All NHL game summaries from March 16, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (20-40-10) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Colorado Rockies (14-47-9) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | VAN, | Don Lever 20 (Dunc Wilson), 6:37 |
| COL, | Trevor Johansen 2 (Jack Valiquette, Wilf Paiement), 14:06 | |
| 2: | VAN, | Curt Fraser 14 (Thomas Gradin, Bob Manno), 7:02 |
| VAN, | Rob Tudor 3 (Jere Gillis, Don Lever), 8:05 | |
| 3: | VAN, | Harold Snepsts 6, 19:38 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Trevor Johansen, COL [Hooking] 14:34 | |
| Brad Gassoff, VAN [Hi-sticking] 17:55 | ||
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: VAN: 2 minutes
COL: 2 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Larry Goodenough | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brad Gassoff | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Rob Tudor | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Kozak | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dunc Wilson | 31 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 15 | 32 | ||||||
| COL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Beverley | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Christie | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| John Van Boxmeer | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Randy Pierce | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Don Saleski | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Wilf Paiement | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Lochead | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Don Ashby | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Gillis | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jack Valiquette | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rey Comeau | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gary Croteau | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Awrey | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Merlin Malinowski | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Trevor Johansen | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Kitchen | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ron Delorme | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Michel Plasse | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -16 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 11-10-11-32
COL: 8- 6-15-29
Goalies: VAN: Dunc Wilson (W, 2-9-1)
COL: Michel Plasse (L, 9-27-1)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Gordon Broseker
Attendance: 5,878
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