New York Rangers vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Friday, March 28, 1980 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Friday, March 28, 1980 at Omni Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Rangers 36–27.
Goals came from Steve Vickers, Dean Talafous, Ken Houston, Kent Nilsson, Willi Plett and Paul Henderson.
Dan Bouchard made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Davidson stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Vickers (26)Phil Esposito (40), Anders Hedberg (36)1–003:10 NYR · 
Dean Talafous (8)Phil Esposito (41), Barry Beck (49)2–014:16 NYR ·
2nd period
Ken Houston (21)Unassisted2–114:49 AFM
3rd period
Kent Nilsson (37)Pekka Rautakallio (22), Paul Reinhart (36)2–200:17 AFM · 
Willi Plett (12)Paul Henderson (5), Dave Shand (6)2–302:55 AFM
Paul Henderson (7)Bob Murdoch (16)2–418:47 AFM ·
Team stats
NYRAFM
2736
0%0%
2/41/4
2010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:22 into the first period
Dave Shand · holding2 min - 7:27 into the first period
Walt Tkaczuk · holding2 min - 13:10 into the first periodWilli Plett · charging2 min
- 15:51 into the first periodDave Maloney · elbowing2 min
- 16:49 into the first periodKent Nilsson · tripping2 min
- 17:09 into the first periodPhil Russell · holding2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodEric Vail · slashing2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodBill Lochead · slashing2 min
- 18:25 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · hooking2 min
- 13:04 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · tripping2 min
- 18:47 into the third periodRon Greschner · misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Bill LocheadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 19Paul HendersonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |