Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 23, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 6–1 on Sunday, March 23, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 43–24.
Steve Shutt scored twice and Bob Gainey scored twice. Larry Robinson, Doug Jarvis and Phil Esposito also scored.
Denis Herron made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Davidson stopped 37 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Robinson (14)Pierre Larouche (40), Guy Lafleur (67)1–016:46 MTL
2nd period
Doug Jarvis (10)Chris Nilan (2), Bob Gainey (16)2–007:59 MTL
Phil Esposito (32)Dean Talafous (15), Don Maloney (43)2–109:10 NYR
3rd period
Steve Shutt (42)Guy Lafleur (68)3–105:17 MTL
Bob Gainey (13)Guy Lapointe (20)4–113:01 MTL · - Steve Shutt (43)Guy Lafleur (69), Yvon Lambert (30)5–114:46 MTL
- Bob Gainey (14)Mark Napier (30)6–116:14 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYR
4324
0%0%
0/60/5
1719
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:53 into the first period
Mario Marois · interference2 min - 10:35 into the first period
Rejean Houle · hooking2 min - 11:30 into the first periodDean Talafous · hooking2 min
- 11:30 into the first periodDean Talafous · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:52 into the second periodDave Maloney · elbowing2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodChris Nilan · elbowing2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 9:29 into the second periodDave Maloney · fighting5 min
- 14:23 into the second periodRay Markham · hooking2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · tripping2 min
- 11:13 into the third periodChris Nilan · high sticking2 min
- 11:13 into the third periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 12:26 into the third periodSteve Shutt · holding2 min
- 16:34 into the third periodDoug Jarvis · delaying game2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 9 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ray MarkhamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | L | 43 | 6 | .861 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |