NHL game summary from April 9, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (31-37-14) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Los Angeles Kings (44-25-13) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Series tied, 1-1 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Ed Hospodar 1, :27 |
| LA , | Larry Murphy 1 (Mark Hardy, Dave Taylor), 8:22 - PP | |
| LA , | Marcel Dionne 1 (Mark Hardy, Dave Taylor), 8:48 - PP | |
| 2: | LA , | Dave Taylor 1 (Rick Chartraw, Steve Jensen), 15:04 - PP |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 2 (Tom Laidlaw), 16:44 | |
| 3: | LA , | Billy Harris 2 (Marcel Dionne, Dave Lewis), 2:34 |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 2 (Dave Maloney, Ulf Nilsson), 7:01 - PP | |
| NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 2 (Dave Maloney), 11:17 | |
| LA , | Dean Hopkins 1 (Andre St. Laurent, Don Luce), 17:16 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Chartraw, LA [Hi-sticking] 2:44 |
| Peter Wallin, NYR [Holding] 6:28 | |
| Barry Beck, NYR [Fighting] 7:51 | |
| Greg Terrion, LA [Roughing] 7:51 | |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Roughing] 7:51 | |
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Roughing] 8:48 | |
| Dave Taylor, LA [Roughing] 8:48 | |
| Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Hooking] 10:51 | |
| Andre St. Laurent, LA [Hi-sticking] 14:27 | |
| Ed Hospodar, NYR [Hi-sticking] 14:27 | |
| Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Hooking] 14:50 | |
| Dan Bonar, LA [Slashing] 14:50 | |
| Anders Hedberg, NYR [Holding] 16:27 | |
| Lance Nethery, NYR [Fighting] 20:00 | |
| Don Maloney, NYR [Fighting] 20:00 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Fighting] 20:00 | |
| Steve Jensen, LA [Fighting] 20:00 | |
| Marcel Dionne, LA [Fighting] 20:00 | |
| Andre St. Laurent, LA [Fighting] 20:00 | |
| Ed Hospodar, NYR [Fighting, Misconduct, Double game misconduct] 20:00 | |
| Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 20:00 | |
| Barry Beck, NYR [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 20:00 | |
| John Paul Kelly, LA [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 20:00 | |
| Jerry Korab, LA [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 20:00 | |
| Jay Wells, LA [Fighting, Misconduct, Game misconduct] 20:00 | |
| Bench penalty, LA [Player leaving bench double minor] 20:00 | |
| Bench penalty, NYR [Player leaving bench double minor] 20:00 | |
| 2: | Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Fighting] 1:43 |
| Dan Bonar, LA [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Fighting] 1:43 | |
| Dave Taylor, LA [Hi-sticking] 5:35 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Hi-sticking] 5:35 | |
| Dave Taylor, LA [Holding] 9:01 | |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Hooking] 11:34 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking] 13:42 | |
| Dan Bonar, LA [Hi-sticking] 16:02 | |
| Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Hi-sticking] 16:02 | |
| Dean Hopkins, LA [Slashing] 16:02 | |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 16:02 | |
| 3: | Rick Chartraw, LA [Tripping] 6:33 |
| Mike Allison, NYR [Hi-sticking] 10:24 | |
| Mark Hardy, LA [Interference] 10:24 | |
| Greg Terrion, LA [Hooking] 17:55 |
Penalty time: NYR: 142 minutes
LA : 125 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 2 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 2 | 27 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lessard | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Murphy | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Dan Bonar | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -1 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 9 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Dean Hopkins | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Terrion | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcel Dionne | 16 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| John Paul Kelly | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Taylor | 18 | RW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Jim Fox | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Hardy | 20 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Jensen | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Don Luce | 23 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jay Wells | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -2 | 39 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -2 | 39 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 7-10-10-27
LA : 20- 9-10-39
Goalies: NYR: Steve Baker (L, 1-1-0)
LA : Mario Lessard (W, 1-1-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Mark Pare
Attendance: 12,645
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