Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Saturday, April 11, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 10–3 on Saturday, April 11, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Kings 38–26.
Eddie Johnstone scored twice and Ulf Nilsson scored twice. Mark Hardy, Don Maloney, Dave Taylor, Barry Beck, Ron Greschner, Ron Duguay, Dean Talafous, Mike Allison and Larry Murphy also scored.
Steve Baker made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 22 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Hardy (1)Billy Harris (1), Marcel Dionne (2)1–001:13 LAK · 
Don Maloney (1)Ron Greschner (2), Eddie Johnstone (1)1–101:51 NYR · 
Dave Taylor (2)Marcel Dionne (3), Mike Murphy (1)2–102:48 LAK
Barry Beck (1)Unassisted2–208:28 NYR
Ron Greschner (1)Ulf Nilsson (2), Anders Hedberg (2)2–314:29 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (1)Don Maloney (1)2–419:44 NYR
2nd period
Ron Duguay (3)Steve Vickers (1), Dean Talafous (1)2–507:34 NYR- Eddie Johnstone (2)Don Maloney (2), Mike Allison (1)2–612:25 NYR
Dean Talafous (1)Ron Duguay (1), Carol Vadnais (1)2–713:40 NYR
Ulf Nilsson (3)Anders Hedberg (3), Ron Greschner (3)2–816:44 NYR
3rd period
Mike Allison (1)Don Maloney (3)2–902:51 NYR- Ulf Nilsson (4)Barry Beck (2), Ron Duguay (2)2–1007:38 NYR ·
Larry Murphy (2)John Paul Kelly (1), Dave Lewis (2)3–1018:59 LAK
Team stats
LAKNYR
2638
0%0%
1/22/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Peter Wallin · holding2 min - 1:41 into the first period
Don Luce · hooking2 min - 3:20 into the first periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodAndre St. Laurent · interference2 min
- 4:46 into the second periodSteve Jensen · tripping2 min
- 7:06 into the third periodJerry Korab · hooking2 min
- 8:25 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · interference2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 23Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 30 | 8 | .733 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 8 | 2 | .750 |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +6 | 3 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28John HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 10 | 1 | .900 | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |