeBlois 2 (Mike McEwen, Ron Greschner) 7:29 2. RANGERS, Don Murdoch 6 (Mario Marois) 5:03 3. RANGERS, Ron Greschner 6 (Don Maloney, Phil Esposito) 8:45 PPG GWG Penalties – Plante NYR 12:06, Marois NYR 16:21, Nystrom NYI 19:36 Penalties – Lorimer NYI 7:33, DeBlois NYR Persson NYI 11:56 THIRD PERIOD 4. ISLANDERS, Mike Kaszycki 1 (Bob Lorimer) 4:20 THIRD PERIOD 5. RANGERS, Ron Greschner 5 (Phil Esposito, Don Maloney) 9:04 NO SCORING 6. ISLANDERS, Bob Nystrom 3 (Bob Bourne, Denis Potvin) 9:33 7. RANGERS, Anders Hedberg 3 (Ron Greschner, Steve Vickers) 17:47 GWG Penalties – None

Penalties – None Shots on goal by ISLANDERS 10 9 3 22 Shots on goal by RANGERS 9 9 9 27 RANGERS 9 9 12 30 ISLANDERS, Glenn Resch; RANGERS, John Davidson ISLANDERS 9 8 11 28 RANGERS, John Davidson; ISLANDERS, Billy Smith Power play: NYI – 1 for 1 1 for 20 in series, NYR – 1 for 2 3 for 18 in series 17,372 at Madison Square Garden Power play: NYR – 0 for 2, NYI – 0 for 2 14,995 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1979 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL 2 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 115 v. 3 BOSTON BRUINS 100 GM IRVING GRUNDMAN, HC SCOTTY BOWMAN v. GM HARRY SINDEN, HC DON CHERRY CANADIENS WIN SERIES IN 7

Thursday, April 26 Saturday, April 28 BOSTON 2 @ MONTREAL 4 BOSTON 2 @ MONTREAL 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 5 (Guy Lafleur, Bob Gainey) 13:52 NO SCORING

Penalties – Cashman B Gainey M 4:44, Chartraw M 15:43, O’Reilly B 17:53 Penalties – None

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. BOSTON, Jean Ratelle 4 (Rick Middleton, Brad Park) 3:37 PPG 1. BOSTON, Rick Middleton 2 (unassisted) 7:42 3. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 4 (Terry O’Reilly) 5:34 2. BOSTON, Peter McNab 4 (Rick Smith, Don Marcotte) 10:34 3. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 6 (Guy Lafleur) 17:41 PPG Penalties – Risebrough M 2:26, Jonathan B 12:21, Marcotte B 14:16, Smith B Risebrough M 20:00 4. MONTREAL, Bob Gainey 3 (Serge Savard) 18:11 5. MONTREAL, Mario Tremblay 1 (Doug Risebrough, Jacques Lemaire) 19:05 THIRD PERIOD 4. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 3 (Doug Risebrough) 3:44 Penalties – Jonathan B Risebrough M (double minors) 14:14, Schmautz B 15:59 5. MONTREAL, Pierre Larouche 1 (Doug Risebrough, Guy Lafleur) 12:17 GWG 6. MONTREAL, Doug Jarvis 1 (Larry Robinson, Bob Gainey) 19:33 ENG THIRD PERIOD 6. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 4 (Jacques Lemaire, Pierre Mondou) 4:50 Penalties – None 7. MONTREAL, Rick Chartraw 1 (Doug Jarvis, Bob Gainey) 15:43

Shots on goal by Penalties – None BRUINS 4 8 9 21 CANADIENS 7 6 8 21 Shots on goal by BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers; MONTREAL, Ken Dryden BRUINS 5 8 10 23 CANADIENS 4 12 4 20 Power play – BOS – 1 for 2, MTL – 0 for 3 BOSTON, Gerry Cheevers; MONTREAL, Ken Dryden 16,252 at Montreal Forum Power play – BOS – 0 for 0, MTL – 1 for 1 16,952 at Montreal Forum

Tuesday, May 1 Thursday, May 3 MONTREAL 1 @ BOSTON 2 MONTREAL 3 @ BOSTON 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Stan Jonathan 1 (Brad Park, Dwight Foster) 12:19 1. BOSTON, Jean Ratelle 5 (Terry O’Reilly) 15:15 2. MONTREAL, Pierre Mondou 2 (Guy Lapointe) 18:59 PPG Penalties – None Penalties – Robinson M Milbury B 5:59, O’Reilly B 18:13 SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING SECOND PERIOD 3. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 5 (Brian Engblom) 7:58 Penalties – Langway M 2:36, Tremblay M Smith B 9:06, Lambert M 18:56 4. BOSTON, Jean Ratelle 6 (Bobby Schmautz, Don Marcotte) 13:21

THIRD PERIOD Penalties – Jarvis M 4:52 2. MONTREAL, Larry Robinson 4 (Pierre Larouche, Mario Tremblay) 13:23 3. BOSTON, Brad Park 1 (Jean Ratelle) 16:48 GWG THIRD PERIOD 5. BOSTON, Peter McNab 5 (Terry O’Reilly) 16:18 Penalties – Langway M Cashman B 1:20, Bruins’ bench (served by McNab) 6:48, Dryden M (served by Lambert) 6. MONTREAL, Guy Lapointe 1 (Mark Napier, Bob Gainey) 17:54 Jonathan B 15:11 Penalties – None Shots on goal by CANADIENS 6 4 8 18 FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD BRUINS 10 8 13 31 7. BOSTON, Jean Ratelle 7 (Rick Middleton, Rick Smith) 3:46 GWG MONTREAL, Ken Dryden; BOSTON, Gilles Gilbert Penalties – None Power play – MTL – 0 for 1, BOS – 0 for 2 14,654 at Boston Garden Shots on goal by CANADIENS 13 6 5 0 24 BRUINS 8 6 15 3 32 MONTREAL, Ken Dryden; BOSTON, Gilles Gilbert

Power play – MTL – 1 for 1, BOS – 0 for 1 14,654 at Boston Garden

Saturday, May 5 Tuesday, May 8 BOSTON 1 @ MONTREAL 5 MONTREAL 2 @ BOSTON 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 6 (Guy Lapointe, Steve Shutt) 8:35 1. MONTREAL, Larry Robinson 6 (Pierre Mondou, Guy Lafleur) 8:05 2. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 7 (Larry Robinson, Pierre Mondou) 9:00 GWG 2. BOSTON, Stan Jonathan 2 (Gary Doak, Terry O’Reilly) 10:02 3. MONTREAL, Larry Robinson 5 (Jacques Lemaire) 19:02 3. BOSTON, Don Marcotte 5 (Jean Ratelle, Bobby Schmautz) 12:21 4. MONTREAL, Pierre Mondou 3 (Yvon Lambert, Ken Dryden) 12:49 Penalties – Park B 3:31, Lambert M 10:34, O’Reilly B Risebrough M (majors) 17:06 Penalties – Lemaire M 6:35, Schmautz B 7:29, Lapointe M 16:42, Lambert M Cashman B 18:51 SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING SECOND PERIOD 5. BOSTON, Wayne Cashman 2 (Brad Park, Terry O’Reilly) 18:30 GWG Penalties – Park B 6:26, Lambert M 16:30, Park B 16:53 Penalties – Doak B 2:07, Chartraw M 7:35 THIRD PERIOD 4. MONTREAL, Serge Savard 1 (Larry Robinson, Jacques Lemaire) 10:03 PPG THIRD PERIOD 5. MONTREAL, Mario Tremblay 2 (Pierre Mondou) 12:00 6. BOSTON, Stan Jonathan 3 (Bob Miller, Rick Smith) 7:23 6. BOSTON, Wayne Cashman 1 (Terry O’Reilly, Mike Milbury) 18:32 PPG 7. BOSTON, Stan Jonathan 4 (Wayne Cashman, Mike Milbury) 15:24

Penalties – O’Reilly B Risebrough M (majors) Park B Jonathan B Lapointe M 8:08, Lapointe M 17:19 Penalties – Hughes M Smith B 13:20

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by BRUINS 6 7 9 22 CANADIENS 11 7 9 27 CANADIENS 8 8 14 30 BRUINS 10 6 7 23 BOSTON, Gilles Gilbert; MONTREAL, Ken Dryden MONTREAL, Ken Dryden; BOSTON, Gilles Gilbert

Power play – BOS – 1 for 3, MTL – 1 for 4 Power play – MTL – 0 for 2, BOS – 0 for 3 17,583 at Montreal Forum 14,654 at Boston Garden

1979 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL 2 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 115 v. 3 BOSTON BRUINS 100 GM IRVING GRUNDMAN, HC SCOTTY BOWMAN v. GM HARRY SINDEN, HC DON CHERRY CANADIENS WIN SERIES IN 7

Thursday, May 10 BOSTON 4 @ MONTREAL 5 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD 1. BOSTON, Rick Middleton 3 (Dick Redmond, Wayne Cashman) 10:09 PPG 2. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 6 (Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe) 14:19 PPG

Penalties – Miller B Tremblay M 1:18, Lambert M 4:57, Chartraw M 9:47, Miller B 12:55, Marcotte B 16:56

SECOND PERIOD 3. BOSTON, Wayne Cashman 3 (Rick Middleton, Jean Ratelle) 0:27 4. BOSTON, Wayne Cashman 4 (Jean Ratelle, Rick Middleton) 16:12

Penalties – Ratelle B 9:20, Marcotte B Lapointe M 9:55, Shutt M 10:48

THIRD PERIOD 5. MONTREAL, Mark Napier 2 (Guy Lafleur, Mario Tremblay) 6:10 6. MONTREAL, Guy Lapointe 2 (Guy Lafleur, Bob Gainey) 8:18 PPG 7. BOSTON, Rick Middleton 4 (Jean Ratelle, Al Sims) 16:01 8. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 8 (Jacques Lemaire) 18:46 PPG

Penalties – Redmond B 7:11, Bruins’ bench (served by McNab) 17:26

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 9. MONTREAL, Yvon Lambert 3 (Mario Tremblay, Réjean Houle) 9:33 GWG

Penalties – None

Shots on goal by BRUINS 10 10 7 3 30 CANADIENS 15 12 17 8 52 BOSTON, Gilles Gilbert; MONTREAL, Ken Dryden

Power play – BOS – 1 for 3 3 for 14 in series, MTL – 3 for 5 6 for 17 in series 17,453 at Montreal Forum

1979 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 2 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 115 v. 5 NEW YORK RANGERS 91 GM IRVING GRUNDMAN, HC SCOTTY BOWMAN v. GM FRED SHERO, HC FRED SHERO CANADIENS WIN SERIES IN 5

Sunday, May 13 Tuesday, May 15 NEW YORK 4 @ MONTREAL 1 NEW YORK 2 @ MONTREAL 6

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. NEW YORK, Steve Vickers 5 (Anders Hedberg) 6:28 PPG 1. NEW YORK, Anders Hedberg 4 (Steve Vickers) 1:02 2. NEW YORK, Ron Greschner 7 (unassisted) 14:27 GWG 2. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 4 (Mike McEwen, Pat Hickey) 6:21 3. MONTREAL, Yvon Lambert 4 (Mario Tremblay, Doug Risebrough) 8:34 Penalties – Tremblay M 4:58, Esposito N Langway M 7:25, Esposito N Langway M 11:52, Don Maloney N 18:29 4. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 10 (Jacques Lemaire, Steve Shutt) 12:24 5. MONTREAL, Bob Gainey 4 (Doug Jarvis, Rick Chartraw) 16:27 GWG SECOND PERIOD 3. MONTREAL, Guy Lafleur 9 (Jacques Lemaire, Yvon Lambert) 7:07 Penalties – Davidson N (served by Sheehan) Jarvis M 5:00, Dave Maloney N Lambert M 9:06, Murdoch N 12:58, 4. NEW YORK, Phil Esposito 7 (Mike McEwen) 9:30 PPG Dave Maloney N Lambert M 14:05, Esposito N Chartraw M 17:28, Gainey M 18:49, Nilsson N 19:18 5. NEW YORK, Dave Maloney 3 (Anders Hedberg, Walt Tkaczuk) 12:32 SHG SECOND PERIOD Penalties – Greschner N 3:34, Mondou M 8:32, McEwen N 11:50, Dave Maloney N 16:21, Savard M 17:15 6. MONTREAL, Steve Shutt 3 (unassisted) 6:51 7. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 7 (Serge Savard, Steve Shutt) 17:35 PPG THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties – Don Maloney N Langway M 3:02, Marois N 17:22

Penalties – Chartraw M Risebrough M (10-minute misconduct) 10:58, Hedberg N 13:34, Duguay N 15:14 THIRD PERIOD 8. MONTREAL, Mark Napier 3 (Bob Gainey) 4:38 Shots on goal by RANGERS 7 6 9 22 Penalties – Shutt M 12:27, Greschner N 13:04, Tremblay M 14:07 CANADIENS 7 14 11 32 NEW YORK, John Davidson; MONTREAL, Ken Dryden, Michel Larocque (0:00 of third period) Shots on goal by RANGERS 6 9 10 25 Power play – NYR – 2 for 4, MTL – 0 for 6 CANADIENS 15 8 10 33 17,005 at Montreal Forum NEW YORK, John Davidson; MONTREAL, Ken Dryden

Power play – NYR – 0 for 3, MTL – 1 for 4 17,024 at Montreal Forum

Thursday, May 17 Saturday, May 19 MONTREAL 4 @ NEW YORK 1 MONTREAL 4 @ NEW YORK 3 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. MONTREAL, Steve Shutt 4 (Larry Robinson, Jacques Lemaire) 7:27 PPG 1. NEW YORK, Pat Hickey 1 (Bobby Sheehan, Dave Maloney) 1:19 2. MONTREAL, Doug Risebrough 1 (Yvon Lambert, Serge Savard) 15:44 GWG 2. MONTREAL, Réjean Houle 1 (Bob Gainey) 2:39 3. NEW YORK, Don Murdoch 7 (Phil Esposito, Pat Hickey) 17:03 Penalties – Duguay N Langway M 0:31, Gainey M Tkaczuk N (double minor) 4:41, Houle M 4:46, Risebrough M 8:32, Marois N 11:26 Penalties – Chartraw M Don Maloney N 3:34, Chartraw M 5:49, Lupien M 10:13, Esposito N Chartraw M 11:06, Johnstone N 13:54 SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING SECOND PERIOD 4. MONTREAL, Yvon Lambert 5 (Réjean Houle) 18:05 Penalties – Gainey M 2:08, Langway M Esposito N 12:19, Chartraw M 13:28 Penalties – Dave Maloney N 1:18, Lemaire M 2:15, McEwen N 7:41 THIRD PERIOD 3. NEW YORK, Ron Duguay 5 (unassisted) 6:06 THIRD PERIOD 4. MONTREAL, Mario Tremblay 3 (Yvon Lambert, Doug Risebrough) 14:48 5. NEW YORK, Phil Esposito 8 (Don Maloney, Dave Maloney) 4:26 5. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 8 (Steve Shutt, Ken Dryden) 17:10 6. MONTREAL, Bob Gainey 5 (unassisted) 6:27

Penalties – None Penalties – Greschner N 7:58

Shots on goal by FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD CANADIENS 7 9 7 23 7. MONTREAL, Serge Savard 2 (Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt) 7:25 GWG RANGERS 4 10 6 20 MONTREAL, Ken Dryden; RANGERS, John Davidson Penalties – None

Power play: MTL – 1 for 2, NYR – 0 for 4 Shots on goal by 17,376 at Madison Square Garden CANADIENS 11 15 11 5 42 RANGERS 9 4 7 1 21 MONTREAL, Ken Dryden; RANGERS, John Davidson

Power play: MTL – 0 for 4, NYR – 0 for 3 17,382 at Madison Square Garden

Monday, May 21 NEW YORK 1 @ MONTREAL 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. MONTREAL, Rick Chartraw 2 (Réjean Houle, Yvon Lambert) 10:36 2. NEW YORK, Carol Vadnais 2 (Don Murdoch) 16:52

Penalties – Dave Maloney N 19:59

SECOND PERIOD 3. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 10 (unassisted) 1:02 PPG GWG 4. MONTREAL, Bob Gainey 6 (Doug Jarvis, Réjean Houle) 11:01 5. MONTREAL, Jacques Lemaire 11 (Réjean Houle) 18:49

Penalties – Langway M 6:41

THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties – Napier M 18:12, Greschner N 19:41

Shots on goal by RANGERS 8 3 4 15 CANADIENS 9 14 8 31 NEW YORK, John Davidson; MONTREAL, Ken Dryden B O B G A I N E Y MONTRÉAL CANADIENS Power play – NYR – 0 for 2 2 for 16 in series, MTL – 1 for 1 3 for 17 in series 18,076 at Montreal Forum 1979 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY WINNER 6 goals, 10 assists, one game-winning goal in 16 games