Los Angeles Kings vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Saturday, October 31, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Kings 31–23.
Mike Crombeen scored twice. Larry Patey, Jim Fox, Larry Murphy, Dave Taylor, Dan Bonar, Ed Kea and Jack Brownschidle also scored.
Rick Heinz made 10 saves on 14 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Crombeen (2)Unassisted0–100:24 STL
2nd period
Larry Patey (4)Jim Nill (2), Ralph Klassen (2)0–211:03 STL
Jim Fox (7)Greg Terrion (5)1–213:40 LAK · 
Larry Murphy (6)Greg Terrion (6), Jim Fox (6)2–216:36 LAK
Dave Taylor (7)Steve Bozek (4), Jerry Korab (5)3–218:19 LAK
3rd period
Dan Bonar (2)Unassisted4–208:05 LAK
Ed Kea (1)Mike Zuke (13)4–308:22 STL- Mike Crombeen (3)Mike Zuke (14), Jim Nill (3)4–410:59 STL
Jack Brownschidle (2)Jim Nill (4), Mike Crombeen (1)4–517:37 STL
Team stats
LAKSTL
2331
0%0%
1/40/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:16 into the first period
Jerry Korab · hooking2 min - 10:02 into the first period
Alain Vigneault · holding2 min - 0:29 into the second periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 2:37 into the second periodBlake Dunlop · tripping2 min
- 4:00 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · slashing2 min
- 2:45 into the third periodJohn Gibson · holding2 min
- 17:45 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · roughing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28John GibsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Alain VigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Rick HeinzG | W | 14 | 4 | .714 |