Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 11, 1979 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Sunday, November 11, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 28–27.
Goals came from Gary McAdam, Phil Esposito, Greg Malone, Pat Hughes and George Ferguson.
Rob Holland made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Wayne Thomas stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Gary McAdam (5)Greg Malone (5)1–014:01 PIT
2nd period
Phil Esposito (8)Don Murdoch (6), Don Maloney (12)1–103:37 NYR
Greg Malone (5)Peter Lee (5)2–116:10 PIT
Pat Hughes (3)Greg Malone (6)3–119:17 PIT
3rd period
George Ferguson (5)Ross Lonsberry (3)4–119:16 PIT ·
Team stats
PITNYR
2728
0%0%
0/20/2
99
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Phil Esposito · tripping2 min - 11:14 into the first periodDave Maloney · cross checking2 min
- 11:14 into the first periodDave Maloney · fighting5 min
- 11:14 into the first period
Orest Kindrachuk · fighting5 min - 3:55 into the second periodGreg Malone · tripping2 min
- 6:42 into the third periodGreg Malone · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bill LocheadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jocelyn GuevremontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |