Philadelphia Flyers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, October 20, 1979 · Detroit Olympia
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–3 on Saturday, October 20, 1979 at Detroit Olympia. The Flyers outshot the Red Wings 29–28.
Brian Propp scored twice, Paul Holmgren scored twice and Reggie Leach scored twice. Dale McCourt, Errol Thompson, Dan Bolduc and Rick MacLeish also scored.
Phil Myre made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Propp (3)Unassisted1–006:02 PHI
Dale McCourt (2)Dan Labraaten (2), Reed Larson (2)1–108:45 DET
Paul Holmgren (5)Brian Propp (4), Ken Linseman (5)2–114:18 PHI · 
Errol Thompson (4)Vaclav Nedomansky (3), Dan Labraaten (3)2–218:54 DET · 
Reggie Leach (4)Unassisted3–219:32 PHI
2nd period
- Paul Holmgren (6)Mel Bridgman (3), Tom Gorence (2)4–209:27 PHI
- Brian Propp (4)Bobby Clarke (4), Bob Dailey (1)5–213:12 PHI
Dan Bolduc (1)Bill Hogaboam (1), Paul Woods (2)5–317:35 DET
3rd period
- Reggie Leach (5)Bobby Clarke (5), Brian Propp (5)6–307:11 PHI
Rick MacLeish (3)Unassisted7–312:57 PHI ·
Team stats
PHIDET
2928
0%0%
1/31/5
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:43 into the first period
Reed Larson · holding2 min - 18:08 into the first period
Mel Bridgman · high sticking2 min - 0:47 into the second periodAndre Dupont · holding2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodMike Busniuk · holding2 min
- 6:43 into the second periodWillie Huber · hooking2 min
- 3:54 into the third periodBobby Clarke · slashing2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodMike Foligno · holding2 min
- 11:18 into the third periodAndre Dupont · tripping2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodPerry Miller · fighting5 min
- 14:34 into the third periodBob Kelly · fighting5 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 26Brian ProppL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Dennis SobchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Thommie BergmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
| 30Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – |