New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1979 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Saturday, December 22, 1979 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 30–15.
Steve Vickers scored twice. Rod Schutt, Mario Faubert, Mario Marois, Russ Anderson and Warren Miller also scored.
Steve Baker made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 11 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Schutt (7)Mario Faubert (5), Peter Lee (13)0–110:01 PIT · 
Mario Faubert (1)Greg Malone (20), Gary McAdam (7)0–214:02 PIT
Steve Vickers (14)Ulf Nilsson (27), Ron Greschner (16)1–217:30 NYR
2nd period
- Steve Vickers (15)Ron Greschner (17)2–214:57 NYR
Mario Marois (4)Dean Talafous (4), Claude Larose (3)3–217:13 NYR
3rd period
Russ Anderson (2)George Ferguson (13), Nick Libett (8)3–310:05 PIT
Warren Miller (2)Barry Beck (24)4–315:43 NYR
Team stats
NYRPIT
1530
0%0%
0/21/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:42 into the first period
Dave Maloney · hooking2 min - 4:58 into the first period
Greg Malone · hooking2 min - 6:34 into the first periodMario Marois · holding2 min
- 9:41 into the first periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 11:56 into the first periodMario Faubert · tripping2 min
- 18:45 into the second periodSteve Baker · tripping2 min
- 4:05 into the third periodDave Maloney · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Claude LaroseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Frank BeatonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 15 | 4 | .733 |