Atlanta Flames vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Thursday, January 17, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the Colorado Rockies 4–1 on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Flames 35–23.
Goals came from Kent Nilsson, Paul Henderson, Garry Unger, Guy Chouinard and Joel Quenneville.
Pat Riggin made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Bill Oleschuk stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Kent Nilsson (23)Ivan Boldirev (19)1–006:18 AFM ·
2nd period
Paul Henderson (2)Guy Chouinard (21), Kent Nilsson (30)2–013:00 AFM · 
Garry Unger (13)Willi Plett (16), Bob Murdoch (13)3–018:14 AFM
3rd period
Guy Chouinard (14)Kent Nilsson (31), Bob MacMillan (21)4–004:35 AFM · 
Joel Quenneville (2)Mike Christie (7), Lanny McDonald (21)4–109:52 CLR
Team stats
AFMCLR
2335
0%0%
3/30/5
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:34 into the first period
John Flesch · high sticking2 min - 12:14 into the first period
Ivan Boldirev · slashing2 min - 12:14 into the first periodMike Kitchen · high sticking2 min
- 15:25 into the first periodKen Houston · holding2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodBrad Marsh · tripping2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodIvan Boldirev · hooking2 min
- 12:05 into the second periodMike Kitchen · tripping2 min
- 18:45 into the second periodPhil Russell · holding2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · hooking2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodKen Houston · hooking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Paul HendersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Pat RigginG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16John FleschR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Bill OleschukG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |