New York Rangers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Rockies 2–1 on Saturday, December 5, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rangers outshot the Rockies 41–30.
Goals came from Paul Gagne, Mark Pavelich and Jere Gillis.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 39 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gagne (4)Merlin Malinowski (6), Joe Cirella (4)0–113:11 CLR
2nd period
Mark Pavelich (8)Tom Younghans (1), Barry Beck (10)1–106:25 NYR · 
Jere Gillis (3)Dave Maloney (8), Mike Allison (6)2–113:21 NYR
Team stats
NYRCLR
4130
0%0%
0/40/2
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:35 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 13:59 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · high sticking2 min
- 0:10 into the second period
Dave Cameron · holding2 min - 5:08 into the second periodDave Maloney · hooking2 min
- 13:52 into the second periodBob Lorimer · holding2 min
- 5:58 into the third periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 6Jere GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Colorado Rockies
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 41 | 2 | .951 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |