All NHL game summaries from December 11, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (13-13-4) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Detroit Red Wings (9-12-5) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | DET, | Reed Larson 7, 11:21 |
| NYR, | Don Maloney 8 (Dave Maloney, Warren Miller), 15:07 | |
| NYR, | Walt Tkaczuk 4 (Barry Beck, Ron Duguay), 18:53 - PP | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dennis Polonich, DET [Roughing] 10:02 |
| Steve Vickers, NYR [Roughing] 10:02 | |
| Bill Hogaboam, DET [Tripping] 16:56 | |
| 2: | Warren Miller, NYR [Holding] 8:40 |
| Dean Talafous, NYR [Tripping] 16:46 | |
| 3: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 8:59 |
Penalty time: NYR: 8 minutes
DET: 4 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Beaton | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Miller | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Long | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willie Huber | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Foligno | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Dan Bolduc | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dan Labraaten | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hogaboam | 22 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Hicks | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Korn | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rogie Vachon | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -1 | 26 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 6- 8-12-26
DET: 7- 6-13-26
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 3-4-1)
DET: Rogie Vachon (L, 5-8-3)
Referee: Ron Harris
Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Wayne Bonney
Attendance: 14,130
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (15-9-6) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 New York Islanders (10-13-4) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYI, | Duane Sutter 4 (Dave Langevin, Jean Potvin), 1:25 |
| NYI, | Anders Kallur 6, 3:42 - SH | |
| MTL, | Guy Lapointe 2 (Keith Acton, Rejean Houle), 6:55 | |
| NYI, | Bryan Trottier 18 (Bob Lorimer, Anders Kallur), 11:20 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Duane Sutter 5, 16:59 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Garry Howatt, NYI [Boarding] 13:00 |
| Clark Gillies, NYI [Hooking] 15:45 | |
| 2: | Wayne Merrick, NYI [Hooking] 2:46 |
| Dave Lewis, NYI [Tripping] 17:06 | |
| 3: | Bob Gainey, MTL [Hi-sticking] 6:29 |
Penalty time: MTL: 2 minutes
NYI: 8 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Larocque | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Keith Acton | 30 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 31 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Potvin | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Garry Howatt | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Lorne Henning | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Bourne | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yvon Vautour | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 14 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 14 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 6-14-11-31
NYI: 7-13-12-32
Goalies: MTL: Michel Larocque (L, 6-8-3)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 6-7-3)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Ron Asselstine
Attendance: 14,995
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pittsburgh Penguins (11-8-7) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 St. Louis Blues (9-16-5) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1: | STL, | Blake Dunlop 6 (Jack Brownschidle), 5:56 - PP |
| 2: | PIT, | George Ferguson 7 (Nick Libett, Randy Carlyle), 1:33 |
| STL, | Chuck Lefley 2 (Blake Dunlop, Wayne Babych), 3:56 | |
| PIT, | Russ Anderson 1 (Ron Stackhouse, Peter Lee), 4:58 | |
| 3: | PIT, | Peter Lee 7, 10:36 |
| STL, | Rick Lapointe 4 (Bernie Federko, Joe Micheletti), 13:51 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ron Stackhouse, PIT [Hooking] 4:39 | |
| Randy Carlyle, PIT [Tripping] 8:02 | ||
| 2: | Randy Carlyle, PIT [Hooking] 11:12 | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: PIT: 6 minutes
STL: 0 minutes
| PIT Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bladon | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Kim Clackson | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Russ Anderson | 7 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bob Stewart | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Peter Lee | 10 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| George Ferguson | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Libett | 14 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary McAdam | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Kehoe | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rod Schutt | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Pat Hughes | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Randy Carlyle | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 26 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Greg Millen | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 24 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Maxwell | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perry Turnbull | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Wayne Babych | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Joe Micheletti | 12 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Blair Chapman | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ed Kea | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Lapointe | 18 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Blake Dunlop | 19 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Neil Komadoski | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Mike Zuke | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Chuck Lefley | 25 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Crombeen | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ralph Klassen | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 27 | ||||||
Shots: PIT: 7- 8- 9-24
STL: 3-12-12-27
Goalies: PIT: Greg Millen (T, 3-0-3)
STL: Mike Liut (T, 7-8-3)
Referee: Bob Kilger
Linesmen: Bob Luther, Jim Christison
Attendance: 8,605
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hartford Whalers (8-11-8) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Vancouver Canucks (12-11-7) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1: | VAN, | Don Lever 14 (Bob Manno, Dennis Kearns), 1:29 |
| HAR, | Blaine Stoughton 16 (Greg Carroll), 4:57 | |
| VAN, | Chris Oddleifson 5 (Gary Lupul, Curt Fraser), 18:10 | |
| VAN, | Gary Lupul 3 (Chris Oddleifson, Curt Fraser), 18:40 | |
| 2: | VAN, | Jere Gillis 8 (Stan Smyl, Thomas Gradin), 5:40 - PP |
| 3: | HAR, | Ron Plumb 3, 2:11 |
| VAN, | Jere Gillis 9 (Thomas Gradin, Stan Smyl), 14:55 | |
| HAR, | Mike Rogers 12 (Gordie Howe, Greg Carroll), 19:47 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Rick Hodgson, HAR [Holding] 4:53 | |
| 3: | Jordy Douglas, HAR [Holding] 3:22 | |
| Brad Smith, VAN [Charging] 6:56 | ||
Penalty time: HAR: 4 minutes
VAN: 2 minutes
| HAR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Ley | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Al Sims | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Andre Lacroix | 4 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Howe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Plumb | 6 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gordie Roberts | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Allison | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gordie Howe | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jordy Douglas | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Mike Antonovich | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Keon | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Mike Rogers | 17 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Blaine Stoughton | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Jim Warner | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Carroll | 31 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rick Hodgson | 32 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Smith | 33 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Garrett | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -5 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -5 | 22 | ||||||
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Lupul | 7 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Derlago | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Brad Smith | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 5 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 5 | 19 | ||||||
Shots: HAR: 4- 9- 9-22
VAN: 8- 9- 2-19
Goalies: HAR: John Garrett (L, 6-9-7)
VAN: Glen Hanlon (W, 12-7-5)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Mark Pare
Attendance: 16,165
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