New York Rangers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Thursday, January 15, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Thursday, January 15, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rangers outshot the Rockies 52–22.
Mike Gillis scored a hat trick. Walt McKechnie, Dave Silk, Eddie Johnstone and Anders Hedberg also scored.
Hardy Astrom made 49 saves on 52 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gillis (7)Unassisted0–110:44 CLR
Walt McKechnie (14)Unassisted0–213:43 CLR · 
Dave Silk (10)Ron Duguay (6)1–216:45 NYR
2nd period
- Mike Gillis (8)Bob Attwell (1), Mike McEwen (24)1–301:43 CLR
Eddie Johnstone (14)Unassisted2–309:11 NYR ·
3rd period
Anders Hedberg (17)Ron Greschner (20), Dave Maloney (20)3–309:04 NYR- Mike Gillis (9)Bob Attwell (2)3–415:18 CLR
Team stats
NYRCLR
5222
0%0%
0/60/3
1016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:37 into the first period
Rob Ramage · tripping2 min - 2:45 into the first periodHardy Astrom · cross checking2 min
- 4:01 into the first period
Ron Greschner · cross checking2 min - 10:10 into the first periodDavid Watson · roughing double minor4 min
- 10:10 into the first periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 6:19 into the second periodMike Gillis · roughing2 min
- 6:19 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · roughing2 min
- 8:32 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · tripping2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodMike McEwen · interference2 min
- 16:40 into the second periodEd Cooper · interference2 min
- 5:43 into the third periodMike Gillis · hooking2 min
- 12:57 into the third periodAnders Hedberg · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
Colorado Rockies
| 20Mike GillisL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Bob AttwellR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29David WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | W | 52 | 3 | .942 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |