NHL game summary 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
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