New York Rangers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, February 22, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Rangers 6–5 on Sunday, February 22, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 32–31.
Gilles Lupien scored twice. Dave Keon, Ron Duguay, Mark Howe, Pat Boutette, Eddie Johnstone, Nick Fotiu, Don Maloney, Cam Connor and Blaine Stoughton also scored.
John Garrett made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Keon (9)Norm Barnes (10), Warren Miller (19)0–103:17 HFD · 
Ron Duguay (9)Dean Talafous (11)1–117:41 NYR · 
Mark Howe (15)Al Sims (28), Mike Rogers (51)1–218:02 HFD ·
2nd period
Pat Boutette (23)Mike Rogers (52)1–311:34 HFD
Eddie Johnstone (27)Ulf Nilsson (18), Anders Hedberg (31)2–313:25 NYR · 
Nick Fotiu (8)Mike Allison (29), Tom Laidlaw (16)3–313:36 NYR
3rd period
Gilles Lupien (1)Mark Howe (35)3–400:24 HFD
Don Maloney (25)Carol Vadnais (18)4–408:06 NYR · - Gilles Lupien (2)Pat Boutette (41), Blaine Stoughton (25)4–515:19 HFD
Cam Connor (1)Ron Duguay (13), Lance Nethery (4)5–516:16 NYR
Blaine Stoughton (29)Pat Boutette (42), Rick Meagher (3)5–616:49 HFD
Team stats
NYRHFD
3231
0%0%
1/42/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · hooking2 min - 17:27 into the first periodSteve Vickers · interference2 min
- 17:51 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 11:58 into the second period
Norm Barnes · holding2 min - 16:45 into the second periodStuart Smith · tripping2 min
- 2:08 into the third periodDoug Soetaert · ps throwing object at puck0 min
- 2:21 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · holding2 min
- 4:54 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:54 into the third periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 7:14 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 17:46 into the third periodAl Sims · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 23Gilles LupienD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 32 | 5 | .844 |