Calgary Flames vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 22, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Monday, December 22, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flames 33–20.
Goals came from Dave Maloney, Bob Murdoch, Don Lever, Chris Kotsopoulos and Bert Wilson.
Dan Bouchard made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Maloney (4)Anders Hedberg (18)0–101:01 NYR
Bob Murdoch (3)Willi Plett (10), Don Lever (12)1–102:50 CGY
Don Lever (7)Kent Nilsson (28), Pekka Rautakallio (21)2–111:07 CGY ·
2nd period
Chris Kotsopoulos (2)Unassisted2–217:05 NYR
Bert Wilson (3)Bob Murdoch (7), Bill Clement (7)3–219:30 CGY
Team stats
CGYNYR
2033
0%0%
1/30/7
1911
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:56 into the first period
Pekka Rautakallio · interference2 min - 9:20 into the first period
Gary Burns · interference2 min - 9:44 into the first periodSteve Vickers · hooking2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodBrad Marsh · hooking2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodBrad Marsh · fighting5 min
- 12:46 into the first periodEd Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 4:37 into the second periodBrad Marsh · interference2 min
- 12:41 into the second periodDon Lever · holding2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 7:33 into the third periodRandy Holt · hooking2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 15:27 into the third periodKent Nilsson · illegal stick2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Alex McKendryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dan BouchardG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Gary BurnsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |