New York Rangers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1981 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 on Saturday, December 12, 1981 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 38–28.
Dean Talafous scored twice. Reijo Ruotsalainen, Brian Propp, Mark Pavelich, Reggie Leach, Mark Botell and Ron Duguay also scored.
Steve Weeks made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (8)Mike Rogers (19)1–012:04 NYR
2nd period
Brian Propp (20)Bobby Clarke (22), Tim Kerr (15)1–114:44 PHI · 
Mark Pavelich (10)Ron Duguay (12), Dave Silk (9)2–115:17 NYR
Reggie Leach (16)Mark Botell (3), Bobby Clarke (23)2–217:59 PHI ·
3rd period
Dean Talafous (5)Mike Rogers (20), Jere Gillis (7)3–204:33 NYR
Mark Botell (2)Unassisted3–307:23 PHI- Dean Talafous (6)Jere Gillis (8)4–310:46 NYR
Ron Duguay (16)Barry Beck (11)5–319:42 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRPHI
2838
0%0%
0/42/5
1816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:26 into the first period
Mark Pavelich · roughing2 min - 0:26 into the first period
Ken Linseman · roughing2 min - 2:18 into the first periodDean Talafous · slashing2 min
- 2:18 into the first periodBobby Clarke · slashing2 min
- 3:27 into the first periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 4:47 into the first periodBobby Clarke · interference2 min
- 11:49 into the first periodTom Younghans · high sticking2 min
- 11:49 into the first periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 12:59 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:07 into the second periodTim Kerr · holding2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodMike Rogers · holding2 min
- 13:18 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:09 into the second periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodTom Younghans · elbowing2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodBill Barber · roughing2 min
- 0:51 into the third periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 13:14 into the third periodBobby Clarke · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 28Mark BotellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Fred ArthurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 35Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |