Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 12, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–3 on Sunday, April 12, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Kings 48–27.
Ron Duguay scored twice. Greg Terrion, Lance Nethery, Dan Bonar, Ulf Nilsson, Larry Murphy, Tom Laidlaw and Anders Hedberg also scored.
Steve Baker made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 42 of 48.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Duguay (4)Barry Beck (3)0–100:46 NYR
Greg Terrion (1)Steve Jensen (2), Jim Fox (1)1–101:47 LAK · 
Lance Nethery (1)Jere Gillis (1), John Hughes (1)1–205:53 NYR
Dan Bonar (1)Don Luce (2)2–213:26 LAK ·
2nd period
Ulf Nilsson (5)Eddie Johnstone (2), Don Maloney (4)2–308:22 NYR
Larry Murphy (3)Unassisted3–314:30 LAK
3rd period
Tom Laidlaw (1)Ron Duguay (3)3–406:44 NYR
Anders Hedberg (3)Ron Greschner (4), Carol Vadnais (2)3–512:11 NYR- Ron Duguay (5)Dean Talafous (2), Steve Vickers (2)3–615:08 NYR
Team stats
LAKNYR
2748
0%0%
1/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Don Maloney · elbowing2 min - 2:36 into the first period
Mark Hardy · interference2 min - 9:29 into the first periodDave Lewis · interference2 min
- 10:16 into the first periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 13:11 into the first periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 17:26 into the first periodJerry Korab · interference2 min
- 18:58 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · elbowing2 min
- 5:56 into the second periodJohn Hughes · tripping2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodDave Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodMike Allison · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Dan BonarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 23Don LuceC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 48 | 6 | .875 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28John HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |