Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 3, 1979 · Madison Square Garden
Scoring
1st period
Warren Miller (1)Barry Beck (15), Eddie Johnstone (6)0–108:20 NYR
Larry Robinson (4)Steve Shutt (16), Guy Lapointe (10)1–114:08 MTL ·
2nd period
Phil Esposito (11)Don Murdoch (10), Don Maloney (18)1–200:50 NYR
Guy Lafleur (22)Guy Lapointe (11), Larry Robinson (17)2–207:44 MTL · 
Pierre Larouche (18)Guy Lafleur (23), Larry Robinson (18)3–208:19 MTL ·
3rd period
- Phil Esposito (12)Barry Beck (16)3–306:23 NYR ·
Team stats
MTLNYR
2930
0%0%
3/41/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Mario Marois · slashing2 min - 4:45 into the first period
Brian Engblom · holding2 min - 10:28 into the first periodGilles Lupien · high sticking2 min
- 13:26 into the first periodDave Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodPierre Larouche · hooking2 min
- 6:22 into the second periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 7:26 into the second periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · holding2 min
- 5:33 into the third periodSerge Savard · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | T | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 77Phil EspositoC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Claude LaroseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | T | 29 | 3 | .897 |