Vancouver Canucks vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, November 14, 1979 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 on Wednesday, November 14, 1979 at Chicago Stadium. The Canucks outshot the Blackhawks 31–29.
Don Lever scored twice. Rich Preston, Bill Derlago, Curt Fraser, Ted Bulley and Thomas Gradin also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Don Lever (11)Rick Vaive (6), Curt Fraser (4)1–002:37 VAN
Rich Preston (5)Terry Ruskowski (12), Pat Ribble (2)1–111:39 CHI
2nd period
- Don Lever (12)Dennis Kearns (8)2–110:58 VAN ·
Bill Derlago (3)Don Lever (5), Rick Vaive (7)3–114:17 VAN
Curt Fraser (4)Gerry Minor (1)4–117:36 VAN
3rd period
Ted Bulley (5)Tom Lysiak (8), Tim Higgins (1)4–200:17 CHI
Thomas Gradin (4)Stan Smyl (6), Harold Snepsts (4)5–219:39 VAN ·
Team stats
VANCHI
3129
0%0%
1/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:05 into the second period
Rich Preston · hooking2 min - 1:45 into the third periodMike O'connell · high sticking2 min
- 4:27 into the third period
Harold Snepsts · hooking2 min - 12:32 into the third periodJohn Hughes · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Don LeverC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Gerry MinorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Rick BlightR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4John HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 35Curt RidleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Pat RibbleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan MikitaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |