NHL game summary from October 18, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (2-2-1) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 New York Rangers (2-1-0) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1: | NYR, | Dave Maloney 1 (Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais), :58 |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 2 (Ron Greschner, Don Maloney), 2:20 | |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 1 (Walt Tkaczuk), 8:51 | |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 3 (Doug Sulliman, Phil Esposito), 15:56 | |
| VAN, | Stan Smyl 3 (Jere Gillis, Thomas Gradin), 17:58 | |
| VAN, | Thomas Gradin 2 (Dennis Kearns, Lars Lindgren), 18:52 | |
| 2: | VAN, | Chris Oddleifson 1 (Curt Fraser, Brent Ashton), 3:32 |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 3 (Don Maloney, Mike McEwen), 7:19 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Phil Esposito 4 (Don Maloney, Ron Greschner), 10:42 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Harold Snepsts, VAN [Tripping] 6:36 |
| 2: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Roughing] 8:41 |
| Lars Lindgren, VAN [Holding] 13:11 | |
| 3: | Tim Bothwell, NYR [Hi-sticking] 6:14 |
| Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Hooking] 8:56 | |
| Phil Esposito, NYR [Cross checking, Misconduct] 14:49 | |
| Harold Snepsts, VAN [Cross checking, Misconduct] 14:49 | |
| Mario Marois, NYR [Holding] 15:01 |
Penalty time: VAN: 18 minutes
NYR: 18 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| John Hughes | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Derlago | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Brent Ashton | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -2 | 0 |
| Rick Vaive | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -10 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -10 | 23 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Bothwell | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Doug Sulliman | 9 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Murdoch | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pat Hickey | 16 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Warren Miller | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike McEwen | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Doug Soetaert | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 9- 7- 7-23
NYR: 16- 7-10-33
Goalies: VAN: Glen Hanlon (L, 2-2-1)
NYR: Doug Soetaert (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Paul Flaherty, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 17,367
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