Minnesota North Stars vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 9, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Sunday, March 9, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the North Stars 25–19.
Dave Maloney scored a hat trick. Tom Younghans, Greg Smith and Eddie Johnstone also scored.
John Davidson made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Younghans (10)Unassisted1–000:57 MNS
Greg Smith (4)Tim Young (37)2–015:17 MNS
2nd period
Dave Maloney (10)Don Maloney (40)2–110:48 NYR · - Dave Maloney (11)Dean Talafous (12), Carol Vadnais (16)2–214:34 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (12)Walt Tkaczuk (24)2–317:17 NYR
3rd period
- Dave Maloney (12)Eddie Johnstone (18), Anders Hedberg (32)2–404:07 NYR
Team stats
MNSNYR
1925
0%0%
0/21/2
99
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:53 into the first period
Steve Christoff · fighting5 min - 3:53 into the first period
Dave Maloney · fighting5 min - 18:36 into the first periodUlf Nilsson · high sticking2 min
- 8:36 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · boarding2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodCurt Giles · hooking2 min
- 8:05 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dan ChicoineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Rob FlockhartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |