Winnipeg Jets vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 17, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 8–2 on Wednesday, December 17, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Jets 49–28.
Goals came from Dave Maloney, Carol Vadnais, Eddie Johnstone, Jere Gillis, Tim Trimper, Don Maloney, Doug Smail, Dave Silk, Doug Sulliman and Phil Esposito.
Doug Soetaert made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Lindsay Middlebrook stopped 41 of 49.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Maloney (3)Eddie Johnstone (13), Dave Silk (7)0–102:25 NYR
Carol Vadnais (3)Anders Hedberg (15), Jere Gillis (9)0–204:47 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (6)Dave Silk (8), Steve Vickers (14)0–308:58 NYR
Jere Gillis (6)Mike Allison (13), Anders Hedberg (16)0–410:48 NYR
Tim Trimper (2)Ross Cory (1)1–411:24 WIN
Don Maloney (6)Dean Talafous (2), Chris Kotsopoulos (5)1–515:37 NYR
2nd period
Doug Smail (3)Doug Lecuyer (3), Tom Bladon (1)2–503:52 WIN
Dave Silk (7)Steve Vickers (15), Eddie Johnstone (14)2–604:42 NYR
Doug Sulliman (3)Dave Maloney (13), Ed Hospodar (4)2–715:11 NYR
Phil Esposito (7)Don Maloney (10), Barry Beck (5)2–815:51 NYR
Team stats
WINNYR
2849
0%0%
0/20/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:49 into the first period
Ed Hospodar · roughing2 min - 12:55 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · tripping2 min
- 1:18 into the second period
Doug Lecuyer · slashing2 min - 8:18 into the second periodDoug Smail · hooking2 min
- 5:09 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · high sticking2 min
- 5:09 into the third periodMorris Lukowich · high sticking2 min
- 5:09 into the third periodMorris Lukowich · slashing2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 9Doug SmailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 29Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ross CoryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom BladonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Jimmy MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Peter SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 4Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 26Al CameronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pierre HamelG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | L | 49 | 8 | .837 |
New York Rangers
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |