Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 16, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 7–3 on Wednesday, December 16, 1981 at Madison Square Garden.
Goals came from Nick Fotiu, Mark Botell, Ray Allison, Mark Pavelich, Ed Hospodar, Glen Cochrane, Bill Barber, Bob Hoffmeyer, Brian Propp and Ron Flockhart.
Rick St. Croix made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Nick Fotiu (2)Ron Duguay (14), Andre Dore (2)0–115:04 NYR
2nd period
Mark Botell (3)Greg Adams (4), Bob Hoffmeyer (5)1–100:43 PHI
Ray Allison (1)Brian Propp (15), Ron Flockhart (8)2–106:24 PHI
Mark Pavelich (12)Tom Laidlaw (6), Dave Silk (10)2–208:34 NYR
Ed Hospodar (2)Mike Rogers (22), Dean Talafous (7)2–313:48 NYR
Glen Cochrane (2)Reggie Leach (8), Bobby Clarke (24)3–316:10 PHI
3rd period
Bill Barber (20)Ken Linseman (31), Bob Hoffmeyer (6)4–306:19 PHI · 
Bob Hoffmeyer (3)Reggie Leach (9), Brian Propp (16)5–307:50 PHI · 
Brian Propp (21)Ray Allison (1)6–311:37 PHI
Ron Flockhart (9)Ray Allison (2), Ilkka Sinisalo (9)7–317:50 PHI
Team stats
PHINYR
2828
0%0%
2/20/5
5650
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:29 into the first period
Jimmy Watson · hooking2 min - 4:42 into the first periodMark Botell · hooking2 min
- 5:39 into the first periodBrad Marsh · cross checking2 min
- 8:45 into the first periodRon Flockhart · tripping2 min
- 15:49 into the second period
Andre Dore · high sticking2 min - 15:49 into the second periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodDave Maloney · slashing2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodGreg Adams · slashing2 min
- 5:17 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · high sticking2 min
- 6:19 into the third periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 6:19 into the third periodEd Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 6:19 into the third periodEd Hospodar · misconduct10 min
- 6:19 into the third periodEd Hospodar · game misconduct10 min
- 6:19 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · fighting5 min
- 6:19 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · high sticking2 min
- 6:19 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · misconduct10 min
- 6:19 into the third periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 6:19 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 6:19 into the third periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
- 6:19 into the third periodBill Barber · fighting5 min
- 6:19 into the third periodBill Barber · misconduct10 min
- 6:19 into the third periodBill Barber · game misconduct10 min
- 13:01 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · tripping2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 19Ray AllisonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 35Bob HoffmeyerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mark BotellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Fred ArthurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |