Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, February 2, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Monday, February 2, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Kings 37–21.
Goals came from Larry Murphy, Dean Talafous, Dave Silk, Steve Jensen and Billy Harris.
Mario Lessard made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Murphy (11)Dean Hopkins (8), John Paul Kelly (1)1–003:27 LAK
Dean Talafous (7)Nick Fotiu (4), Walt Tkaczuk (22)1–116:06 NYR
2nd period
Dave Silk (12)Ron Duguay (10), Dean Talafous (8)1–208:46 NYR
3rd period
Steve Jensen (12)Greg Terrion (15)2–213:59 LAK
Billy Harris (15)Mike Murphy (14), Dan Bonar (13)3–219:51 LAK
Team stats
LAKNYR
2137
0%0%
0/60/7
1820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:00 into the first period
Charlie Simmer · hooking2 min - 16:31 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · holding2 min - 1:26 into the second periodMike Murphy · holding2 min
- 10:02 into the second periodUlf Nilsson · high sticking2 min
- 12:16 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 12:16 into the second periodJim Fox · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:25 into the second periodLarry Murphy · interference2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodUlf Nilsson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodBarry Beck · tripping2 min
- 1:25 into the third periodBilly Harris · hooking2 min
- 2:16 into the third periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
- 6:42 into the third periodMike Murphy · high sticking2 min
- 6:42 into the third periodDave Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 7:34 into the third periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 7:34 into the third periodRon Duguay · high sticking2 min
- 7:34 into the third periodRon Duguay · roughing2 min
- 14:33 into the third periodMario Lessard · slashing2 min
- 14:33 into the third periodMike Allison · slashing2 min
- 16:57 into the third periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
| 32Paul PageauG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |