NHL game summary from April 9, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Flames (35-34-13) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 New York Rangers (40-32-10) |
4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Phil Esposito 1 (Barry Beck, Ron Greschner), 3:02 - PP |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 1 (Ulf Nilsson), 6:32 | |
| NYR, | Dave Maloney 1 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg), 13:33 - SH | |
| NYR, | Phil Esposito 2 (Carol Vadnais, Dean Talafous), 14:32 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | ATL, | Willi Plett 1 (Eric Vail, Garry Unger), 9:05 - PP |
| NYR, | Warren Miller 1 (Mario Marois, Ron Duguay), 15:18 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Murdoch, ATL [Hi-sticking] 0:23 |
| Cam Connor, NYR [Hi-sticking] 0:23 | |
| Kent Nilsson, ATL [Hi-sticking] 1:35 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Slashing] 1:35 | |
| Gord Wappel, ATL [Tripping] 1:44 | |
| Steve Vickers, NYR [Holding] 10:15 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Interference] 12:02 | |
| Willi Plett, ATL [Slashing, Fighting] 19:18 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Slashing, Fighting] 19:18 | |
| 2: | Ken Houston, ATL [Cross checking, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 14:31 |
| 3: | Don Maloney, NYR [Interference] 1:50 |
| Willi Plett, ATL [Roughing] 5:56 | |
| Dean Talafous, NYR [Hooking] 7:51 | |
| Bob MacMillan, ATL [Slashing] 16:54 |
Penalty time: ATL: 21 minutes
NYR: 19 minutes
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Russell | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Pekka Rautakallio | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Brad Marsh | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Pronovost | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Lever | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Kent Nilsson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Paul Henderson | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Bob Murdoch | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Wappel | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 4 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 21 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Bothwell | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Connor | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Miller | 24 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 19 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 19 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: ATL: 8- 7- 6-21
NYR: 14-11- 7-32
Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 0-2-0)
NYR: John Davidson (W, 2-0-0)
Referee: Ron Harris
Linesmen: Bob Luther, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 17,376
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