Calgary Flames vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 1, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Calgary Flames 4–2 on Sunday, November 1, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Flames 36–22.
Goals came from Mike Rogers, Eddie Johnstone, Mikko Leinonen, Dave Hindmarch, Don Lever and Pat Hickey.
Steve Weeks made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Rogers (6)Pat Hickey (3)0–103:08 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (4)Pat Hickey (4), Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)0–208:28 NYR · 
Mikko Leinonen (2)Peter Wallin (5), Nick Fotiu (1)0–310:40 NYR
Dave Hindmarch (1)Kari Eloranta (1), Ken Houston (5)1–312:47 CGY
2nd period
Don Lever (6)Kent Nilsson (6), Pekka Rautakallio (7)2–316:23 CGY
3rd period
Pat Hickey (4)Mike Rogers (7)2–416:46 NYR ·
Team stats
CGYNYR
2236
0%0%
0/12/3
62
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:59 into the first period
Bob Murdoch · interference2 min - 19:20 into the first periodPhil Russell · interference2 min
- 8:20 into the second period
Jere Gillis · hooking2 min - 16:07 into the third periodKari Eloranta · hooking2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave HindmarchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Kari ElorantaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 24Pat HickeyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |