New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 23, 1980 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–4 on Wednesday, January 23, 1980 at Pacific Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 34–29.
Ron Duguay scored twice. Ron Greschner, Thomas Gradin, Bill Derlago, Frank Beaton, Stan Smyl, Phil Esposito, Eddie Johnstone and John Hughes also scored.
John Davidson made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Greschner (12)Unassisted1–006:48 NYR
Ron Duguay (13)Pat Conacher (1), Doug Sulliman (3)2–008:03 NYR
Thomas Gradin (16)Stan Smyl (22), Curt Fraser (14)2–111:04 VAN
2nd period
Bill Derlago (11)Harold Snepsts (15), Per-Olov Brasar (19)2–212:35 VAN- Ron Duguay (14)Pat Conacher (2)3–217:11 NYR
3rd period
Frank Beaton (1)Ron Duguay (15), Pat Conacher (3)4–204:40 NYR
Stan Smyl (18)Bill Derlago (15)4–305:55 VAN
Phil Esposito (20)Don Maloney (29), Don Murdoch (18)5–314:36 NYR · 
Eddie Johnstone (10)Unassisted6–317:48 NYR
John Hughes (1)Don Lever (14)6–418:48 VAN
Team stats
NYRVAN
3429
0%0%
1/20/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:11 into the first period
Curt Fraser · hooking2 min - 14:16 into the first period
Mario Marois · cross checking2 min - 2:29 into the second periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 2:29 into the second periodDon Maloney · roughing2 min
- 2:29 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · high sticking2 min
- 18:00 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · hooking2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodCurt Fraser · holding2 min
- 15:24 into the third periodTim Bothwell · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Pat ConacherL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Frank BeatonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20John HughesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 29Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2David LoganD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – |