New York Rangers vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Wednesday, December 3, 1980 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 4–3 on Wednesday, December 3, 1980 at Winnipeg Arena. The Rangers outshot the Jets 43–27.
Goals came from Tom Laidlaw, Kris Manery, Ron Greschner, Eddie Johnstone, Norm Dupont, Dave Christian and Don Maloney.
Doug Soetaert made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pierre Hamel stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Laidlaw (3)Phil Esposito (11)1–017:19 NYR
2nd period
Kris Manery (6)Dave Babych (12), Dave Christian (23)1–103:45 WIN · 
Ron Greschner (11)Mike Allison (10)2–105:30 NYR
3rd period
Eddie Johnstone (3)Steve Vickers (9), Walt Tkaczuk (7)3–105:43 NYR
Norm Dupont (10)Danny Geoffrion (9), Dave Babych (13)3–208:41 WIN
Dave Christian (6)Dave Babych (14), Danny Geoffrion (10)3–311:58 WIN · 
Don Maloney (3)Dave Maloney (7), Dave Silk (5)4–313:22 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRWIN
4327
0%0%
1/52/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:16 into the first period
Ed Hospodar · elbowing2 min - 7:06 into the first periodDon Maloney · elbowing2 min
- 9:21 into the first period
Ron Wilson · tripping2 min - 18:25 into the first periodBarry Legge · holding2 min
- 3:02 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · tripping2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodRichard Mulhern · hooking2 min
- 2:22 into the third periodRichard Mulhern · interference2 min
- 11:11 into the third periodEd Hospodar · interference2 min
- 12:46 into the third periodDon Spring · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
Winnipeg Jets
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Kris ManeryR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Jimmy MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat DaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Anders SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Barry LeggeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Richard MulhernD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pierre HamelG | L | 43 | 4 | .907 |
| 35Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – |