New York Rangers vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 1980 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–3 on Tuesday, December 30, 1980 at Le Colisée. The Rangers outshot the Nordiques 38–25.
Eddie Johnstone scored twice and Don Maloney scored twice. Dean Talafous, Normand Rochefort, Mike Allison, Marc Tardif and Jacques Richard also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ron Grahame stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Dean Talafous (2)Walt Tkaczuk (13), Steve Vickers (17)1–009:26 NYR
2nd period
Eddie Johnstone (9)Unassisted2–000:50 NYR
Normand Rochefort (1)Michel Goulet (14)2–101:38 QUE
Mike Allison (14)Don Maloney (11), Dave Maloney (16)3–117:06 NYR
Marc Tardif (7)John Wensink (2), Pierre Lacroix (17)3–219:45 QUE ·
3rd period
Don Maloney (8)Mike Allison (15)4–204:38 NYR
Jacques Richard (27)Robbie Ftorek (20)4–310:24 QUE · - Eddie Johnstone (10)Don Maloney (12), Mike Allison (16)5–310:49 NYR
- Don Maloney (9)Eddie Johnstone (15), Chris Kotsopoulos (7)6–319:30 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRQUE
3825
0%0%
0/22/2
99
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:18 into the first period
Dale Hunter · cross checking2 min - 7:29 into the second periodJohn Wensink · kneeing2 min
- 19:31 into the second period
Carol Vadnais · holding2 min - 9:17 into the third periodUlf Nilsson · tripping2 min
- 17:41 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · fighting5 min
- 17:41 into the third periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 8Marc TardifL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Serge BernierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ron GrahameG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |