Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 25, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Sunday, October 25, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 29–24.
Steve Shutt scored twice. Doug Jarvis, Mark Napier, Mike Rogers and Dave Silk also scored.
Denis Herron made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Jarvis (3)Unassisted1–006:33 MTL
Steve Shutt (8)Keith Acton (8), Guy Lafleur (10)2–007:36 MTL
Mark Napier (5)Unassisted3–014:36 MTL
Mike Rogers (4)Pat Hickey (1), Peter Wallin (2)3–119:42 NYR
2nd period
- Steve Shutt (9)Keith Acton (9), Guy Lafleur (11)4–104:35 MTL
3rd period
Dave Silk (1)Mark Pavelich (3), Ed Hospodar (1)4–212:57 NYR
Team stats
MTLNYR
2429
0%0%
0/10/4
126
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:21 into the first period
Rod Langway · holding2 min - 11:13 into the first period
Barry Beck · holding2 min - 19:42 into the first periodDoug Jarvis · holding2 min
- 19:42 into the first periodEd Hospodar · elbowing2 min
- 7:10 into the second periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodGilbert Delorme · high sticking2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodRon Duguay · high sticking2 min
- 0:09 into the third periodBob Gainey · interference2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodRod Langway · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
New York Rangers
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |