NHL game summary from April 12, 1980

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (41-33-10)	3	1	1	5
Atlanta Flames (36-35-13)	0	0	0	2
New York Rangers win, 3 games to 1 (best of 5)

1: NYR, Anders Hedberg 3 (Steve Vickers, Ulf Nilsson), 1:58
   NYR, Dean Talafous 1 (Barry Beck), 6:09 - PP
   NYR, Ed Hospodar 1 (Pat Conacher, Ron Duguay), 6:43
   ATL, Eric Vail 3 (Garry Unger, Dave Shand), 9:07 - PP
2: NYR, Carol Vadnais 1 (Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson), 4:10
3: ATL, Guy Chouinard 1 (Garry Unger, Don Lever), 8:14 - PP
   NYR, Barry Beck 1 (Dean Talafous, Ron Greschner), 13:33 - PP

Penalties:

1: Eric Vail, ATL [Tripping] 2:43
   Barry Beck, NYR [Interference] 3:17
   Ken Houston, ATL [Roughing] 5:28
   Ray Markham, NYR [Cross checking] 7:15
   Pekka Rautakallio, ATL [Hooking] 10:48
   Pat Conacher, NYR [Tripping] 13:33
   Phil Russell, ATL [Tripping] 14:52
   Ron Duguay, NYR [Roughing] 18:17
   Willi Plett, ATL [Roughing] 18:17
2: Don Maloney, NYR [Hooking] 4:44
   Phil Esposito, NYR [Hi-sticking] 14:20
   Dan Bouchard, ATL [Slashing] 14:20
3: Ed Hospodar, NYR [Boarding] 4:54
   Jean Pronovost, ATL [Elbowing] 5:42
   Dave Maloney, NYR [Elbowing] 5:42
   Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 7:52
   Guy Chouinard, ATL [Tripping] 11:37

Penalty time: NYR: 18 minutes
              ATL: 16 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Barry Beck	3	D	1	1	2	2	1	4
Ron Greschner	4	D	0	1	1	2	1	1
Carol Vadnais	5	D	1	0	1	0	1	3
Tim Bothwell	6	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	1	1	0	2	3
Ron Duguay	10	C	0	1	1	2	1	3
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	0	2	2	0	2	3
Don Maloney	12	LW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	1	1	2	0	2	3
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dean Talafous	19	C	1	1	2	0	0	1
Ed Hospodar	23	D	1	0	1	2	1	1
Mario Marois	25	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	2	1	0
Pat Conacher	28	LW	0	1	1	2	1	0
Ray Markham	29	C	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Davidson	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Esposito	77	C	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)							15	27

ATL Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Phil Russell	3	D	0	0	0	2	-1	1
Pekka Rautakallio	4	D	0	0	0	2	-3	3
Brad Marsh	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ken Houston	6	RW	0	0	0	2	0	2
Garry Unger	7	C	0	2	2	0	0	6
Dave Shand	8	D	0	1	1	0	0	1
Jean Pronovost	9	RW	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bill Clement	10	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob MacMillan	11	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	3
Don Lever	12	C	0	1	1	0	-1	1
Kent Nilsson	14	C	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Guy Chouinard	16	C	1	0	1	2	0	5
Paul Henderson	19	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Bob Murdoch	20	D	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Earl Ingarfield	21	C	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Willi Plett	25	RW	0	0	0	2	-2	2
Eric Vail	27	LW	1	0	1	2	0	2
Dan Bouchard	30	G	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)							-15	32


Shots: NYR: 10- 6-11-27
       ATL:  8- 9-15-32

Goalies: NYR: John Davidson (W, 3-1-0)
         ATL: Dan Bouchard (L, 1-3-0)

Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Gordon Broseker

Attendance: 12,103

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