Atlanta Flames vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1979 · St. Louis Arena

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7–3

31–31

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Game summary

The Atlanta Flames beat the St. Louis Blues 7–3 on Saturday, December 22, 1979 at St. Louis Arena.

Ivan Boldirev scored a hat trick, Willi Plett scored twice and Blair Chapman scored twice. Guy Chouinard, Jack Brownschidle and Darcy Rota also scored.

Dan Bouchard made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 24 of 31.

Goals
AFM	3	2	2	7	31
STL	1	1	1	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Ivan Boldirev (11)Willi Plett (12), Pekka Rautakallio (9)1–002:32 AFM
Willi Plett (5)Eric Vail (6), Ivan Boldirev (15)2–006:50 AFM
Guy Chouinard (8)Phil Russell (12), Kent Nilsson (23)3–007:55 AFM
Jack Brownschidle (7)Bernie Federko (26), Blake Dunlop (13)3–119:24 STL ·

2nd period

Darcy Rota (6)Pekka Rautakallio (10)4–104:30 AFM
Blair Chapman (9)Mike Zuke (10), Brian Sutter (15)4–212:31 STL ·
Ivan Boldirev (12)Ken Houston (12), Darcy Rota (6)5–219:16 AFM

3rd period

Blair Chapman (10)Brian Sutter (16), Bernie Federko (27)5–309:36 STL
Willi Plett (6)Ivan Boldirev (16)6–314:18 AFM
Ivan Boldirev (13)Willi Plett (13)7–314:59 AFM

Team stats

AFMSTL

3131

0%0%

0/12/6

2414

Penalties

2:49 into the first periodDave Shand · fighting5 min
2:49 into the first periodLarry Patey · fighting5 min
9:51 into the first periodIvan Boldirev · charging2 min
14:13 into the first periodWilli Plett · elbowing2 min
17:40 into the first periodDarcy Rota · roughing2 min
17:40 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · roughing2 min
18:40 into the first periodDave Shand · tripping2 min
18:53 into the first periodBrad Marsh · fighting5 min
18:53 into the first periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
12:19 into the second periodDave Shand · slashing2 min
12:53 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · tripping2 min
16:37 into the second periodDarcy Rota · slashing2 min
3:07 into the third periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min

Season series

Flames vs Blues head-to-head →

Atlanta Flames

Atlanta Flames skaters

12Ivan BoldirevC	3	2	5	+5	6	2	–	–
25Willi PlettR	2	2	4	+4	5	4	–	–
18Darcy RotaL	1	1	2	+2	4	4	–	–
4Pekka RautakallioD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
6Ken HoustonR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
14Kent NilssonC	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
16Guy ChouinardC	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
27Eric VailL	0	1	1	+4	2	0	–	–
3Phil RussellD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
2Curt BennettR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
7Garry UngerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
9Jean PronovostR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
11Bob MacMillanR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
5Brad MarshD	0	0	0	+2	2	5	–	–
8Dave ShandD	0	0	0	+2	0	9	–	–
20Bob MurdochD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
23Paul ReinhartD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–

Atlanta Flames goalies
Goalie
1Rejean LemelinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Dan BouchardG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

11Brian SutterL	0	2	2	+1	7	5	–	–
14Blair ChapmanR	2	0	2	0	5	0	–	–
24Bernie FederkoC	0	2	2	0	1	0	–	–
19Blake DunlopC	0	1	1	−2	2	0	–	–
21Mike ZukeC	0	1	1	−2	3	0	–	–
16Jack BrownschidleD	1	0	1	0	6	0	–	–
6Larry PateyC	0	0	0	−3	0	5	–	–
9Perry TurnbullC	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
22Bobby SimpsonL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
23Hartland MonahanR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
25Chuck LefleyR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
26Mike CrombeenR	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
28Ralph KlassenC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
4Bryan MaxwellD	0	0	0	−3	0	4	–	–
12Joe MichelettiD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
17Ed KeaD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
18Rick LapointeD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
1Mike LiutG	L	31	24	7	.774	60:00
31Ed StaniowskiG		0	0	0	–	00:00