New York Rangers vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, December 1, 1979 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 2–0 on Saturday, December 1, 1979 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Rangers 38–28.
Goals came from Ulf Nilsson and Don Murdoch.
Steve Baker made 38 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 26 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Ulf Nilsson (9)Anders Hedberg (14), Barry Beck (14)1–007:42 NYR
Don Murdoch (12)Phil Esposito (13)2–011:27 NYR
Team stats
NYRSTL
2838
0%0%
0/10/3
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:20 into the first period
Ulf Nilsson · hooking2 min - 0:20 into the first period
Larry Patey · holding2 min - 18:21 into the first periodSteve Vickers · hooking2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodJoe Micheletti · tripping2 min
- 15:37 into the second periodMario Marois · hooking2 min
- 4:29 into the third periodBarry Beck · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Claude LaroseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 38 | 0 | 1.000 |
St. Louis Blues
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Don LaurenceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Chuck LefleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Neil KomadoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |