New York Rangers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, December 12, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Rockies 4–3 on Friday, December 12, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Rangers 29–20.
Goals came from Walt Tkaczuk, Steve Vickers, Dean Talafous, Merlin Malinowski, Mike Allison, Ron Delorme and Mike Kitchen.
Doug Soetaert made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Walt Tkaczuk (5)Steve Vickers (13), Eddie Johnstone (12)1–001:40 NYR
Steve Vickers (10)Ron Greschner (17), Phil Esposito (12)2–012:09 NYR
2nd period
Dean Talafous (1)Doug Sulliman (1), Chris Kotsopoulos (4)3–000:09 NYR
Merlin Malinowski (9)Lanny McDonald (14)3–107:39 CLR
3rd period
Mike Allison (12)Tom Laidlaw (7)4–103:17 NYR
Ron Delorme (8)Mike Gillis (4)4–204:11 CLR
Mike Kitchen (1)Ron Delorme (9)4–317:00 CLR
Team stats
NYRCLR
2029
0%0%
0/10/2
919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:10 into the first period
Jack Hughes · fighting5 min - 6:10 into the first period
Don Maloney · fighting5 min - 9:15 into the first periodLanny McDonald · tripping2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodMike Allison · interference2 min
- 18:44 into the third periodSteve Vickers · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRene Robert · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRene Robert · game misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Colorado Rockies
| 27Ron DelormeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |