New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, November 1, 1979 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Thursday, November 1, 1979 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Rangers 26–23.
Charlie Simmer scored twice. Butch Goring, Ulf Nilsson, Eddie Johnstone and Steve Jensen also scored.
Mario Lessard made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; John Davidson stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Simmer (12)Butch Goring (14)0–102:42 LAK
Butch Goring (4)Unassisted0–214:27 LAK
Ulf Nilsson (7)Anders Hedberg (4), Mario Marois (6)1–218:05 NYR ·
2nd period
Eddie Johnstone (2)Steve Vickers (3)2–206:45 NYR
Steve Jensen (4)Barry Gibbs (4)2–307:47 LAK
3rd period
- Charlie Simmer (13)Marcel Dionne (17), Butch Goring (15)2–416:59 LAK ·
Team stats
NYRLAK
2326
0%0%
1/61/7
3119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Carol Vadnais · holding2 min - 8:51 into the first period
Barry Gibbs · hooking2 min - 15:39 into the first periodPhil Esposito · tripping2 min
- 16:41 into the first periodMark Hardy · tripping2 min
- 0:57 into the second periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 3:08 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · roughing2 min
- 3:08 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · slashing2 min
- 3:08 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · fighting5 min
- 3:08 into the second periodMario Marois · game misconduct10 min
- 3:08 into the second periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
- 3:08 into the second periodRon Greschner · fighting5 min
- 9:33 into the second periodGlenn Goldup · tripping2 min
- 10:34 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodBrad Selwood · hooking2 min
- 17:46 into the second periodRon Greschner · high sticking2 min
- 7:14 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 10:59 into the third periodTim Bothwell · holding2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodUlf Nilsson · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Butch GoringC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |