Colorado Rockies vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 12, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Rockies 6–0 on Wednesday, March 12, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rockies outshot the Rangers 27–26.
Don Maloney scored twice. Steve Vickers, Anders Hedberg, Barry Beck and Phil Esposito also scored.
John Davidson made 27 saves on 27 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Vickers (23)Ulf Nilsson (34), Barry Beck (43)0–101:04 NYR · 
Don Maloney (17)Phil Esposito (34), Carol Vadnais (17)0–206:52 NYR
Anders Hedberg (31)Steve Vickers (29), Ulf Nilsson (35)0–314:17 NYR
2nd period
- Don Maloney (18)Ron Greschner (30), Dean Talafous (13)0–407:14 NYR
Barry Beck (12)Ulf Nilsson (36)0–509:45 NYR
3rd period
Phil Esposito (30)Dave Maloney (20), Don Maloney (41)0–611:13 NYR ·
Team stats
CLRNYR
2726
0%0%
0/22/4
1521
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:18 into the first period
Randy Pierce · hooking2 min - 7:44 into the first period
Cam Connor · slashing2 min - 1:00 into the third periodRob Ramage · tripping2 min
- 4:55 into the third periodRob Ramage · fighting5 min
- 4:55 into the third periodCam Connor · fighting5 min
- 4:55 into the third periodCam Connor · misconduct10 min
- 5:50 into the third periodMike Dwyer · slashing2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodDave Maloney · hooking2 min
- 10:07 into the third periodTrevor Johansen · tripping2 min
- 17:24 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Mike DwyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Rey ComeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Kevin MorrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |
New York Rangers
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ray MarkhamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 27 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |