St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, December 27, 1979 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on Thursday, December 27, 1979 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Blues 29–25.
Goals came from Brian Sutter, Dennis Sobchuk, Dan Bolduc, Bernie Federko and Blair Chapman.
Mike Liut made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Sutter (11)Bernie Federko (28)1–011:05 STL
2nd period
Dennis Sobchuk (4)Mike Foligno (15), Reed Larson (20)1–101:43 DET
Dan Bolduc (4)Paul Woods (9), Dennis Sobchuk (6)1–217:46 DET
3rd period
Bernie Federko (12)Blair Chapman (7), Brian Sutter (18)2–211:16 STL
Blair Chapman (11)Mike Zuke (11), Bernie Federko (29)3–213:41 STL ·
Team stats
STLDET
2529
0%0%
1/20/4
2218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:27 into the first period
Mike Zuke · hooking2 min - 15:46 into the first period
Willie Huber · tripping2 min - 5:07 into the second periodBlake Dunlop · tripping2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodBernie Federko · slashing2 min
- 16:51 into the second periodGlenn Hicks · slashing2 min
- 16:51 into the second periodGlenn Hicks · fighting5 min
- 16:51 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 16:51 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 19:07 into the second periodPeter Mahovlich · slashing2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodPeter Mahovlich · fighting5 min
- 19:07 into the second periodWayne Babych · slashing2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodWayne Babych · fighting5 min
- 7:56 into the third periodBernie Federko · tripping2 min
- 13:15 into the third periodBarry Long · interference2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Chuck LefleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Dennis SobchukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |