St. Louis Blues vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, March 21, 1982 · Madison Square Garden

5–8

23–33

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 8–5 on Sunday, March 21, 1982 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blues 33–23.

Goals came from Bernie Federko, Eddie Johnstone, Blake Dunlop, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Mark Pavelich, Dave Maloney, Mikko Leinonen, Rob McClanahan, Ron Duguay, Don Maloney, Ed Kea, Joe Mullen and Brian Sutter.

Steve Weeks made 18 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 21 of 28.

Goals
STL	2	0	3	5	23
NYR	2	3	3	8	33

Scoring

1st period

Bernie Federko (23)Brian Sutter (29), Wayne Babych (25)1–007:50 STL
Eddie Johnstone (23)Don Maloney (31)1–115:07 NYR
Blake Dunlop (25)Ralph Klassen (7), Joe Mullen (25)2–116:41 STL ·
Reijo Ruotsalainen (16)Ron Duguay (30), Robbie Ftorek (26)2–219:53 NYR

2nd period

Mark Pavelich (30)Reijo Ruotsalainen (33), Mikko Leinonen (17)2–301:16 NYR
Dave Maloney (13)Eddie Johnstone (25), Don Maloney (32)2–407:16 NYR ·
Mikko Leinonen (10)Dave Maloney (31), Steve Weeks (3)2–512:09 NYR ·

3rd period

Rob McClanahan (4)Unassisted2–602:27 NYR
Ron Duguay (37)Mark Pavelich (41), Reijo Ruotsalainen (34)2–704:10 NYR ·
Don Maloney (18)Tim Bothwell (3), Andre Dore (16)2–805:11 NYR
Ed Kea (2)Blake Dunlop (49), Perry Turnbull (26)3–805:28 STL
Joe Mullen (22)Unassisted4–809:31 STL
Brian Sutter (34)Kari Eloranta (8), Guy Lapointe (23)5–814:54 STL ·

Team stats

STLNYR

2333

0%0%

2/43/6

1814

Penalties

8:22 into the first periodJack Brownschidle · holding2 min
10:04 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
12:10 into the first periodBlake Dunlop · holding2 min
15:07 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · charging2 min
5:59 into the second periodEd Kea · holding2 min
7:44 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · tripping2 min
8:14 into the second periodBarry Beck · interference2 min
8:14 into the second periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
8:14 into the second periodGerry Hart · roughing double minor4 min
10:15 into the second periodBill Baker · holding2 min
3:18 into the third periodMike Zuke · hooking2 min
13:50 into the third periodTim Bothwell · holding2 min
13:55 into the third periodRobbie Ftorek · tripping2 min
16:53 into the third periodRobbie Ftorek · roughing2 min
16:53 into the third periodLarry Patey · holding2 min

Season series

Blues vs Rangers head-to-head →

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

7Joe MullenR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
11Brian SutterL	1	1	2	−2	1	0	–	–
19Blake DunlopC	1	1	2	0	2	2	–	–
9Perry TurnbullC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
10Wayne BabychR	0	1	1	−3	2	0	–	–
24Bernie FederkoC	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
28Ralph KlassenC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
4Kari ElorantaD	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
5Guy LapointeD	0	1	1	−2	2	2	–	–
17Ed KeaD	1	0	1	+1	4	2	–	–
6Larry PateyC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
21Mike ZukeC	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
26Mike CrombeenR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
33Mark ReedsR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
2Gerry HartD	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
16Jack BrownschidleD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
25Bill BakerD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
1Mike LiutG	L	28	21	7	.750	44:10
29Glen HanlonG		5	4	1	.800	15:50

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

12Don MaloneyL	1	2	3	+2	2	0	–	–
29Reijo RuotsalainenD	1	2	3	+2	5	0	–	–
10Ron DuguayC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	–	–
17Eddie JohnstoneR	1	1	2	+1	1	2	–	–
28Mikko LeinonenL	1	1	2	0	2	0	–	–
40Mark PavelichC	1	1	2	0	4	0	–	–
26Dave MaloneyD	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
9Rob McClanahanC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
38Robbie FtorekC	0	1	1	+3	1	4	–	–
6Tim BothwellD	0	1	1	0	0	2	–	–
33Andre DoreD	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
14Mike AllisonR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
19Tom YounghansR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
22Nick FotiuL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
27Mike RogersC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
2Tom LaidlawD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
3Barry BeckD	0	0	0	+2	2	4	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Steve WeeksG	W	23	18	5	.783	60:00
41Eddie MioG		0	0	0	–	00:00