The Montreal Canadiens managed to stay ahead of the New York Rangers, 5 to 4, on October 20, 1979.

Final

Rangers

2-2-0

4

Canadiens

3-1-0

5

Team

NYR

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

MTL

Bob Gainey (EV) assisted by Mario Tremblay

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Pierre Larouche and Rod Langway

2nd period

NYR

MTL

Mike McEwen (PP) assisted by Phil Esposito and Steve Vickers

Steve Vickers (EV) assisted by Ron Duguay

Guy Lafleur (PP) assisted by Pierre Larouche and Larry Robinson

Pierre Larouche (EV) assisted by Guy Lafleur

Ron Greschner (PP) assisted by Ron Duguay and Jocelyn Guevremont

Bob Gainey (EV) assisted by Rod Langway

3rd period

NYR

MTL

Don Murdoch (EV) assisted by Walt Tkaczuk

Rangers

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Wayne Thomas (L) W. Thomas	0	1	0	32	27	.844	5	5.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	7	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	2	50.0
Jocelyn Guevremont J. Guevremont	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	2	0.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Pat Hickey P. Hickey	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	50.0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Sulliman D. Sulliman	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	2	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Denis Herron (W) D. Herron	1	0	0	27	23	.852	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	1	2	100.0
Gaston Gingras G. Gingras	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	2	1	3	+3	0	1	0	0	5	40.0
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	3	33.3
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pierre Mondou P. Mondou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Napier M. Napier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.0