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Wednesday, December 19, 1979 · Madison Square Garden

Canucks 3 at Rangers 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 89OVR Ron Greschner Rangers First Star 2G · 8 SOG R 80OVR Don Murdoch Oilers Second Star 2G · 2 SOG L 85OVR Don Maloney Rangers Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:48 Eddie Johnstone (5) Frank Beaton (1), Barry Beck (23) VAN 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 16:43 Ron Greschner (9) PPG Anders Hedberg (16), Ulf Nilsson (26) VAN 0 – 2 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 4:24 Curt Fraser (5) Chris Oddleifson (16), Jere Gillis (13) VAN 1 – 2 NYR
  2. 4:42 Bill Derlago (7) Bruce Affleck (1), Jack McIlhargey (2) VAN 2 – 2 NYR
  3. 6:38 Don Lever (15) Unassisted VAN 3 – 2 NYR
  4. 9:34 Ron Greschner (10) Unassisted VAN 3 – 3 NYR
  5. 19:08 Don Murdoch (14) Don Maloney (24), Mario Marois (10) VAN 3 – 4 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 14:42 Don Murdoch (15) Don Maloney (25), Carol Vadnais (9) VAN 3 – 5 NYR

Vancouver Canucks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Curt Fraser L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Don Lever C 1 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.90
Chris Oddleifson C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Jere Gillis L 0 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.78
Bruce Affleck D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Jack McIlhargey D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Bill Derlago C 1 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.53
Rick Blight R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Bob Manno D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Gary Lupul C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Per-Olov Brasar C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Stan Smyl R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Brad Smith R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Dennis Kearns D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Thomas Gradin C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Harold Snepsts D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Kevin McCarthy D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Glen Hanlon L 26 21 5 .808 58:31 -1.65

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ron Greschner D 2 0 8 0 0 +1 0:00 2.25
Don Murdoch R 2 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.80
Don Maloney L 0 2 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.55
Barry Beck D 0 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.15
Eddie Johnstone R 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Carol Vadnais D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Ulf Nilsson C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Anders Hedberg R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Mario Marois D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Frank Beaton L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.40
Phil Esposito C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Steve Vickers L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Ron Duguay C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Warren Miller R 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Dean Talafous C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Walt Tkaczuk C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dave Maloney D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Davidson W 25 22 3 .880 60:00 -0.05