Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, January 11, 1981 · Madison Square Garden

5–3

29–42

Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Sunday, January 11, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Maple Leafs 42–29.

Eddie Johnstone scored twice and Terry Martin scored twice. Walt Tkaczuk, Wilf Paiement, Darryl Sittler and Pat Hickey also scored.

Jiri Crha made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Wayne Thomas stopped 24 of 29.

Goals
TOR	1	1	3	5	29
NYR	2	1	0	3	42

Scoring

1st period

Walt Tkaczuk (6)Ron Greschner (19), Eddie Johnstone (17)0–106:10 NYR
Wilf Paiement (17)Unassisted1–107:59 TOR
Eddie Johnstone (12)Walt Tkaczuk (16), Carol Vadnais (9)1–219:46 NYR

2nd period

Terry Martin (2)Unassisted2–213:11 TOR
Eddie Johnstone (13)Walt Tkaczuk (17), Steve Vickers (20)2–315:09 NYR

3rd period

Darryl Sittler (24)Borje Salming (34), Wilf Paiement (22)3–301:35 TOR ·
Terry Martin (3)Darryl Sittler (20)4–310:27 TOR
Pat Hickey (10)Bill Derlago (21), Rick Vaive (16)5–310:46 TOR

Team stats

TORNYR

2942

0%0%

1/40/2

812

Penalties

8:48 into the first periodRon Greschner · high sticking2 min
8:48 into the first periodBill Derlago · slashing2 min
5:10 into the second periodBarry Melrose · tripping2 min
9:03 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min
17:48 into the second periodBill Derlago · hooking2 min
19:39 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · holding2 min
19:57 into the second periodBarry Beck · slashing2 min
14:53 into the third periodSteve Vickers · slashing2 min
14:53 into the third periodJiri Crha · interference2 min
17:20 into the third periodSteve Vickers · interference2 min

Season series

Maple Leafs vs Rangers head-to-head →

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

25Terry MartinL	2	0	2	+3	6	0	–	–
27Darryl SittlerC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
99Wilf PaiementR	1	1	2	+3	3	0	–	–
16Pat HickeyL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	–	–
19Bill DerlagoC	0	1	1	+2	3	4	–	–
22Rick VaiveR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
21Borje SalmingD	0	1	1	−2	2	0	–	–
6Ron EllisR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
7Rocky SaganiukR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
10John AndersonR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
12Laurie BoschmanC	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
28William McCrearyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
2Ian TurnbullD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	–	–
4Robert PicardD	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
8Greg HothamD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	–	–
23Dave FarrishD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
26Barry MelroseD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
1Jim RutherfordG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Jiri CrhaG	W	42	39	3	.929	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

17Eddie JohnstoneR	2	1	3	+3	4	0	–	–
18Walt TkaczukC	1	2	3	+3	2	0	–	–
8Steve VickersL	0	1	1	+3	0	4	–	–
4Ron GreschnerD	0	1	1	0	2	2	–	–
5Carol VadnaisD	0	1	1	+1	5	2	–	–
9Doug SullimanL	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
10Ron DuguayC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
11Ulf NilssonC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
12Don MaloneyL	0	0	0	−2	7	0	–	–
15Anders HedbergR	0	0	0	−2	5	0	–	–
16Dave SilkR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
19Dean TalafousC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
2Tom LaidlawD	0	0	0	−2	3	0	–	–
3Barry BeckD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
23Ed HospodarD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
24Chris KotsopoulosD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
26Dave MaloneyD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
1Wayne ThomasG	L	29	24	5	.828	60:00
33Doug SoetaertG		0	0	0	–	00:00