St. Louis Blues vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 18, 1979 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 5–3 on Sunday, November 18, 1979 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blues 41–24.
Don Murdoch scored twice. Jack Brownschidle, Don Maloney, Mike Zuke, Mario Marois, Steve Vickers and Rick Lapointe also scored.
Wayne Thomas made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ed Staniowski stopped 36 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Jack Brownschidle (3)Hartland Monahan (5), Mike Zuke (6)1–002:39 STL
Don Murdoch (8)Unassisted1–110:27 NYR- Don Murdoch (9)Don Maloney (14), Phil Esposito (9)1–213:38 NYR
2nd period
Don Maloney (5)Don Murdoch (7), Barry Beck (11)1–302:40 NYR
Mike Zuke (5)Joe Micheletti (7), Hartland Monahan (6)2–319:50 STL
3rd period
Mario Marois (3)Anders Hedberg (11), Ulf Nilsson (14)2–410:20 NYR
Steve Vickers (9)Ulf Nilsson (15), Anders Hedberg (12)2–518:10 NYR
Rick Lapointe (3)Mike Crombeen (3), Mike Zuke (7)3–518:48 STL
Team stats
STLNYR
2441
0%0%
0/50/3
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:28 into the first period
Bryan Maxwell · hooking2 min - 5:34 into the first period
Barry Beck · holding2 min - 14:34 into the first periodPhil Esposito · tripping2 min
- 15:47 into the first periodBarry Beck · cross checking2 min
- 18:53 into the first periodDave Maloney · elbowing2 min
- 0:34 into the second periodBrian Sutter · holding2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:53 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodWarren Miller · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Floyd ThomsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Neil KomadoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | L | 41 | 5 | .878 |
New York Rangers
| 14Don MurdochR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 7 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ray MarkhamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jocelyn GuevremontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 30John DavidsonG | 0 | 0 | – |