Toronto Maple Leafs vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Saturday, October 27, 1979 · The Forum

5–7

33–31

Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–5 on Saturday, October 27, 1979 at The Forum. The Maple Leafs outshot the Kings 33–31.

Ron Ellis scored twice, Mike Murphy scored 4 goals and Lanny McDonald scored twice. Butch Goring, Darryl Sittler, Marcel Dionne and Charlie Simmer also scored.

Mario Lessard made 28 saves on 33 shots for the win; Paul Harrison stopped 24 of 30.

Goals
TOR	2	1	2	5	33
LAK	2	2	3	7	31

Scoring

1st period

Butch Goring (3)Mike Murphy (3), Glenn Goldup (2)0–101:15 LAK
Darryl Sittler (5)Ian Turnbull (2)1–112:26 TOR ·
Ron Ellis (2)Walt McKechnie (3)2–113:58 TOR
Mike Murphy (3)Glenn Goldup (3), Mark Hardy (1)2–218:14 LAK

2nd period

Mike Murphy (4)Butch Goring (12), Doug Halward (11)2–303:06 LAK
Lanny McDonald (5)Laurie Boschman (5)3–304:34 TOR
Mike Murphy (5)Steve Carlson (3), Doug Halward (12)3–414:02 LAK ·

3rd period

Mike Murphy (6)Steve Carlson (4), Barry Gibbs (2)3–502:54 LAK
Marcel Dionne (9)Charlie Simmer (9), Dave Taylor (8)3–609:10 LAK
Ron Ellis (3)Unassisted4–616:28 TOR
Lanny McDonald (6)Walt McKechnie (4)5–618:55 TOR
Charlie Simmer (11)Marcel Dionne (16), Dave Taylor (9)5–719:48 LAK ·

Team stats

TORLAK

3331

0%0%

1/40/2

Penalties

11:32 into the first periodDean Hopkins · holding2 min
13:04 into the second periodBarry Gibbs · holding2 min
16:39 into the second periodSyl Apps · tripping2 min
19:46 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · slashing2 min
3:05 into the third periodRandy Holt · interference2 min
3:56 into the third periodBorje Salming · tripping2 min

Season series

Maple Leafs vs Kings head-to-head →

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

6Ron EllisR	2	0	2	0	2	0	–	–
7Lanny McDonaldR	2	0	2	0	4	0	–	–
11Walt McKechnieC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	–	–
12Laurie BoschmanC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
27Darryl SittlerC	1	0	1	−4	5	0	–	–
2Ian TurnbullD	0	1	1	−3	8	0	–	–
9Dan MaloneyL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
10John AndersonR	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
15Pat BoutetteL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
17Jerry ButlerR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
18Paul GardnerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Dave WilliamsL	0	0	0	−4	3	0	–	–
3Joel QuennevilleD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
4Greg HothamD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
21Borje SalmingD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
23Dave HutchisonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
26Dave BurrowsD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
29Mike PalmateerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Paul HarrisonG	L	30	24	6	.800	59:20

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

7Mike MurphyR	4	1	5	+2	5	0	–	–
10Steve CarlsonC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	–	–
11Charlie SimmerL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
16Marcel DionneC	1	1	2	+2	8	0	–	–
18Dave TaylorR	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
19Butch GoringC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	–	–
21Glenn GoldupR	0	2	2	+1	4	0	–	–
3Doug HalwardD	0	2	2	+3	0	0	–	–
23Barry GibbsD	0	1	1	0	0	2	–	–
26Mark HardyD	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
8Bert WilsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
12Dean HopkinsR	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
14Syl AppsC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
22Steve JensenL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
4Randy HoltD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
6Rob PalmerD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	–	–
24Jay WellsD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
1Mario LessardG	W	33	28	5	.849	60:00
30Ron GrahameG		0	0	0	–	00:00