The Detroit Red Wings were defeated by the Colorado Rockies, 5 to 3, on December 31, 1979.

Final

Rockies

12-21-3

5

Red Wings

11-17-7

3

Team

CLR

DET

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CLR

DET

Lanny McDonald (PP) assisted by Rob Ramage and Rene Robert

2nd period

CLR

DET

Randy Pierce (EV) assisted by Mike McEwen and Ron Delorme

Ron Delorme (EV) assisted by Randy Pierce and Rey Comeau

Dale McCourt (EV) assisted by Jim Korn and Reed Larson

George Lyle (EV) assisted by Peter Mahovlich and Barry Long

Ron Delorme (EV) assisted by Rey Comeau and Randy Pierce

3rd period

CLR

DET

Lanny McDonald (EV) assisted by Rey Comeau

George Lyle (EV) assisted by Reed Larson

Rockies

Red Wings

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rockies

Red Wings

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Hardy Astrom (W) H. Astrom	1	0	0	26	23	.885	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Mike Christie M. Christie	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rey Comeau R. Comeau	0	3	3	+4	0	0	0	0	0
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Delorme R. Delorme	2	1	3	+1	0	0	0	1	2	100.0
Mike Gillis M. Gillis	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Kitchen M. Kitchen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Lanny McDonald L. McDonald	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	5	40.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Randy Pierce R. Pierce	1	2	3	+2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Joel Quenneville J. Quenneville	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rob Ramage R. Ramage	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Rene Robert R. Robert	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	7	0.0
Don Saleski D. Saleski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Sheehan B. Sheehan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Barry Smith B. Smith	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dean Turner D. Turner	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Rogie Vachon (L) R. Vachon	0	1	0	31	26	.839	5	5.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Dan Bolduc D. Bolduc	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	0	0	0	0	5	4	0.0
Glenn Hicks G. Hicks	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Willie Huber W. Huber	0	0	0	0	4	1	0.0
Greg Joly G. Joly	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Jim Korn J. Korn	0	1	1	0	2	0
Dan Labraaten D. Labraaten	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	2	2	0	0	4	0.0
Barry Long B. Long	0	1	1	-2	0	0
George Lyle G. Lyle	2	0	2	+2	0	5	40.0
Peter Mahovlich P. Mahovlich	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	1	0	1	-1	0	1	100.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Dennis Sobchuk D. Sobchuk	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Errol Thompson E. Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Woods P. Woods	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0