Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 26, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 6–4 on Wednesday, November 26, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 27–20.
Ron Greschner scored twice and Steve Vickers scored twice. Phil Esposito, Wayne Cashman, Jean Ratelle, Don Marcotte, Jere Gillis and Peter McNab also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Greschner (9)Don Maloney (5), Phil Esposito (9)0–110:05 NYR
Steve Vickers (5)Unassisted0–217:29 NYR ·
2nd period
- Ron Greschner (10)Phil Esposito (10), Dave Silk (4)0–300:40 NYR ·
Phil Esposito (5)Ron Greschner (13)0–407:54 NYR · 
Wayne Cashman (7)Rick Middleton (15)1–412:54 BOS
3rd period
- Steve Vickers (6)Eddie Johnstone (5)1–502:42 NYR
Jean Ratelle (3)Peter McNab (14), Dwight Foster (8)2–511:02 BOS · 
Don Marcotte (5)Larry Melnyk (4)3–511:25 BOS
Jere Gillis (4)Mike Allison (9)3–611:56 NYR
Peter McNab (7)Brad McCrimmon (7), Dwight Foster (9)4–614:01 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYR
2027
0%0%
1/42/4
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:34 into the first period
Dave Maloney · hooking2 min - 19:25 into the first period
Mike Milbury · high sticking2 min - 3:12 into the second periodRon Greschner · interference2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · fighting5 min
- 6:33 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · fighting5 min
- 8:57 into the second periodDwight Foster · hooking2 min
- 13:13 into the second periodDwight Foster · hooking2 min
- 18:41 into the second periodDave Silk · interference2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodStan Jonathan · roughing2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · cross checking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |