Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 7, 1979 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–4 on Wednesday, November 7, 1979 at Madison Square Garden.
Butch Goring scored twice and Steve Vickers scored twice. Dave Maloney, Ulf Nilsson, Phil Esposito, Don Murdoch, Syl Apps, Barry Gibbs, Barry Beck and Anders Hedberg also scored.
Wayne Thomas made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Ron Grahame stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Maloney (3)Ulf Nilsson (7), Carol Vadnais (6)0–101:01 NYR
Ulf Nilsson (8)Anders Hedberg (5), Ron Greschner (6)0–205:00 NYR · 
Phil Esposito (7)Don Maloney (9), Ron Greschner (7)0–307:12 NYR
Don Murdoch (6)Don Maloney (10), Phil Esposito (6)0–408:42 NYR ·
2nd period
Butch Goring (5)Marcel Dionne (20)1–404:37 LAK · 
Syl Apps (1)Doug Halward (14), Steve Jensen (3)2–407:25 LAK · 
Barry Gibbs (1)Syl Apps (2)3–408:15 LAK
Barry Beck (2)Phil Esposito (7), Don Murdoch (4)3–509:17 NYR
Steve Vickers (3)Ulf Nilsson (8), Anders Hedberg (6)3–613:12 NYR · - Steve Vickers (4)Ron Greschner (8), Ulf Nilsson (9)3–714:28 NYR ·
3rd period
Anders Hedberg (7)Ulf Nilsson (10), Steve Vickers (5)3–800:58 NYR- Butch Goring (6)Dave Taylor (15)4–809:01 LAK
Team stats
LAKNYR
3939
0%0%
2/104/5
2132
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00
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Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Barry Beck · cross checking2 min - 2:09 into the first period
Butch Goring · hooking2 min - 4:53 into the first periodDoug Halward · hooking2 min
- 6:14 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · holding2 min
- 6:57 into the first periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 9:26 into the first periodPhil Esposito · hooking2 min
- 11:50 into the first periodSteve Vickers · slashing2 min
- 11:53 into the first periodGlenn Goldup · roughing2 min
- 11:53 into the first periodMario Marois · interference2 min
- 12:16 into the first periodMike Murphy · slashing2 min
- 12:16 into the first periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
- 16:00 into the first periodGlenn Goldup · fighting5 min
- 16:00 into the first periodMario Marois · roughing2 min
- 16:00 into the first periodMario Marois · fighting5 min
- 2:51 into the second periodPhil Esposito · high sticking2 min
- 3:12 into the second periodGlenn Goldup · roughing2 min
- 3:12 into the second periodMario Marois · fighting5 min
- 11:14 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · high sticking2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodBrad Selwood · hooking2 min
- 1:11 into the third periodRon Duguay · hooking2 min
- 15:17 into the third periodDon Murdoch · high sticking2 min
- 18:48 into the third periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 14Syl AppsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 8 | 4 | .500 | |
| 30Ron GrahameG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
New York Rangers
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Jocelyn GuevremontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |