St. Louis Blues vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, November 12, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 5–2 on Thursday, November 12, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Blues 42–28.
Goals came from Bernie Federko, Dave Taylor, Dean Hopkins, Blake Dunlop, Steve Jensen, Charlie Simmer and Ian Turnbull.
Mario Lessard made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 38 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Bernie Federko (10)Mike Zuke (19), Joe Micheletti (10)1–003:07 STL · 
Dave Taylor (10)Charlie Simmer (1), Trevor Johansen (4)1–105:24 LAK
2nd period
Dean Hopkins (1)Dan Bonar (9), Ian Turnbull (3)1–204:44 LAK
Blake Dunlop (4)Wayne Babych (3)2–206:32 STL · 
Steve Jensen (2)Mark Hardy (13), Ian Turnbull (4)2–310:14 LAK · 
Charlie Simmer (2)Dave Taylor (23), Marcel Dionne (15)2–419:07 LAK
3rd period
Ian Turnbull (1)Marcel Dionne (16)2–519:49 LAK ·
Team stats
STLLAK
2842
0%0%
2/41/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Rick Lapointe · interference2 min - 1:09 into the first period
Larry Murphy · hooking2 min - 2:30 into the first periodGlenn Goldup · tripping2 min
- 6:01 into the first periodBernie Federko · hooking2 min
- 12:38 into the first periodCharlie Simmer · slashing2 min
- 12:38 into the first periodJim Nill · interference2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · holding2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodMark Hardy · holding2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodMike Crombeen · interference2 min
- 10:01 into the second periodBill Stewart · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 42 | 4 | .905 |
| 29Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |