New York Rangers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kotsopoulos (1)Barry Beck (6)1–009:36 NYR
Ron Greschner (13)Jere Gillis (10), Anders Hedberg (17)2–013:01 NYR
2nd period
Steve Payne (12)Craig Hartsburg (11), Bobby Smith (21)2–103:49 MNS · 
Steve Christoff (2)Mike Eaves (6)2–219:43 MNS
3rd period
Gordie Roberts (3)Al MacAdam (19)2–300:48 MNS
Don Maloney (7)Chris Kotsopoulos (6), Dean Talafous (3)3–313:42 NYR
Team stats
NYRMNS
3035
0%0%
0/41/4
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:54 into the first period
Curt Giles · interference2 min - 0:54 into the first period
Mike Allison · holding2 min - 9:40 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 9:40 into the first periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
- 13:24 into the first periodJack Carlson · holding2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodGordie Roberts · interference2 min
- 1:58 into the second periodDave Maloney · hooking2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · hooking2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodAl MacAdam · high sticking2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · high sticking2 min
- 2:41 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · slashing2 min
- 6:18 into the third periodAl MacAdam · tripping2 min
- 9:32 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · roughing2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodSteve Christoff · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Gary BurnsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | T | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 30 | 3 | .900 |