Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 21, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Wednesday, October 21, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Kings 38–17.
Steve Bozek scored twice. Ron Duguay, Mark Hardy, Jim Fox, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Marcel Dionne also scored.
Mario Lessard made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 12 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Duguay (3)Mark Pavelich (1), Ron Greschner (1)0–107:05 NYR
Mark Hardy (1)Marcel Dionne (5), Rob Palmer (2)1–117:12 LAK
Jim Fox (4)Steve Jensen (6), Greg Terrion (2)2–119:58 LAK
2nd period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)Eddie Johnstone (4), Mark Pavelich (2)2–206:34 NYR
Steve Bozek (4)Marcel Dionne (6), Dave Taylor (9)3–209:20 LAK
Marcel Dionne (8)Dave Taylor (10), Mark Hardy (3)4–215:54 LAK
3rd period
- Steve Bozek (5)Unassisted5–215:31 LAK
Team stats
LAKNYR
1738
0%0%
0/30/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:04 into the first period
Billy Harris · interference2 min - 8:10 into the first period
Mike Allison · delaying game2 min - 11:36 into the first periodDan Bonar · cross checking2 min
- 12:15 into the first periodMario Lessard · slashing2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodPat Hickey · tripping2 min
- 16:26 into the first periodJerry Korab · hooking2 min
- 3:41 into the third periodDave Lewis · tripping2 min
- 19:11 into the third periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
- 19:11 into the third periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 17 | 5 | .706 |