St. Louis Blues vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, February 15, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Sunday, February 15, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blues 34–29.
Blake Dunlop scored twice and Eddie Johnstone scored twice. Perry Turnbull, Brian Sutter, Anders Hedberg, Tony Currie and Ulf Nilsson also scored.
Mike Liut made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Blake Dunlop (13)Wayne Babych (35), Jorgen Pettersson (24)1–001:56 STL · 
Perry Turnbull (28)Tony Currie (21)2–010:54 STL
2nd period
Brian Sutter (24)Bill Stewart (16), Blair Chapman (19)3–002:35 STL- Blake Dunlop (14)Mike Zuke (33), Jack Brownschidle (14)4–012:34 STL ·
Eddie Johnstone (23)Ron Greschner (30), Steve Vickers (27)4–114:58 NYR · - Eddie Johnstone (24)Unassisted4–218:16 NYR ·
Anders Hedberg (21)Eddie Johnstone (29)4–319:33 NYR ·
3rd period
Tony Currie (18)Bernie Federko (54), Perry Turnbull (19)5–302:46 STL
Ulf Nilsson (8)Unassisted5–416:57 NYR
Team stats
STLNYR
2934
0%0%
2/121/5
7175
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:31 into the first period
Ron Greschner · interference2 min - 12:10 into the first periodDave Silk · hooking2 min
- 16:29 into the first periodBarry Beck · tripping2 min
- 19:04 into the first period
Larry Patey · interference2 min - 4:42 into the second periodBill Stewart · holding2 min
- 6:11 into the second periodMike Allison · high sticking2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodNick Fotiu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodNick Fotiu · misconduct10 min
- 9:29 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · misconduct10 min
- 9:42 into the second periodRalph Klassen · hooking2 min
- 10:22 into the second periodUlf Nilsson · hooking2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodDave Maloney · hooking2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodLarry Patey · hooking2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBarry Beck · misconduct10 min
- 15:46 into the second periodDave Silk · roughing2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodDave Silk · fighting5 min
- 15:46 into the second periodDean Talafous · misconduct10 min
- 15:46 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · misconduct10 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBlair Chapman · misconduct10 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBlair Chapman · game misconduct10 min
- 15:46 into the second periodGerry Hart · fighting5 min
- 15:46 into the second periodRick Lapointe · misconduct10 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBrian Sutter · misconduct10 min
- 7:31 into the third periodTony Currie · tripping2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodUlf Nilsson · tripping2 min
- 17:25 into the third periodDave Maloney · delaying game2 min
- 17:25 into the third periodDon Maloney · tripping2 min
- 19:09 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Gary BurnsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |