New York Rangers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, December 14, 1980 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Rangers 2–1 on Sunday, December 14, 1980 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Rangers 34–28.
Goals came from Ed Hospodar, Bob Murray and Tom Lysiak.
Tony Esposito made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Wayne Thomas stopped 32 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Ed Hospodar (3)Dean Talafous (1), Ron Greschner (18)1–004:02 NYR
Bob Murray (5)Tim Higgins (16), Florent Robidoux (2)1–105:52 CHI
3rd period
Tom Lysiak (7)Darryl Sutter (10), Keith Brown (15)1–211:26 CHI
Team stats
NYRCHI
2834
0%0%
0/20/1
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:02 into the second period
Greg Fox · interference2 min - 11:55 into the second periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
- 6:01 into the third period
Don Maloney · hooking2 min - 17:00 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · slashing2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | L | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |