NHL game summary from March 9, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (29-23-14) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 New York Rangers (32-26-9) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
1: MIN, Tom Younghans 10, :57
MIN, Greg Smith 4 (Tim Young), 15:17
2: NYR, Dave Maloney 10 (Don Maloney), 10:48 - PP
NYR, Dave Maloney 11 (Dean Talafous, Carol Vadnais), 14:34
NYR, Ed Johnstone 12 (Walt Tkaczuk), 17:17
3: NYR, Dave Maloney 12 (Ed Johnstone, Anders Hedberg), 4:07
Penalties:
1: Steve Christoff, MIN [Fighting] 3:53
Dave Maloney, NYR [Fighting] 3:53
Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Hi-sticking] 18:36
2: Paul Shmyr, MIN [Boarding] 8:36
Curt Giles, MIN [Hooking] 10:12
3: Ed Johnstone, NYR [Holding] 8:05
Penalty time: MIN: 9 minutes
NYR: 9 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Paul Shmyr | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Zanussi | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Chicoine | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Mike Polich | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Eaves | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rob Flockhart | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Gilles Meloche | 27 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -5 | 19 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Bothwell | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Sulliman | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Silk | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 25 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 5- 4-10-19
NYR: 5-10-10-25
Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 24-16-5)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 14-10-3)
Referee: Alf Lejeune
Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 17,414
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