Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, January 4, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Friday, January 4, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 27–26.
Goals came from Rick MacLeish, Mel Bridgman, Brian Propp, Bob Dailey, Bill Barber, Anders Hedberg, Don Murdoch and Eddie Johnstone.
Phil Myre made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Rick MacLeish (21)Dennis Ververgaert (9), Andre Dupont (4)1–017:33 PHI
2nd period
Mel Bridgman (7)Unassisted2–002:38 PHI · 
Brian Propp (21)Unassisted3–011:30 PHI
Bob Dailey (5)Mel Bridgman (14)4–012:30 PHI
Bill Barber (19)Norm Barnes (18)5–014:40 PHI
Anders Hedberg (21)Walt Tkaczuk (12), Mario Marois (11)5–118:02 NYR ·
3rd period
Don Murdoch (19)Phil Esposito (19)5–205:31 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (7)Mario Marois (12), Barry Beck (28)5–313:48 NYR
Team stats
PHINYR
2726
0%0%
0/41/7
3550
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:25 into the first period
Carol Vadnais · slashing2 min - 0:25 into the first period
Bobby Clarke · elbowing2 min - 4:39 into the first periodMario Marois · tripping2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodDon Maloney · fighting5 min
- 7:24 into the first periodAndre Dupont · slashing2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodAndre Dupont · fighting5 min
- 10:24 into the first periodBob Dailey · interference2 min
- 16:07 into the first periodRon Greschner · charging2 min
- 16:07 into the first periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the first periodBob Kelly · roughing2 min
- 1:25 into the second periodBobby Clarke · cross checking2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodEd Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 12:55 into the second periodEd Hospodar · game misconduct10 min
- 12:55 into the second periodEd Hospodar · game misconduct10 min
- 12:55 into the second periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodAndre Dupont · game misconduct10 min
- 16:15 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 17:21 into the second periodJimmy Watson · slashing2 min
- 2:44 into the third periodFrank Beaton · misconduct10 min
- 6:14 into the third periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 18:34 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Andre DupontD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Frank BeatonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |