Vancouver Canucks vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Wednesday, October 17, 1979 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 5–1 on Wednesday, October 17, 1979 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Canucks 37–29.
Stan Smyl scored twice. Kevin McCarthy, Don Lever, Perry Turnbull and Rick Vaive also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Ed Staniowski stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin McCarthy (1)Thomas Gradin (1)1–016:56 VAN ·
2nd period
Stan Smyl (1)Don Lever (2), Jere Gillis (2)2–012:11 VAN ·
3rd period
Don Lever (3)Rick Vaive (1), Bill Derlago (3)3–007:04 VAN- Stan Smyl (2)Jere Gillis (3), Thomas Gradin (2)4–007:25 VAN
Perry Turnbull (1)Wayne Babych (4), Bernie Federko (5)4–114:32 STL · 
Rick Vaive (2)Bob Manno (2)5–115:00 VAN
Team stats
VANSTL
2937
0%0%
2/41/6
2715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:02 into the first period
Ed Staniowski · high sticking2 min - 6:08 into the first period
Rick Blight · holding2 min - 16:30 into the first periodMike Crombeen · interference2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodBob Manno · cross checking2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · tripping2 min
- 11:43 into the second periodLarry Patey · hooking2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodChris Oddleifson · holding2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodChris Oddleifson · cross checking2 min
- 11:08 into the third periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 11:08 into the third periodRick Blight · roughing2 min
- 11:08 into the third periodRick Blight · roughing2 min
- 11:08 into the third periodRick Blight · game misconduct10 min
- 11:08 into the third periodJere Gillis · fighting5 min
- 11:49 into the third periodLarry Giroux · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Bob MannoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Rick BlightR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 37 | 1 | .973 |
| 35Curt RidleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Bobby SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Neil KomadoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |