St. Louis Blues vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Friday, December 21, 1979 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Atlanta Flames 5–1 on Friday, December 21, 1979 at Omni Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Blues 32–23.
Mike Zuke scored twice. Pekka Rautakallio, Larry Patey, Bobby Simpson and Chuck Lefley also scored.
Mike Liut made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Zuke (7)Ralph Klassen (7), Chuck Lefley (1)1–008:49 STL
Pekka Rautakallio (3)Unassisted1–115:54 AFM
Larry Patey (5)Perry Turnbull (5), Mike Crombeen (5)2–116:42 STL
Bobby Simpson (2)Blake Dunlop (12)3–118:32 STL
2nd period
- Mike Zuke (8)Ralph Klassen (8)4–107:07 STL
3rd period
Chuck Lefley (3)Unassisted5–110:02 STL
Team stats
STLAFM
2332
0%0%
0/20/1
24
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:36 into the second period
Rick Lapointe · hooking2 min - 16:42 into the second period
Paul Reinhart · holding2 min - 7:15 into the third periodPekka Rautakallio · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 21Mike ZukeC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 25Chuck LefleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Bobby SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – |