Colorado Rockies vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Wednesday, December 31, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Rockies 30–24.
Walt McKechnie scored twice and Ed Cooper scored twice. Eddie Johnstone, Rene Robert, Lanny McDonald, Ulf Nilsson, Mike Allison and Dean Talafous also scored.
Jari Kaarela made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Wayne Thomas stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Eddie Johnstone (11)Tom Laidlaw (9), Barry Beck (7)0–106:19 NYR
Rene Robert (7)Unassisted1–111:43 CLR
Lanny McDonald (17)Joel Quenneville (14)2–112:26 CLR
2nd period
Walt McKechnie (10)Ed Cooper (3), Lanny McDonald (22)3–100:09 CLR
Ulf Nilsson (2)Anders Hedberg (20)3–206:58 NYR
Ed Cooper (2)Joel Quenneville (15)4–215:46 CLR
3rd period
- Ed Cooper (3)Mike McEwen (20), Rob Ramage (23)5–205:51 CLR ·
Mike Allison (15)Jeff Bandura (1), Eddie Johnstone (16)5–308:30 NYR
Dean Talafous (3)Steve Vickers (18), Walt Tkaczuk (14)5–412:31 NYR- Walt McKechnie (11)Ron Delorme (12), Rob Ramage (24)6–419:48 CLR ·
Team stats
CLRNYR
2430
0%0%
1/20/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:37 into the first period
Barry Beck · interference2 min - 9:03 into the second period
Rob Ramage · interference2 min - 16:54 into the second periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodMike Allison · hooking2 min
- 16:50 into the third periodEd Cooper · tripping2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 12Ed CooperL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Joseph WardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jari KaarelaG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Jeff BanduraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Gary BurnsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |