New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, November 5, 1981 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6–2 on Thursday, November 5, 1981 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 33–24.
Ron Duguay scored a hat trick. Mikko Leinonen, Mel Bridgman, Mike Allison, Eddie Johnstone and Reggie Leach also scored.
Steve Weeks made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Rick St. Croix stopped 18 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Leinonen (3)Nick Fotiu (2), Ron Duguay (4)1–005:14 NYR
Mel Bridgman (7)Ken Linseman (15), Steven Smith (1)1–113:25 PHI
Ron Duguay (7)Dave Silk (4), Mark Pavelich (6)2–114:19 NYR- Ron Duguay (8)Mikko Leinonen (1), Mike Rogers (9)3–115:49 NYR ·
2nd period
- Ron Duguay (9)Mikko Leinonen (2), Ron Greschner (4)4–103:22 NYR ·
Mike Allison (2)Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)5–115:46 NYR
3rd period
Eddie Johnstone (5)Mike Rogers (10), Barry Beck (4)6–110:42 NYR · 
Reggie Leach (12)Ilkka Sinisalo (7)6–218:42 PHI
Team stats
NYRPHI
2433
0%0%
3/30/3
69
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:32 into the first period
Ilkka Sinisalo · hooking2 min - 17:14 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · holding2 min - 1:30 into the second periodReid Bailey · elbowing2 min
- 0:08 into the third periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodBehn Wilson · high sticking5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Steven SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Fred ArthurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Reid BaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | L | 24 | 6 | .750 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |