Calgary Flames vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, January 19, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Calgary Flames 6–3 on Monday, January 19, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flames 42–11.
Kent Nilsson scored twice and Don Maloney scored twice. Ed Hospodar, Anders Hedberg, Ron Duguay, Pekka Rautakallio and Eddie Johnstone also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 8 saves on 11 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 36 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Kent Nilsson (24)Brad Smith (4), Dan Bouchard (4)1–000:30 CGY
Ed Hospodar (4)Barry Beck (11), Ulf Nilsson (8)1–103:43 NYR
Anders Hedberg (18)Chris Kotsopoulos (8), Ron Duguay (7)1–207:17 NYR
Ron Duguay (5)Dave Maloney (21), Anders Hedberg (22)1–314:13 NYR ·
2nd period
- Kent Nilsson (25)Pekka Rautakallio (32), Ken Houston (2)2–303:21 CGY ·
Pekka Rautakallio (3)Kevin Lavallee (14), Kent Nilsson (46)3–304:26 CGY · 
Don Maloney (10)Ulf Nilsson (9), Eddie Johnstone (18)3–410:43 NYR ·
3rd period
- Don Maloney (11)Eddie Johnstone (19), Carol Vadnais (10)3–501:34 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (15)Don Maloney (14), Carol Vadnais (11)3–613:04 NYR
Team stats
CGYNYR
1142
0%0%
2/82/5
3854
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:05 into the first period
Randy Holt · roughing2 min - 4:05 into the first periodRandy Holt · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:05 into the first periodRandy Holt · fighting5 min
- 4:05 into the first periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 4:05 into the first period
Ed Hospodar · charging2 min - 4:05 into the first periodEd Hospodar · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:05 into the first periodEd Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 4:05 into the first periodEd Hospodar · misconduct10 min
- 4:37 into the first periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
- 4:45 into the first periodBert Wilson · slashing2 min
- 4:45 into the first periodBert Wilson · fighting5 min
- 4:45 into the first periodMike Allison · game misconduct10 min
- 4:45 into the first periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 4:45 into the first periodBarry Beck · fighting5 min
- 4:45 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · roughing2 min
- 8:59 into the first periodRon Duguay · boarding2 min
- 13:41 into the first periodJim Peplinski · holding2 min
- 15:03 into the first periodDan Bouchard · slashing2 min
- 15:03 into the first periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
- 2:16 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 2:58 into the second periodWalt Tkaczuk · slashing2 min
- 3:37 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 6:08 into the second periodAlex McKendry · tripping2 min
- 9:18 into the second periodBob Murdoch · hooking2 min
- 11:37 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodJere Gillis · cross checking2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 10:50 into the third periodSteve Konroyd · interference2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Denis CyrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Alex McKendryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 42 | 6 | .857 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 11 | 3 | .727 |