NHL game summary from April 11, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (40-33-10) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Atlanta Flames (36-34-13) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Dave Maloney 2 (Steve Vickers, Ulf Nilsson), 13:11 |
| ATL, | Bob Murdoch 1 (Phil Russell, Guy Chouinard), 14:56 | |
| 2: | ATL, | Ken Houston 1 (Guy Chouinard), 3:34 |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 2 (Barry Beck, Ron Greschner), 4:07 | |
| ATL, | Eric Vail 1 (Guy Chouinard, Bob Murdoch), 5:47 | |
| ATL, | Eric Vail 2 (Brad Marsh, Earl Ingarfield), 16:15 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Garry Unger, ATL [Cross checking] 5:46 |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Interference] 5:46 | |
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hooking] 8:18 | |
| Ken Houston, ATL [Elbowing] 11:04 | |
| Willi Plett, ATL [Cross checking, Roughing] 13:45 | |
| Ray Markham, NYR [Fighting, Game misconduct] 13:45 | |
| 2: | Mario Marois, NYR [Tripping] 6:18 |
| Guy Chouinard, ATL [Tripping] 7:00 | |
| Dean Talafous, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 12:51 | |
| Bob MacMillan, ATL [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 12:51 | |
| Brad Marsh, ATL [Holding] 13:50 | |
| 3: | Don Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 4:19 |
| Phil Esposito, NYR [Roughing] 15:47 | |
| Bill Clement, ATL [Roughing, Unsportsmanlike conduct] 15:47 | |
| Don Maloney, NYR [Holding] 18:36 |
Penalty time: NYR: 34 minutes
ATL: 23 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tim Bothwell | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Miller | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Mario Marois | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ray Markham | 29 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| John Davidson | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -9 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | -9 | 27 | ||||||
| ATL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Russell | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Pekka Rautakallio | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Brad Marsh | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Garry Unger | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Shand | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jean Pronovost | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Lever | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Nilsson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Paul Henderson | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Bob Murdoch | 20 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Earl Ingarfield | 21 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Vail | 27 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 9 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 9 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 12- 7- 8-27
ATL: 9-13-11-33
Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (L, 2-1-0)
ATL: Dan Bouchard (W, 1-2-0)
Referee: Gregg Madill
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gordon Broseker
Attendance: 11,495
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