Atlanta Flames vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 1979 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Atlanta Flames 8–1 on Saturday, December 15, 1979 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Flames 36–30.
Borje Salming scored twice and Dave Williams scored twice. Ron Ellis, Laurie Boschman, Walt McKechnie, Greg Hotham and Bob MacMillan also scored.
Paul Harrison made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 28 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Borje Salming (7)Darryl Sittler (11), Dave Hutchison (3)0–102:07 TOR- Borje Salming (8)Paul Gardner (6)0–209:11 TOR ·
Dave Williams (13)Lanny McDonald (12), Ian Turnbull (9)0–317:35 TOR
2nd period
Ron Ellis (9)Walt McKechnie (23), Dan Maloney (9)0–405:26 TOR
Laurie Boschman (6)Unassisted0–511:46 TOR- Dave Williams (14)Darryl Sittler (12), Greg Hotham (5)0–617:19 TOR
Walt McKechnie (5)Dan Maloney (10), Ron Ellis (5)0–719:53 TOR
3rd period
Greg Hotham (2)Darryl Sittler (13), Ian Turnbull (10)0–815:03 TOR
Bob MacMillan (6)Eric Vail (5), Pekka Rautakallio (8)1–817:11 AFM
Team stats
AFMTOR
3036
0%0%
0/51/3
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:53 into the first period
Willi Plett · roughing2 min - 6:53 into the first period
Ian Turnbull · slashing2 min - 7:19 into the first periodKent Nilsson · holding2 min
- 9:01 into the first periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 9:01 into the first periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 12:25 into the first periodBrad Marsh · high sticking2 min
- 12:25 into the first periodDan Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodLaurie Boschman · hooking2 min
- 0:44 into the third periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 2:20 into the third periodIan Turnbull · hooking2 min
- 12:07 into the third periodBorje Salming · hooking2 min
- 15:37 into the third periodIan Turnbull · holding2 min
- 16:13 into the third periodKent Nilsson · tripping2 min
- 18:34 into the third periodIan Turnbull · closing hand on puck2 min
- 18:34 into the third periodIan Turnbull · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 24Serge BeaudoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 36 | 8 | .778 |
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |