New York Rangers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, October 10, 1979 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 on Wednesday, October 10, 1979 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Rangers outshot the Maple Leafs 28–25.
Goals came from Mark Kirton, Don Maloney, Dave Williams, Eddie Johnstone, Steve Vickers, Anders Hedberg, Ron Ellis, Phil Esposito and Ulf Nilsson.
Wayne Thomas made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Kirton (1)Jerry Butler (1)0–109:54 TOR
Don Maloney (1)Phil Esposito (1), Carol Vadnais (1)1–113:55 NYR
Dave Williams (1)Darryl Sittler (1), Greg Hotham (1)1–214:58 TOR
Eddie Johnstone (1)Walt Tkaczuk (1)2–219:53 NYR
3rd period
Steve Vickers (1)Mario Marois (1)3–206:14 NYR
Anders Hedberg (1)Ulf Nilsson (1)4–207:25 NYR
Ron Ellis (1)John Anderson (1), Laurie Boschman (1)4–307:49 TOR
Phil Esposito (1)Mario Marois (2), Don Murdoch (1)5–316:41 NYR
Ulf Nilsson (1)Steve Vickers (1)6–319:39 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRTOR
2825
0%0%
0/10/2
42
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:09 into the second period
John Anderson · holding2 min - 9:59 into the second period
Doug Sulliman · holding2 min - 14:18 into the third periodMario Marois · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bill LocheadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Jocelyn GuevremontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 6Ron EllisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |