Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 27, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Wednesday, February 27, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Kings 33–18.
Phil Esposito scored twice. Randy Manery, Charlie Simmer, Eddie Johnstone, Andre St. Laurent, Dean Talafous, Dave Taylor and Warren Miller also scored.
John Davidson made 14 saves on 18 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Manery (5)Andre St. Laurent (15)1–009:59 LAK
Charlie Simmer (45)Marcel Dionne (72), Butch Goring (45)2–017:20 LAK ·
2nd period
Eddie Johnstone (11)Walt Tkaczuk (21), Barry Beck (40)2–103:02 NYR
Andre St. Laurent (5)Unassisted3–104:44 LAK
Dean Talafous (4)Phil Esposito (31), Don Maloney (35)3–212:13 NYR · 
Phil Esposito (27)Anders Hedberg (29), Don Maloney (36)3–316:27 NYR · 
Dave Taylor (34)Marcel Dionne (73), Charlie Simmer (37)4–316:50 LAK
3rd period
- Phil Esposito (28)Anders Hedberg (30)4–410:13 NYR
Warren Miller (6)Ron Greschner (26), Eddie Johnstone (15)4–514:55 NYR
Team stats
LAKNYR
1833
0%0%
1/52/3
1620
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:18 into the first period
Brad Selwood · holding2 min - 9:56 into the first period
Dave Maloney · holding2 min - 16:15 into the first periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 17:04 into the first periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 17:04 into the first periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodDave Taylor · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:23 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · roughing2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodBert Wilson · charging2 min
- 19:28 into the second periodDean Talafous · holding2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · high sticking double minor4 min
- 12:45 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · high sticking double minor4 min
- 16:38 into the third periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 16:38 into the third periodBarry Beck · roughing double minor4 min
- 19:56 into the third periodDave Maloney · delaying game2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Randy ManeryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Don HowseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 77Phil EspositoC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Claude LaroseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Jim MayerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 18 | 4 | .778 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |