Atlanta Flames vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, April 2, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the New York Rangers 7–3 on Wednesday, April 2, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flames 24–19.
Goals came from Kent Nilsson, Phil Esposito, Pekka Rautakallio, Willi Plett, Eric Vail, Dean Talafous, Paul Reinhart, Jean Pronovost, Bob MacMillan and Steve Vickers.
Dan Bouchard made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Davidson stopped 5 of 9.
Scoring
1st period
Kent Nilsson (40)Don Lever (31), Ken Houston (31)1–002:26 AFM
Phil Esposito (34)Don Maloney (46), Dean Talafous (20)1–104:06 NYR · 
Pekka Rautakallio (5)Guy Chouinard (43), Paul Reinhart (37)2–104:34 AFM
Willi Plett (13)Bill Clement (13)3–115:05 AFM
Eric Vail (28)Guy Chouinard (44), Dave Shand (7)4–115:57 AFM
2nd period
Dean Talafous (10)Don Maloney (47)4–206:31 NYR
Paul Reinhart (9)Garry Unger (16), Paul Henderson (6)5–208:13 AFM
Jean Pronovost (23)Phil Russell (30)6–215:08 AFM
3rd period
Bob MacMillan (20)Pekka Rautakallio (25), Paul Reinhart (38)7–203:52 AFM
Steve Vickers (28)Anders Hedberg (37)7–312:54 NYR
Team stats
AFMNYR
1924
0%0%
0/31/6
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:58 into the first period
Garry Unger · hooking2 min - 9:02 into the first periodDave Shand · hooking2 min
- 11:57 into the first period
Ray Markham · hooking2 min - 16:24 into the first periodRay Markham · hooking2 min
- 19:40 into the first periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 3:26 into the second periodBob MacMillan · slashing2 min
- 3:26 into the second periodRay Markham · slashing2 min
- 11:26 into the second periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
- 16:00 into the second periodPhil Russell · interference2 min
- 2:07 into the third periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 2:07 into the third periodPhil Esposito · slashing2 min
- 4:47 into the third periodCam Connor · high sticking2 min
- 15:18 into the third periodBob Murdoch · hooking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Paul HendersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Bill LocheadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Ray MarkhamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | L | 9 | 4 | .556 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 10 | 3 | .700 |