2–5

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 45-21-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	0	0	0	2
MTL	0	0	0	5

Rangers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Rangers 5–2 at Bell Centre on March 8, 1980.

🗓 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 · 19:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Rick Chartraw

2 G

4 shots · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Yvon Lambert

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mario Tremblay

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR MTL🇨🇦

34 Shots on goal 37

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

13 Penalty minutes 17

NYR shooting 5.9% (2/34) MTL shooting 13.5% (5/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Steve Baker

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Denis Herron

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 1st: 33-32 (51% win rate, 65 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 45-21 (68% win rate, 66 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 2nd: 33-32 (51% win rate, 65 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 45-21 (68% win rate, 66 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ NYR vs MTL, answered

Who won Rangers vs Canadiens on March 8, 1980?

Canadiens won 5–2.

What was the final score of Rangers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Rangers 2, Canadiens 5.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Steve Baker made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Mar 5

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 6

Also on March 8, 1980

Rangers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule