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Friday, December 7, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center

Rangers 7 at Whalers 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 82OVR Jordy Douglas Whalers First Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG R 80OVR Don Murdoch Oilers Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG L 91OVR Steve Vickers Rangers Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:00 Gordie Howe (11) Mark Howe (16) NYR 0 – 1 HFD
  2. 12:38 Dean Talafous (1) Ron Duguay (9), Dave Maloney (6) NYR 1 – 1 HFD
  3. 15:52 Gordie Roberts (3) Dave Keon (21), Jordy Douglas (14) NYR 1 – 2 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 2:35 Jordy Douglas (8) Blaine Stoughton (10) NYR 1 – 3 HFD
  2. 5:56 Ron Greschner (7) Don Murdoch (12) NYR 2 – 3 HFD
  3. 6:07 Don Maloney (6) Unassisted NYR 3 – 3 HFD
  4. 9:36 Anders Hedberg (16) Steve Vickers (10), Ulf Nilsson (22) NYR 4 – 3 HFD
  5. 15:36 Barry Beck (4) Steve Vickers (11), Ulf Nilsson (23) NYR 5 – 3 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 6:04 Don Murdoch (13) Don Maloney (20) NYR 6 – 3 HFD
  2. 10:26 Eddie Johnstone (3) Barry Beck (17), Mario Marois (9) NYR 7 – 3 HFD
  3. 14:10 Mike Rogers (11) Unassisted NYR 7 – 4 HFD

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Don Murdoch R 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Steve Vickers L 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Don Maloney L 1 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.60
Barry Beck D 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Ulf Nilsson C 0 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 1.33
Anders Hedberg R 1 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.28
Dave Maloney D 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 1.15
Eddie Johnstone R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Mario Marois D 0 1 0 0 0 +3 0:00 1.08
Dean Talafous C 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Ron Duguay C 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Ron Greschner D 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Phil Esposito C 0 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 0.53
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Frank Beaton L 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Ed Hospodar D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.88
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson W 32 28 4 .875 60:00 -0.20

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jordy Douglas L 1 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.75
Dave Keon C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Gordie Roberts D 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Mark Howe D 0 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.70
Mike Rogers C 1 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.68
Gordie Howe R 1 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.60
Blaine Stoughton L 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Ray Allison R 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Mark Renaud D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Greg Carroll C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Al Hangsleben L 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Andre Lacroix C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
James Warner R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Al Sims D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Ronald Plumb D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Bill Bennett L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.88
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett L 33 26 7 .788 59:33 -2.65