New York Rangers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 1980 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8–4 on Saturday, March 15, 1980 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Rangers 41–37.
Don Maloney scored twice, Ulf Nilsson scored a hat trick and Steve Vickers scored twice. Pat Hickey, Darryl Sittler, Carol Vadnais, John Anderson and Mike Kaszycki also scored.
John Davidson made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Jiri Crha stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Don Maloney (19)Phil Esposito (35), Carol Vadnais (18)1–002:28 NYR- Don Maloney (20)Barry Beck (44), Phil Esposito (36)2–008:51 NYR ·
Ulf Nilsson (10)Unassisted3–017:03 NYR- Ulf Nilsson (11)Steve Vickers (30)4–019:44 NYR
2nd period
Pat Hickey (25)Bill Derlago (23), Wilf Paiement (36)4–101:54 TOR · 
Darryl Sittler (36)Borje Salming (43), Wilf Paiement (37)4–205:14 TOR · 
Carol Vadnais (3)Unassisted5–209:17 NYR
3rd period
John Anderson (21)Wilf Paiement (38), Darryl Sittler (48)5–308:55 TOR · - Ulf Nilsson (12)Anders Hedberg (33), Barry Beck (45)6–310:54 NYR
Steve Vickers (24)Ulf Nilsson (37), Anders Hedberg (34)7–313:36 NYR · 
Mike Kaszycki (10)Ian Turnbull (22)7–415:44 TOR- Steve Vickers (25)Anders Hedberg (35), Ulf Nilsson (38)8–418:22 NYR
Team stats
NYRTOR
3741
0%0%
2/63/8
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:29 into the first period
Ian Turnbull · interference2 min - 7:53 into the first periodDave Burrows · hooking2 min
- 10:31 into the first period
Cam Connor · roughing2 min - 14:16 into the first periodDave Maloney · cross checking2 min
- 0:49 into the second periodCam Connor · holding2 min
- 4:04 into the second periodRay Markham · elbowing2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodDon Maloney · interference2 min
- 9:06 into the second periodDave Farrish · hooking2 min
- 12:59 into the second periodDave Maloney · tripping2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodRocky Saganiuk · roughing2 min
- 18:27 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · hooking2 min
- 19:44 into the second periodRick Vaive · hooking2 min
- 7:12 into the third periodBarry Beck · interference2 min
- 13:20 into the third periodDave Farrish · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ray MarkhamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 14Mike KaszyckiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Richard MulhernD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 10 | 4 | .600 | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |