NHL game summary from April 8, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (31-36-14) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Los Angeles Kings (43-25-13) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Anders Hedberg 1 (Ulf Nilsson, Barry Beck), 9:04 |
| 2: | NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 1 (Anders Hedberg), 1:25 |
| 3: | LA , | Billy Harris 1 (Dan Bonar), 12:31 |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 1, 19:52 - EN |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jerry Korab, LA [Cross checking] 4:58 |
| Ed Hospodar, NYR [Charging, Roughing] 8:09 | |
| Marcel Dionne, LA [Roughing] 8:09 | |
| Jerry Korab, LA [Interference] 11:51 | |
| Jay Wells, LA [Roughing] 16:12 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Roughing] 16:12 | |
| 2: | Carol Vadnais, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 6:39 |
| Dean Hopkins, LA [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 6:39 | |
| Lance Nethery, NYR [Tripping] 13:30 | |
| Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Holding] 17:02 | |
| 3: | Dave Taylor, LA [Roughing] 11:10 |
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Slashing] 11:10 |
Penalty time: NYR: 19 minutes
LA : 17 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 19 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lessard | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Larry Murphy | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dan Bonar | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | 9 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rick Martin | 10 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Hopkins | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Terrion | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcel Dionne | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| John Paul Kelly | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Taylor | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Jim Fox | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Mark Hardy | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Steve Jensen | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Don Luce | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jay Wells | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -11 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -11 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 6- 6- 7-19
LA : 5-11-16-32
Goalies: NYR: Steve Baker (W, 1-0-0)
LA : Mario Lessard (L, 0-1-0)
Referee: Ron Hoggarth
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Mark Pare
Attendance: 12,305
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