New York Rangers vs St. Louis Blues
Playoffs · Thursday, April 16, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Thursday, April 16, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Rangers outshot the Blues 31–28.
Lance Nethery scored twice and Bernie Federko scored twice. Brian Sutter, Blair Chapman, Mike Crombeen, Mike Zuke and Jere Gillis also scored.
Mike Liut made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Lance Nethery (2)Jere Gillis (2), Tom Laidlaw (2)1–007:25 NYR
Bernie Federko (5)Brian Sutter (3), Tony Currie (8)1–111:15 STL · 
Brian Sutter (3)Bernie Federko (7)1–214:55 STL
Blair Chapman (2)Larry Patey (4)1–317:39 STL
2nd period
- Lance Nethery (3)Jere Gillis (3), Chris Kotsopoulos (1)2–301:34 NYR
Mike Crombeen (3)Mike Zuke (2), Jorgen Pettersson (1)2–408:56 STL- Bernie Federko (6)Tony Currie (9)2–516:42 STL
Mike Zuke (4)Blair Chapman (3)2–619:42 STL
3rd period
Jere Gillis (1)Ron Duguay (4), Peter Wallin (1)3–605:39 NYR
Team stats
NYRSTL
3128
0%0%
0/31/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:57 into the first period
Ed Kea · tripping2 min - 10:21 into the first period
Gary Burns · holding2 min - 4:03 into the second periodEd Kea · tripping2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodMike Crombeen · hooking2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · roughing2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodWayne Babych · roughing2 min
- 2:33 into the third periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 19:54 into the third periodEd Hospodar · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 6Jere GillisL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Gary BurnsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
St. Louis Blues
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |