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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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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