New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–3 on Wednesday, December 2, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Rangers 31–23.
Goals came from Reijo Ruotsalainen, Steve Vickers, Steve Bozek, Dave Taylor, Dean Talafous, Peter Wallin and Trevor Johansen.
Steve Weeks made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (6)Dave Silk (8), Ron Duguay (9)1–006:29 NYR ·
2nd period
Steve Vickers (1)Mike Allison (5), Dave Maloney (6)2–004:53 NYR
Steve Bozek (12)Rick Martin (2), Marcel Dionne (23)2–107:03 LAK · 
Dave Taylor (15)Marcel Dionne (24), Dave Lewis (5)2–214:56 LAK
3rd period
Dean Talafous (4)Mike Rogers (17)3–201:00 NYR
Peter Wallin (2)Ed Hospodar (3), Dave Maloney (7)4–207:26 NYR
Trevor Johansen (2)Rick Martin (3), Doug Smith (2)4–314:25 LAK
Team stats
NYRLAK
2331
0%0%
1/41/1
126
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:52 into the first period
Rick Martin · tripping2 min - 12:34 into the first period
Nick Fotiu · holding2 min - 15:42 into the first periodBarry Beck · interference2 min
- 17:01 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · holding2 min
- 17:01 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodEd Hospodar · delaying game2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodDave Silk · roughing2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodMark Pavelich · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 10Rick MartinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |