New York Rangers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 on Saturday, October 24, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Rangers 36–34.
Goals came from Ron Greschner, Mike Rogers, Eddie Johnstone, Pat Hickey, Rene Robert, Rocky Saganiuk, Paul Marshall and Mark Pavelich.
Steve Weeks made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Vincent Tremblay stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Greschner (2)Eddie Johnstone (5)1–000:30 NYR
Mike Rogers (3)Ron Greschner (2), Barry Beck (3)2–014:57 NYR ·
2nd period
Eddie Johnstone (3)Mike Allison (4), Jere Gillis (2)3–003:18 NYR
Pat Hickey (1)Mike Rogers (5), Ron Greschner (3)4–004:20 NYR
Rene Robert (2)Ian Turnbull (2)4–110:05 TOR
Rocky Saganiuk (2)Laurie Boschman (6)4–214:40 TOR
3rd period
Paul Marshall (1)Darryl Sittler (2), Fred Boimistruck (3)4–305:44 TOR
Mark Pavelich (3)Dave Silk (3)5–305:58 NYR
Team stats
NYRTOR
3436
0%0%
1/20/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:28 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · cross checking2 min - 14:36 into the first period
John Anderson · hooking2 min - 6:56 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 3:02 into the third periodBill Derlago · hooking2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul MarshallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Fred BoimistruckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Gary YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 39Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Vincent TremblayG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |