NHL game summary from October 25, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (2-6-0) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Detroit Red Wings (2-5-0) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | DET, | Errol Thompson 4 (Dale McCourt, Mike Foligno), 4:53 - PP |
| DET, | Vaclav Nedomansky 1 (Errol Thompson, Dale McCourt), 8:54 - PP | |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 2 (Ulf Nilsson), 9:44 | |
| DET, | Dale McCourt 5 (Errol Thompson, Mike Foligno), 18:41 - PP | |
| 3: | NYR, | Ron Greschner 2 (Wayne Thomas), 2:39 |
| DET, | Vaclav Nedomansky 2 (Errol Thompson, Dan Labraaten), 10:17 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Vasko, DET [Hooking] 6:16 |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Fighting] 9:30 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 9:30 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Roughing] 9:30 | |
| Barry Beck, NYR [Cross checking] 10:01 | |
| Willie Huber, DET [Slashing] 10:01 | |
| Rick Smith, DET [Holding] 18:45 | |
| 2: | Tom Laidlaw, NYR [Hooking] 4:14 |
| Andre Dore, NYR [Fighting] 5:39 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting] 5:39 | |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Tripping] 8:50 | |
| Dale McCourt, DET [Hi-sticking] 11:13 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Slashing] 17:40 | |
| 3: | Willie Huber, DET [Holding] 4:09 |
| Ed Hospodar, NYR [Fighting] 7:16 | |
| Dennis Polonich, DET [Fighting, Game misconduct] 7:16 | |
| Andre Dore, NYR [Holding] 8:24 | |
| Dale McCourt, DET [Holding] 8:57 | |
| Barry Beck, NYR [Hooking] 9:34 | |
| Rick Vasko, DET [Hooking] 13:18 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 13:30 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Charging] 17:52 | |
| Paul Woods, DET [Hi-sticking] 17:52 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Misconduct] 20:00 |
Penalty time: NYR: 43 minutes
DET: 41 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | 1 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Dave Silk | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 18 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Connor | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Dore | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Esposito | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 27 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Smith | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Vasko | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Huber | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Blaisdell | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jody Gage | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Foligno | 17 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| George Lyle | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dan Labraaten | 21 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Joly | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| John Ogrodnick | 25 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Brent Peterson | 27 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 22 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 5- 8-14-27
DET: 10- 7- 5-22
Goalies: NYR: Wayne Thomas (L, 1-2-0)
DET: Jim Rutherford (W, 2-1-0)
Referee: Gregg Madill
Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Ron Finn
Attendance: 11,842
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