Detroit Red Wings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, March 31, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–5 on Monday, March 31, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Red Wings 46–29.
Don Maloney scored a hat trick. Reed Larson, Peter Mahovlich, Errol Thompson, Dean Talafous, Walt Tkaczuk, Dale McCourt, Vaclav Nedomansky, Steve Vickers and Ron Duguay also scored.
John Davidson made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 39 of 46.
Scoring
1st period
Reed Larson (22)Dale McCourt (51), John Ogrodnick (22)1–002:43 DET · 
Peter Mahovlich (16)Unassisted2–004:50 DET
Errol Thompson (32)Jean Hamel (4)3–009:32 DET
Dean Talafous (9)Dave Maloney (22)3–116:39 NYR · 
Walt Tkaczuk (12)Cam Connor (15)3–218:15 NYR
2nd period
Dale McCourt (29)Mike Foligno (34), John Ogrodnick (23)4–213:55 DET
Vaclav Nedomansky (35)Paul Woods (19), John Ogrodnick (24)5–218:17 DET
3rd period
Don Maloney (23)Phil Esposito (43), Dave Maloney (23)5–305:37 NYR- Don Maloney (24)Barry Beck (50), Dean Talafous (18)5–411:41 NYR
Steve Vickers (27)Ron Greschner (35), Ulf Nilsson (41)5–512:13 NYR · - Don Maloney (25)Dean Talafous (19)5–613:51 NYR
Ron Duguay (26)Cam Connor (16), Walt Tkaczuk (25)5–714:56 NYR
Team stats
DETNYR
2946
0%0%
1/32/5
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:26 into the first period
Barry Beck · hooking2 min - 10:25 into the first period
Paul Woods · holding2 min - 14:59 into the first periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 14:59 into the first periodDennis Polonich · fighting5 min
- 14:59 into the first periodRay Markham · fighting5 min
- 1:28 into the second periodDan Labraaten · tripping2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodBarry Beck · elbowing2 min
- 4:46 into the third periodErrol Thompson · high sticking2 min
- 4:46 into the third periodAnders Hedberg · high sticking2 min
- 8:10 into the third periodDave Maloney · interference2 min
- 9:24 into the third periodReed Larson · tripping2 min
- 12:09 into the third periodPaul Woods · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 31Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Rick VaskoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | L | 46 | 7 | .848 |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ray MarkhamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |