NHL game summary from January 6, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (15-18-7) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Chicago Blackhawks (15-13-12) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1: | CHI, | Terry Ruskowski 10 (Grant Mulvey), 4:19 |
| CHI, | Ted Bulley 8 (Reg Kerr, J.P. Bordeleau), 10:23 | |
| 2: | VAN, | Chris Oddleifson 7 (Kris Manery, Harold Snepsts), 6:59 |
| CHI, | Grant Mulvey 21 (Doug Wilson, Bob Murray), 12:11 - PP | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Lars Lindgren, VAN [Holding] 2:10 |
| 2: | Stan Smyl, VAN [Hi-sticking, Roughing, Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 5:37 |
| Terry Ruskowski, CHI [Roughing triple minor, Fighting, Double game misconduct] 5:37 | |
| Jere Gillis, VAN [Roughing, Fighting, Game misconduct] 5:37 | |
| Rich Preston, CHI [Roughing, Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 5:37 | |
| Don Lever, VAN [Misconduct] 6:48 | |
| Glen Hanlon, VAN [Slashing] 10:49 | |
| Kevin McCarthy, VAN [Cross checking] 11:56 | |
| Don Lever, VAN [Misconduct] 11:56 | |
| 3: | Ted Bulley, CHI [Fighting] 1:53 |
| Kevin McCarthy, VAN [Fighting] 1:53 | |
| Reg Kerr, CHI [Roughing] 1:53 | |
| John Hughes, VAN [Roughing, Misconduct] 1:53 | |
| Pat Ribble, CHI [Hooking] 5:29 |
Penalty time: VAN: 89 minutes
CHI: 67 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gary Lupul | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -1 | 2 |
| Bill Derlago | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -1 | 1 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| John Hughes | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Vaive | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kris Manery | 29 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -6 | 38 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -6 | 38 | ||||||
| CHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Ribble | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Murray | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Ruskowski | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Reg Kerr | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| John Marks | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike O'Connell | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Higgins | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rich Preston | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4 |
| Alain Daigle | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Cliff Koroll | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grant Mulvey | 22 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J.P. Bordeleau | 23 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Doug Wilson | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Brown | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ted Bulley | 29 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Tony Esposito | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 6 | 41 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 6 | 41 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 9-16-13-38
CHI: 15-16-10-41
Goalies: VAN: Glen Hanlon (L, 13-13-5)
CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 14-10-10)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Ron Foyt
Attendance: 13,852
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