The Hartford Whalers were defeated by the New York Rangers, 7 to 4, on December 7, 1979.

Final

Rangers

11-13-4

7

Whalers

8-9-8

4

Team

NYR

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

HFD

Gordie Howe (EV) assisted by Mark Howe

Dean Talafous (EV) assisted by Ron Duguay and Dave Maloney

Gordie Roberts (EV) assisted by Dave Keon and Jordy Douglas

2nd period

NYR

HFD

Jordy Douglas (EV) assisted by Blaine Stoughton

Ron Greschner (EV) assisted by Don Murdoch

Don Maloney (EV) unassisted

Anders Hedberg (EV) assisted by Steve Vickers and Ulf Nilsson

Barry Beck (EV) assisted by Steve Vickers and Ulf Nilsson

3rd period

NYR

HFD

Don Murdoch (EV) assisted by Don Maloney

Eddie Johnstone (EV) assisted by Barry Beck and Mario Marois

Mike Rogers (EV) unassisted

Rangers

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Davidson (W) J. Davidson	1	0	0	32	28	.875	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Frank Beaton F. Beaton	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Barry Beck B. Beck	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	33.3
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Phil Esposito P. Esposito	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	1	0	1	-1	0	0	2	50.0
Anders Hedberg A. Hedberg	1	0	1	+1	0	0	5	20.0
Ed Hospodar E. Hospodar	0	0	0	0	25	0	0
Eddie Johnstone E. Johnstone	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Dave Maloney D. Maloney	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Mario Marois M. Marois	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0
Don Murdoch D. Murdoch	1	1	2	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Dean Talafous D. Talafous	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Walt Tkaczuk W. Tkaczuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Carol Vadnais C. Vadnais	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Steve Vickers S. Vickers	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Garrett (L) J. Garrett	0	1	0	33	26	.788	7	7.05	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Ray Allison R. Allison	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Bill Bennett B. Bennett	0	0	0	0	25	0
Greg Carroll G. Carroll	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jordy Douglas J. Douglas	1	1	2	0	0	5	20.0
Nick Fotiu N. Fotiu	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Al Hangsleben A. Hangsleben	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0.0
Gordie Howe G. Howe	1	0	1	-2	0	2	50.0
Mark Howe M. Howe	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0.0
Dave Keon D. Keon	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Andre Lacroix A. Lacroix	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Ronald Plumb R. Plumb	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0
Mark Renaud M. Renaud	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Gordie Roberts G. Roberts	1	0	1	-1	0	2	50.0
Mike Rogers M. Rogers	1	0	1	-2	0	3	33.3
Al Sims A. Sims	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Blaine Stoughton B. Stoughton	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0.0
James Warner J. Warner	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0