New York Rangers vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 7–2 on Saturday, March 7, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Rangers outshot the Blues 31–26.
Wayne Babych scored twice. Ron Duguay, Bill Stewart, Blair Chapman, Perry Turnbull, Tom Laidlaw, Blake Dunlop and Jorgen Pettersson also scored.
Mike Liut made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
2nd period
Wayne Babych (47)Mike Zuke (37), Joe Micheletti (21)0–103:10 STL
Ron Duguay (11)Steve Vickers (36), Lance Nethery (8)1–104:04 NYR
Bill Stewart (1)Bernie Federko (65), Rick Lapointe (23)1–205:30 STL- Wayne Babych (48)Bill Stewart (19), Bryan Maxwell (7)1–310:16 STL
Blair Chapman (19)Larry Patey (18)1–412:11 STL
3rd period
Perry Turnbull (30)Jack Brownschidle (19), Larry Patey (19)1–500:46 STL
Tom Laidlaw (6)Nick Fotiu (8), Ed Hospodar (12)2–503:39 NYR
Blake Dunlop (17)Wayne Babych (36), Jorgen Pettersson (27)2–608:17 STL
Jorgen Pettersson (32)Wayne Babych (37), Joe Micheletti (22)2–713:35 STL ·
Team stats
NYRSTL
3126
0%0%
0/31/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:30 into the first period
Eddie Johnstone · high sticking2 min - 16:30 into the first period
Rick Lapointe · high sticking2 min - 6:53 into the second periodLarry Patey · hooking2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodBill Stewart · holding2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodMike Zuke · tripping2 min
- 11:36 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · interference2 min
- 12:37 into the third periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |