New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Saturday, March 8, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 37–34.
Rick Chartraw scored twice. Yvon Lambert, Pierre Larouche, Ron Greschner, Ron Duguay and Mario Tremblay also scored.
Denis Herron made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Chartraw (4)Doug Jarvis (8)0–100:24 MTL- Rick Chartraw (5)Bob Gainey (13), Doug Jarvis (9)0–200:49 MTL
2nd period
Yvon Lambert (16)Mark Napier (23), Mario Tremblay (23)0–306:46 MTL
Pierre Larouche (44)Guy Lafleur (64), Brian Engblom (12)0–412:08 MTL
3rd period
Ron Greschner (18)Don Maloney (39), Dean Talafous (11)1–401:04 NYR · 
Ron Duguay (22)Ron Greschner (29), Ulf Nilsson (33)2–410:43 NYR
Mario Tremblay (10)Mark Napier (24), Yvon Lambert (22)2–519:37 MTL
Team stats
NYRMTL
3437
0%0%
1/60/4
1317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:44 into the first period
Gilles Lupien · hooking2 min - 9:36 into the first periodDoug Risebrough · tripping2 min
- 11:34 into the first period
Eddie Johnstone · slashing2 min - 12:16 into the first periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
- 16:18 into the first periodGaston Gingras · holding2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · holding2 min
- 11:10 into the second periodGilles Lupien · fighting5 min
- 11:10 into the second periodRon Greschner · fighting5 min
- 16:36 into the second periodBrian Engblom · hooking2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · roughing2 min
- 5:51 into the third periodTim Bothwell · tripping2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodBob Gainey · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Jim MayerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |