St. Louis Blues vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 18, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 5–3 on Sunday, October 18, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blues 34–19.
Eddie Johnstone scored twice. Perry Turnbull, Don Maloney, Alain Vigneault, Mark Pavelich, Brian Sutter and Ron Duguay also scored.
Steve Baker made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Rick Heinz stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Eddie Johnstone (1)Jere Gillis (1)0–106:54 NYR
Perry Turnbull (2)Tony Currie (4), Mike Zuke (4)1–109:57 STL
Don Maloney (2)Unassisted1–211:11 NYR · 
Alain Vigneault (1)Blair Chapman (3), Jack Brownschidle (2)2–215:36 STL
2nd period
- Eddie Johnstone (2)Don Maloney (3), Barry Beck (2)2–304:45 NYR ·
Mark Pavelich (2)Ron Duguay (2), Dave Silk (2)2–407:33 NYR
Brian Sutter (2)Bernie Federko (5), Blair Chapman (4)3–410:42 STL
3rd period
Ron Duguay (2)Eddie Johnstone (3), Mike Rogers (4)3–519:47 NYR ·
Team stats
STLNYR
1934
0%0%
0/51/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:03 into the first period
Barry Beck · hooking2 min - 13:25 into the first period
Alain Vigneault · interference2 min - 17:54 into the first periodDave Silk · cross checking2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodBill Stewart · hooking2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · interference2 min
- 15:26 into the second periodBill Stewart · interference2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodNick Fotiu · hooking2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodMike Allison · hooking2 min
- 13:33 into the third periodRick Lapointe · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Alain VigneaultD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rick HeinzG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |