Winnipeg Jets vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, February 12, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 8–6 on Thursday, February 12, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Jets 55–26.
Eddie Johnstone scored twice and Dave Christian scored a hat trick. Rick Dudley, Don Maloney, Barry Beck, Tim Trimper, Dean Talafous, Steve Vickers, Dave Silk, Norm Dupont and Dave Maloney also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 20 saves on 26 shots for the win; Markus Mattsson stopped 47 of 54.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Dudley (11)Rick Bowness (7), Doug Lecuyer (12)1–002:26 WIN
Don Maloney (20)Mike Allison (23), Eddie Johnstone (27)1–103:50 NYR
Barry Beck (6)Eddie Johnstone (28), Carol Vadnais (15)1–216:44 NYR · 
Eddie Johnstone (21)Mike Allison (24), Carol Vadnais (16)1–317:22 NYR
Tim Trimper (7)Peter Sullivan (12), Barry Legge (4)2–318:08 WIN
2nd period
Dave Christian (19)Dave Babych (29), Morris Lukowich (24)3–310:59 WIN
Dean Talafous (10)Ron Duguay (11), Barry Beck (17)3–417:59 NYR ·
3rd period
Steve Vickers (14)Ulf Nilsson (14), Carol Vadnais (17)3–501:19 NYR
Dave Silk (13)Ulf Nilsson (15)3–604:28 NYR
Norm Dupont (20)Anders Steen (9), Markus Mattsson (1)4–606:54 WIN- Eddie Johnstone (22)Mike Allison (25), Don Maloney (19)4–709:42 NYR
- Dave Christian (20)Morris Lukowich (25), Peter Sullivan (13)5–715:43 WIN
- Dave Christian (21)Unassisted6–716:09 WIN
Dave Maloney (9)Unassisted6–819:23 NYR ·
Team stats
WINNYR
2655
0%0%
0/31/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:58 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · elbowing2 min - 12:16 into the first period
Doug Lecuyer · tripping2 min - 16:34 into the first periodMark Plantery · tripping2 min
- 2:57 into the second periodKris Manery · interference2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodDon Maloney · holding2 min
- 10:09 into the second periodJohn Markell · holding2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 13Dave ChristianR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Peter SullivanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Anders SteenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick BownessR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 99Rick DudleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Barry LeggeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 19Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23John MarkellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Mark PlanteryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Markus MattssonG | L | 54 | 7 | .870 |
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Gary BurnsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | W | 26 | 6 | .769 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |