Toronto Maple Leafs vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Tuesday, November 27, 1979 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Atlanta Flames 5–3 on Tuesday, November 27, 1979 at Omni Coliseum. The Maple Leafs outshot the Flames 28–26.
Borje Salming scored twice. Greg Hotham, Darcy Rota, Paul Henderson, John Anderson, Paul Gardner and Kent Nilsson also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Hotham (1)Paul Gardner (2)1–008:38 TOR
Borje Salming (4)Walt McKechnie (14), Ron Ellis (4)2–008:52 TOR
Darcy Rota (4)Garry Unger (5), Ken Houston (9)2–113:21 AFM- Borje Salming (5)Paul Gardner (3), Lanny McDonald (9)3–116:49 TOR
2nd period
Paul Henderson (1)Jean Pronovost (9)3–201:25 AFM
John Anderson (5)Rocky Saganiuk (7), Dave Hutchison (2)4–201:46 TOR
Paul Gardner (6)Lanny McDonald (10)5–205:36 TOR
3rd period
Kent Nilsson (14)Paul Henderson (2), Phil Russell (10)5–303:12 AFM
Team stats
TORAFM
2826
0%0%
0/20/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:49 into the second period
Rocky Saganiuk · elbowing2 min - 6:29 into the second periodDave Burrows · interference2 min
- 11:19 into the second period
Phil Russell · holding2 min - 15:18 into the second periodLaurie Boschman · hooking2 min
- 19:32 into the second periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 18Paul GardnerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 19Paul HendersonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave GormanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |