New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, February 19, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 7–3 on Thursday, February 19, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Rangers 32–29.
Eddie Johnstone scored twice and Dale McCourt scored a hat trick. John Ogrodnick, Mark Kirton, Dave Maloney, Brent Peterson and Mike Foligno also scored.
Gilles Gilbert made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Eddie Johnstone (25)Unassisted1–016:34 NYR
Dale McCourt (17)Unassisted1–117:45 DET ·
2nd period
John Ogrodnick (30)Dale McCourt (39)1–204:08 DET
Mark Kirton (12)Gary McAdam (18), Paul Woods (13)1–307:55 DET · 
Dave Maloney (10)Tom Laidlaw (13), Anders Hedberg (30)2–310:50 NYR- Eddie Johnstone (26)Mike Allison (27)3–312:41 NYR
3rd period
Brent Peterson (3)Perry Miller (3)3–409:27 DET- Dale McCourt (18)Mike Foligno (25), John Barrett (6)3–509:44 DET
Mike Foligno (25)Dale McCourt (40)3–609:54 DET- Dale McCourt (19)Unassisted3–719:43 DET
Team stats
NYRDET
2932
0%0%
0/51/6
10533
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:20 into the first period
Nick Fotiu · elbowing2 min - 4:55 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:20 into the first period
Gary McAdam · roughing2 min - 9:20 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · roughing2 min
- 11:34 into the first periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 11:34 into the first periodGary McAdam · roughing2 min
- 11:34 into the first periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 11:34 into the first periodDave Silk · roughing2 min
- 14:42 into the first periodEarl Ingarfield · fighting5 min
- 14:42 into the first periodDave Silk · roughing2 min
- 19:26 into the first periodWillie Huber · interference2 min
- 19:32 into the first periodReed Larson · fighting5 min
- 19:32 into the first periodRon Duguay · roughing2 min
- 19:32 into the first periodRon Duguay · fighting5 min
- 1:46 into the second periodJohn Barrett · tripping2 min
- 6:46 into the second periodUlf Nilsson · interference2 min
- 8:34 into the second periodGilles Gilbert · puck thrown forward goalkeeper2 min
- 15:09 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · tripping2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodReed Larson · interference2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodJim Korn · fighting5 min
- 16:56 into the second periodBarry Beck · fighting5 min
- 16:56 into the second periodBarry Beck · spearing5 min
- 15:52 into the third periodJean Hamel · holding2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodGilles Gilbert · slashing2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodNick Fotiu · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRon Duguay · gross misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodMike Allison · gross misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBarry Beck · gross misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodNick Fotiu · gross misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · gross misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDon Maloney · gross misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodLance Nethery · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |