New York Rangers vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Friday, November 16, 1979 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Friday, November 16, 1979 at Omni Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Rangers 40–31.
Goals came from Bill Clement, Eric Vail, Anders Hedberg, Ron Duguay, Jean Pronovost and Willi Plett.
Dan Bouchard made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Wayne Thomas stopped 36 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Clement (3)Jean Pronovost (5), Dan Bouchard (1)0–100:57 AFM · 
Eric Vail (13)Guy Chouinard (11), Bob MacMillan (8)0–205:59 AFM
Anders Hedberg (11)Ulf Nilsson (13), Ron Greschner (12)1–217:11 NYR · 
Ron Duguay (5)Barry Beck (10), Eddie Johnstone (4)2–217:42 NYR
2nd period
Jean Pronovost (5)Bill Clement (3), Paul Reinhart (9)2–310:55 AFM
3rd period
Willi Plett (4)Bill Clement (4)2–405:46 AFM
Team stats
NYRAFM
3140
0%0%
1/30/5
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:42 into the first period
Dave Shand · hooking2 min - 8:09 into the first period
Mario Marois · holding2 min - 10:50 into the first periodPhil Russell · interference2 min
- 16:41 into the first periodBill Clement · hooking2 min
- 18:56 into the first periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
- 1:57 into the second periodJocelyn Guevremont · hooking2 min
- 18:06 into the second periodTim Bothwell · hooking2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodUlf Nilsson · slashing2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodBill Clement · high sticking2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodAnders Hedberg · slashing2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodAnders Hedberg · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ray MarkhamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Jocelyn GuevremontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |
| 30John DavidsonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 10Bill ClementC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |