New York Rangers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, October 27, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the New York Rangers 7–2 on Saturday, October 27, 1979 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Rangers 39–31.
Steve Payne scored a hat trick and Tom McCarthy scored twice. Kris Manery, Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg and Glen Sharpley also scored.
Gary Edwards made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Wayne Thomas stopped 32 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Kris Manery (1)Tim Young (4), Kent-Erik Andersson (1)0–104:08 MNS
Steve Payne (6)Bobby Smith (6)0–213:19 MNS ·
2nd period
Ulf Nilsson (5)Dean Talafous (1), Anders Hedberg (2)1–202:17 NYR
Tom McCarthy (1)Glen Sharpley (4), Brad Maxwell (6)1–302:58 MNS
Anders Hedberg (4)Carol Vadnais (5)2–307:47 NYR- Tom McCarthy (2)Paul Shmyr (4), Glen Sharpley (5)2–417:58 MNS
3rd period
Glen Sharpley (5)Per-Olov Brasar (2)2–506:52 MNS · - Steve Payne (7)Bobby Smith (7), Al MacAdam (6)2–609:56 MNS
- Steve Payne (8)Craig Hartsburg (4), Bobby Smith (8)2–718:11 MNS ·
Team stats
NYRMNS
3139
0%0%
0/33/5
158
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:43 into the first period
Pat Hickey · tripping2 min - 14:25 into the first period
Fred Barrett · cross checking2 min - 19:22 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · slashing2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodUlf Nilsson · hooking2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodTim Young · interference2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 13:40 into the third periodDave Maloney · high sticking5 min
- 18:47 into the third periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Jocelyn GuevremontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | L | 39 | 7 | .821 |
| 30John DavidsonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |