Detroit Red Wings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 26, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–6 on Sunday, October 26, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Red Wings 37–30.
Anders Hedberg scored 4 goals. Rick Vasko, Vaclav Nedomansky, Steve Vickers, Reed Larson, Mike Blaisdell, Mike Allison, George Lyle, Mike Foligno and Ron Greschner also scored.
John Davidson made 24 saves on 30 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 30 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Anders Hedberg (3)Ulf Nilsson (5), John Davidson (1)0–104:50 NYR · 
Rick Vasko (2)Paul Woods (3), George Lyle (4)1–111:54 DET
Vaclav Nedomansky (3)Dale McCourt (8), Willie Huber (5)2–114:32 DET · 
Steve Vickers (4)Anders Hedberg (5), Mike Allison (1)2–218:57 NYR
2nd period
Reed Larson (2)Mike Blaisdell (3)3–204:03 DET
Mike Blaisdell (3)George Lyle (5), John Ogrodnick (3)4–204:10 DET
Mike Allison (5)Cam Connor (1), Anders Hedberg (6)4–308:51 NYR- Anders Hedberg (4)Dave Maloney (3), Steve Vickers (4)4–415:00 NYR
3rd period
George Lyle (2)John Ogrodnick (4), Willie Huber (6)5–400:58 DET
Mike Foligno (2)Unassisted6–401:53 DET
Ron Greschner (3)Unassisted6–511:45 NYR- Anders Hedberg (5)Phil Esposito (4), Tom Laidlaw (5)6–618:46 NYR
- Anders Hedberg (6)Unassisted6–719:19 NYR
Team stats
DETNYR
3037
0%0%
1/31/4
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:27 into the first period
Greg Joly · holding2 min - 1:24 into the first period
Barry Beck · high sticking2 min - 3:41 into the first periodRick Vasko · interference2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · roughing2 min
- 13:33 into the first periodJohn Davidson · delaying game2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodGreg Joly · holding2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · slashing2 min
- 0:47 into the second periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodRick Vasko · high sticking2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodPhil Esposito · high sticking2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodReed Larson · fighting5 min
- 19:08 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · fighting5 min
- 19:29 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 18George LyleL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Rick VaskoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Jody GageR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gilles GilbertG | L | 37 | 7 | .811 |
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 30 | 6 | .800 |