New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 11, 1979 · Detroit Olympia
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 2–1 on Tuesday, December 11, 1979 at Detroit Olympia.
Goals came from Reed Larson, Don Maloney and Walt Tkaczuk.
John Davidson made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Reed Larson (7)Unassisted0–111:21 DET
Don Maloney (8)Dave Maloney (8), Warren Miller (3)1–115:07 NYR
Walt Tkaczuk (4)Barry Beck (19), Ron Duguay (10)2–118:53 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRDET
2626
0%0%
1/10/3
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:02 into the first period
Dennis Polonich · roughing2 min - 10:02 into the first period
Steve Vickers · roughing2 min - 16:56 into the first periodBill Hogaboam · tripping2 min
- 8:40 into the second periodWarren Miller · holding2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodDean Talafous · tripping2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodDave Maloney · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Frank BeatonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | L | 26 | 2 | .923 |