NHL game summary from January 31, 1981

Team	1	2	3	F
New York Rangers (19-24-8)	3	3	1	7
Minnesota North Stars (25-14-12)	1	1	1	3

1:	NYR,	Dean Talafous 6 (Barry Beck, Walt Tkaczuk), :25
	MIN,	Mike Eaves 9 (Al MacAdam, Gordie Roberts), 3:18
	NYR,	Don Maloney 13 (Mike Allison, Carol Vadnais), 6:50 - PP
	NYR,	Ulf Nilsson 5 (Ron Duguay, Ed Hospodar), 11:10
2:	NYR,	Ulf Nilsson 6 (Carol Vadnais, Barry Beck), 4:50
	NYR,	Ron Duguay 6 (Walt Tkaczuk), 9:31
	NYR,	Nick Fotiu 6 (Anders Hedberg, Ron Greschner), 14:31 - PP
	MIN,	Kent-Erik Andersson 12 (Mike Eaves, Craig Hartsburg), 17:38 - SH
3:	MIN,	Steve Christoff 14 (Curt Giles, Al MacAdam), 11:30 - PP
	NYR,	Ron Greschner 18 (Mike Allison), 14:46

Penalties:

1:	Tom McCarthy, MIN [Holding] 5:05
	Tom Laidlaw, NYR [Cross checking] 13:01
	Mike Allison, NYR [Hooking] 16:57
	Fred Barrett, MIN [Tripping] 19:38
2:	Barry Beck, NYR [Tripping] 12:23
	Steve Payne, MIN [Tripping] 13:55
	Paul Shmyr, MIN [Tripping] 16:40
	Tom Laidlaw, NYR [Fighting] 19:06
	Bobby Smith, MIN [Fighting] 19:06
3:	Nick Fotiu, NYR [Slashing] 6:39
	Craig Hartsburg, MIN [Tripping] 7:53
	Mike Allison, NYR [Hi-sticking] 9:22
	Paul Shmyr, MIN [Roughing] 9:22
	Ed Hospodar, NYR [Interference] 11:16
	Al MacAdam, MIN [Fighting] 18:38
	Tom Laidlaw, NYR [Fighting] 18:38

Penalty time: NYR: 22 minutes MIN: 22 minutes

NYR Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Tom Laidlaw	2	D	0	0	0	12	2	1
Barry Beck	3	D	0	2	2	2	2	1
Ron Greschner	4	D	1	1	2	0	-1	2
Carol Vadnais	5	D	0	2	2	0	2	3
Jere Gillis	6	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Vickers	8	LW	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Duguay	10	C	1	1	2	0	2	4
Ulf Nilsson	11	C	2	0	2	0	1	2
Don Maloney	12	LW	1	0	1	0	1	2
Mike Allison	14	RW	0	2	2	4	1	0
Anders Hedberg	15	RW	0	1	1	0	0	2
Ed Johnstone	17	RW	0	0	0	0	1	1
Walt Tkaczuk	18	C	0	2	2	0	1	1
Dean Talafous	19	C	1	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Fotiu	22	LW	1	0	1	2	2	3
Ed Hospodar	23	D	0	1	1	2	2	4
Dave Maloney	26	D	0	0	0	0	-1	1
Steve Baker	35	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							15	30
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					15	30

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Curt Giles	2	D	0	1	1	0	0	0
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Craig Hartsburg	4	D	0	1	1	2	1	3
Paul Shmyr	6	D	0	0	0	4	-1	0
Kent-Erik Andersson	8	RW	1	0	1	0	0	4
Gordie Roberts	10	D	0	1	1	0	-2	1
Tom McCarthy	11	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Brad Palmer	14	LW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Bobby Smith	15	C	0	0	0	5	-1	5
Mike Polich	16	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Mike Eaves	18	C	1	1	2	0	0	2
Jack Carlson	21	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Greg Smith	23	D	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Al MacAdam	25	RW	0	2	2	5	-2	0
Steve Payne	26	LW	0	0	0	2	-1	2
Gilles Meloche	27	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Christoff	28	C	1	0	1	0	-2	4
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	1
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-16	27
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)					-16	27

Shots: NYR: 11-11- 8-30 MIN: 12- 7- 8-27 Goalies: NYR: Steve Baker (W, 1-0-0) MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 13-7-5) Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Willard Norris Attendance: 15,595

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