Atlanta Flames vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 16, 1980 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–3 on Wednesday, January 16, 1980 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Flames 49–22.
Kent Nilsson scored twice. Kevin McCarthy, Guy Chouinard, Jean Pronovost, Curt Fraser, Dennis Kearns and Garry Unger also scored.
Pat Riggin made 46 saves on 49 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin McCarthy (7)Stan Smyl (20), Thomas Gradin (23)0–110:37 VAN
Guy Chouinard (13)Kent Nilsson (29), Bob MacMillan (19)1–111:13 AFM
2nd period
Kent Nilsson (21)Guy Chouinard (19), Paul Reinhart (20)2–100:49 AFM
Jean Pronovost (11)Unassisted3–105:07 AFM
Curt Fraser (9)Stan Smyl (21), John Hughes (7)3–205:42 VAN
Dennis Kearns (1)Curt Fraser (10), Thomas Gradin (24)3–306:03 VAN
3rd period
- Kent Nilsson (22)Bob MacMillan (20), Guy Chouinard (20)4–300:38 AFM ·
Garry Unger (12)Paul Henderson (3), Jean Pronovost (16)5–319:48 AFM ·
Team stats
AFMVAN
2249
0%0%
1/40/2
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:08 into the first period
Dave Shand · fighting5 min - 14:08 into the first period
Brad Smith · fighting5 min - 15:16 into the first periodGuy Chouinard · tripping2 min
- 18:43 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · cross checking2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodDennis Kearns · hooking2 min
- 17:57 into the second periodBob Murdoch · tripping2 min
- 19:13 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:33 into the third periodStan Smyl · charging2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Paul HendersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Pat RigginG | W | 49 | 3 | .939 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 20John HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 12 | – |
| 29Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 19Greg HubickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |
| 35Curt RidleyG | 0 | 0 | – |