Los Angeles Kings vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Thursday, April 2, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–4 on Thursday, April 2, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Kings 40–24.
Bernie Federko scored twice. Jorgen Pettersson, Joe Micheletti, Bryan Maxwell, Dave Taylor, Steve Jensen, John Paul Kelly, Larry Murphy and Mike Crombeen also scored.
Mike Liut made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 34 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Jorgen Pettersson (36)Wayne Babych (40), Larry Patey (23)0–109:36 STL
Joe Micheletti (4)Jorgen Pettersson (33), Blake Dunlop (65)0–212:52 STL · 
Bryan Maxwell (3)Jorgen Pettersson (34), Blake Dunlop (66)0–316:52 STL
2nd period
Dave Taylor (45)Marcel Dionne (75), Billy Harris (28)1–300:53 LAK
Steve Jensen (19)Rick Chartraw (5), Jim Fox (25)2–301:32 LAK · 
John Paul Kelly (3)Dean Hopkins (18), Andre St. Laurent (6)3–315:00 LAK
3rd period
Bernie Federko (29)Unassisted3–401:26 STL
Larry Murphy (16)Dave Taylor (64), Billy Harris (29)4–405:31 LAK · - Bernie Federko (30)Brian Sutter (33), Tony Currie (31)4–511:15 STL ·
Mike Crombeen (9)Perry Turnbull (22), Jack Brownschidle (23)4–619:17 STL ·
Team stats
LAKSTL
2440
0%0%
2/42/7
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:55 into the first period
Billy Harris · tripping2 min - 12:26 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · holding2 min
- 1:13 into the second period
Bill Stewart · cross checking2 min - 4:47 into the second periodGreg Terrion · hooking2 min
- 11:01 into the second periodJay Wells · hooking2 min
- 12:25 into the second periodBrian Sutter · interference2 min
- 12:32 into the second periodGreg Terrion · tripping2 min
- 16:31 into the second periodMark Hardy · hooking2 min
- 4:01 into the third periodRick Lapointe · tripping2 min
- 4:46 into the third periodRalph Klassen · tripping2 min
- 10:24 into the third periodRick Chartraw · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 39 | 5 | .872 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |