Hartford Whalers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, January 7, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Monday, January 7, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 29–21.
Dave Debol scored twice. Claude Larose, Don Murdoch, Ron Greschner, Steve Vickers and Eddie Johnstone also scored.
Steve Baker made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Larose (3)Mario Marois (13), Ron Duguay (13)0–104:00 NYR
3rd period
Don Murdoch (20)Dean Talafous (5), Phil Esposito (20)0–201:24 NYR
Ron Greschner (11)Anders Hedberg (19)0–304:07 NYR
Steve Vickers (17)Carol Vadnais (11), Anders Hedberg (20)0–408:34 NYR · 
Dave Debol (4)Al Hangsleben (12), Ray Allison (6)1–409:21 HFD
Eddie Johnstone (8)Ron Greschner (21), Mario Marois (14)1–512:25 NYR- Dave Debol (5)Mike Rogers (21), Pat Boutette (6)2–518:42 HFD
Team stats
HFDNYR
2129
0%0%
0/31/5
1513
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:54 into the first period
Frank Beaton · interference2 min - 10:32 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · holding2 min - 13:17 into the first periodFrank Beaton · tripping2 min
- 16:42 into the second periodLarry Giroux · interference2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · fighting5 min
- 17:39 into the second periodAl Smith · goalie leave crease2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodDon Maloney · roughing2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodDon Maloney · fighting5 min
- 19:06 into the second periodAl Sims · holding2 min
- 7:21 into the third periodGordie Roberts · tripping2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodBench · ps players leaving bench0 min
- 16:23 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · holding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 15Dave DebolC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian HillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Claude LaroseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Frank BeatonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |