New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Sunday, January 31, 1982 · The Forum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–3 on Sunday, January 31, 1982 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Rangers 40–26.
Don Maloney scored twice and Dave Taylor scored twice. Eddie Johnstone, Pat Hickey, Robbie Ftorek, Mike Rogers and Rick Chartraw also scored.
Steve Weeks made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Eddie Johnstone (16)Don Maloney (13)1–016:40 NYR
Pat Hickey (13)Barry Beck (16), Reijo Ruotsalainen (16)2–019:17 NYR
2nd period
Don Maloney (11)Eddie Johnstone (18), Robbie Ftorek (17)3–009:39 NYR
Robbie Ftorek (3)Barry Beck (17)4–011:44 NYR · 
Dave Taylor (25)Steve Jensen (17), Marcel Dionne (46)4–111:57 LAK
Mike Rogers (20)Mark Pavelich (28)5–112:48 NYR- Don Maloney (12)Reijo Ruotsalainen (17), Robbie Ftorek (18)6–118:06 NYR
3rd period
Rick Chartraw (1)Greg Terrion (15)6–204:31 LAK · - Dave Taylor (26)Ian Turnbull (16), Larry Murphy (33)6–308:45 LAK
Team stats
NYRLAK
2640
0%0%
1/21/4
126
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:03 into the first period
Mark Hardy · holding2 min - 6:43 into the first period
Nick Fotiu · charging2 min - 17:16 into the first periodJohn Paul Kelly · high sticking2 min
- 17:16 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · high sticking2 min
- 0:48 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodJohn Paul Kelly · slashing2 min
- 2:47 into the third periodAndre Dore · hooking2 min
- 6:39 into the third periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodAndre Dore · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |