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Feb. 1, 1980

Surging Kings Tighten Race
Marcel Dionne Leads LA to 10-2-1 Month

Tx

Canadiens Lose Seven Straight
Montreal Just Two Points Out of the Cellar

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Minnesota RW Rick Middleton scored four at Toronto Dec. 20

League Standings

G W L T Pts G GA GD Last
1 1 Vancouver 50 34 7 9 77 230 143 87 9-1-3
2 2 Hartford 50 31 11 8 70 238 163 75 8-4-2
3 3 Boston 50 26 9 14 67 174 118 56 6-4-4
4 4 Chicago 50 29 14 7 65 220 154 66 8-5-1
5 5 Detroit 50 28 14 8 64 204 155 49 6-3-1
6 6 Los Angeles 50 27 14 9 63 216 151 65 10-2-1

7 3 Minnesota 50 14 29 7 35 180 241 -61 3-8-2
8 4 Toronto 50 11 30 9 31 191 262 -71 2-9-2
9 5 Montreal 50 10 33 7 27 168 260 -92 2-12-0
10 11 Philadelphia 50 7 31 12 26 220 292 -72 4-7-3
11 10 New York 50 7 32 11 25 169 171 -102 2-9-3

League Leaders

LA Marcel Dionne

BOS Don Edwards

Points GP G A Pt
Marcel Dionne LA 50 33 51 84
Wayne Gretzky TOR 50 27 53 80
Dave Taylor CHI 50 30 45 75
Darryl Sittler CHI 50 26 47 73
Charlie Simmer PHI 50 36 36 72
Bryan Trottier DET 50 28 40 68
Mike Rogers HAR 50 26 40 66
Steve Shutt PHI 50 27 37 64
+Kent Nilsson VAN 50 24 38 62
+Al MacAdam HAR 50 25 36 61
+G. Perreault MIN 50 22 39 61

Goals Against Avg
GP GA GAA
Don Edwards BOS 33 75 2.28
Michel Larocque BOS 17 43 2.54
Gilles Meloche LA 34 90 2.73
Pete Peeters CHI 19 48 2.78
Gerry Cheevers DET 27 74 2.80
Gilles Gilbert VAN 19 52 2.80
Glenn Resch VAN 29 80 2.83
Mike Liut HAR 35 103 3.07
Hardy Astrom CHI 32 99 3.18
Denis Herron DET 22 73 3.45

Goals
Charlie Simmer PHI 36
Marcel Dionne LA 33
Blaine Stoughton VAN 32
Danny Gare PHI 32
Mike Bossy HAR 31
+Blair MacDonald BOS 30
Dave Taylor CHI 30
+Brian Trottier DET 28
4 tied with 27

Save Percentage
Gilles Meloche LA .912
Don Edwards BOS .910
Pete Peeters CHI .908
Glenn Resch VAN .907
Gilles Gilbert VAN .906
Gerry Cheevers DET .901
Mike Liut HAR .898
Michel Larocque BOS .891
+Billy Smith LA .888
Denis Herron DET .887

Assists
Wayne Gretzky TOR 53
Marcel Dionne LA 51
Darryl Sittler CHI 47
Larry Robinson VAN 47
Denis Potvin MON 46
Dave Taylor CHI 45
Doug Halward HAR 41
+Brian Trottier DET 40
+Bobby Clarke BOS 40
Mike Rogers HAR 40

Power Play Goals
Dave Christian LA 12
Darryl Sittler CHI 11
+Blair MacDonald BOS 10
Kent Nilsson VAN 11
+Brian Trottier DET 10
Pierre Larouche CHI 10
Guy Lafleur BOS 9
+Marcel Dionne LA 9
Steve Vickers DET 9
8 tied with 8

Hat Tricks
Marcel Dionne LA 2
Bernie Federko MON 2
Paul Holmgren PHI 2
+Steve Shutt PHI 2
Charlie Simmer PHI 2
+Brian Trottier DET 2

MVP Race

Skaters GP G Ast Pts PIM +/- TkA Hits BkS MVP
1 2 Marcel Dionne LA 50 33 51 84 45 24 21 79 26 100
2 3 Dave Taylor CHI 50 30 45 75 50 8 23 70 16 88.0
3 4 Darryl Sittler CHI 50 26 47 73 41 16 30 68 11 85.6
4 1 Wayne Gretzky TOR 50 27 53 80 10 -5 19 64 19 83.2
5 9 Bryan Trottier DET 50 28 40 68 45 15 28 88 24 82.4
6 5 Mike Rogers HAR 50 26 40 66 6 25 19 43 13 79.2
7 7 Charlie Simmer PHI 50 36 36 72 57 -9 19 51 18 78.4
8 - Kent Nilsson VAN 50 24 38 62 10 30 19 47 17 76.0
9 - Mike Bossy HAR 50 31 27 58 2 16 21 39 16 75.2
108 Blaine Stoughton VAN 50 32 25 57 12 31 10 41 11 72.8

Goalies GP GAA Save% Great W L T OL SO MVP
1 2 Gilles Meloche LA 34 2.73 .912 61 23 5 5 0 2 100
2 4 Don Edwards BOS 33 2.28 .910 45 19 3 11 0 2 97.1
3 1 Mike Liut HAR 35 3.07 .898 53 23 6 4 0 2 92.8
4 3 Glenn Resch VAN 29 2.83 .907 41 22 3 4 0 3 88.5
5 5 Tony Esposito MIN 45 4.69 .860 65 14 24 5 0 1 82.7

Milestones

Oct 11 - MTL C Ulf Nilsson 1st UHL goal
Oct 15 - MIN G Tony Esposito first UHL shutout, record 57 saves
Oct 17 - BOS Dennis Maruk first UHL hat trick
Oct 29 - MIN Wilf Paiement 5 assists in a game (#1 all-time)
Nov 18 -MON Bernie Federko 4 goals in game (#1 all-time)
Nov 20 - MON Bernie Federko back-to-back hat tricks

Dec 4 - MIN Ray Bourque 5 assists in a game (#2 all-time)
Dec 20 - MIN Rick Middleton 4 goals in game (#2 all-time)

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