Detroit Red Wings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, October 6, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Tuesday, October 6, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Red Wings 26–21.
John Ogrodnick scored twice. Peter Wallin, Mike Allison, Mark Osborne, Mike Foligno and Don Murdoch also scored.
Gilles Gilbert made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
John Ogrodnick (1)Unassisted1–002:12 DET
Peter Wallin (1)Mike Rogers (1), Dave Maloney (1)1–106:16 NYR
2nd period
Mike Allison (1)Eddie Johnstone (1), Dave Maloney (2)1–206:19 NYR- John Ogrodnick (2)Dale McCourt (1), Don Murdoch (1)2–207:47 DET
Mark Osborne (1)Walt McKechnie (1), Mike Foligno (1)3–217:51 DET
3rd period
Mike Foligno (1)Walt McKechnie (2)4–214:09 DET · 
Don Murdoch (1)Willie Huber (1), Dale McCourt (2)5–219:43 DET ·
Team stats
DETNYR
2126
0%0%
1/40/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:04 into the first period
Dave Maloney · interference2 min - 12:33 into the first period
Jim Korn · hooking2 min - 14:22 into the first periodDave Maloney · interference2 min
- 16:03 into the first periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodJohn Ogrodnick · high sticking2 min
- 13:31 into the second periodGreg Joly · holding2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodMike Allison · slashing2 min
- 11:05 into the third periodJohn Barrett · interference2 min
- 12:24 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 30Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |