NHL game summary from April 8, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (35-33-13) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
 New York Rangers (39-32-10) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | ATL, | Don Lever 1 (Pekka Rautakallio, Ken Houston), 4:57 - PP |
| 3: | NYR, | Steve Vickers 1 (Ron Greschner, Ulf Nilsson), 8:14 |
| 4: | NYR, | Steve Vickers 2 (Ron Greschner), :33 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Phil Russell, ATL [Tripping] 2:26 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Slashing] 5:40 | ||
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Elbowing] 8:13 | ||
| Ken Houston, ATL [Elbowing] 8:56 | ||
| Phil Russell, ATL [Holding] 15:14 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk, NYR [Interference] 18:56 | ||
| 2: | Dave Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 3:25 | |
| 3: | Gord Wappel, ATL [Hooking] 4:15 | |
| Tim Bothwell, NYR [Holding] 10:18 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: ATL: 8 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Russell | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Pekka Rautakallio | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Brad Marsh | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jean Pronovost | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Lever | 12 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Kent Nilsson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Henderson | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Murdoch | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Gord Wappel | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 22 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bothwell | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cam Connor | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Warren Miller | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 31 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 5- 9- 8- 0-22
NYR: 10- 8-11- 2-31
Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 0-1-0)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 1-0-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Bob Luther, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 17,378
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