New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–2 on Saturday, March 28, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 26–25.
Ron Duguay scored twice. Dave Maloney, Eddie Johnstone, Don Maloney, Yvon Lambert, Ron Greschner and Bob Gainey also scored.
Steve Baker made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Maloney (11)Unassisted1–017:10 NYR
2nd period
Eddie Johnstone (29)Don Maloney (21), Mike Allison (37)2–011:57 NYR
Don Maloney (28)Unassisted3–016:41 NYR
Ron Duguay (16)Dean Talafous (16)4–018:00 NYR
3rd period
Yvon Lambert (21)Unassisted4–100:25 MTL
Ron Greschner (27)Ulf Nilsson (25), Anders Hedberg (39)5–103:30 NYR
Bob Gainey (22)Denis Herron (2)5–209:53 MTL- Ron Duguay (17)Dean Talafous (17)6–213:15 NYR
Team stats
NYRMTL
2526
0%0%
0/40/4
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:37 into the first period
Brian Engblom · hooking2 min - 10:17 into the first periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 13:50 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · cross checking2 min - 18:11 into the first periodMike Allison · holding2 min
- 3:50 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · holding2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodPeter Wallin · interference2 min
- 12:20 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · hooking2 min
- 17:01 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 17:01 into the second periodDon Maloney · fighting5 min
- 13:53 into the third periodBob Gainey · closing hand on puck2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 8 | 2 | .750 | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |