All NHL game summaries from April 12, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Los Angeles Kings (44-27-13) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
 New York Rangers (33-37-14) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| New York Rangers win, 3 games to 1 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Ron Duguay 4 (Barry Beck), :46 |
| LA , | Greg Terrion 1 (Steve Jensen, Jim Fox), 1:47 - PP | |
| NYR, | Lance Nethery 1 (Jere Gillis, John Hughes), 5:53 | |
| LA , | Dan Bonar 1 (Don Luce), 13:26 - SH | |
| 2: | NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 5 (Ed Johnstone, Don Maloney), 8:22 |
| LA , | Larry Murphy 3, 14:30 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Tom Laidlaw 1 (Ron Duguay), 6:44 |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 3 (Ron Greschner, Carol Vadnais), 12:11 | |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 5 (Dean Talafous, Steve Vickers), 15:08 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Don Maloney, NYR [Elbowing] 1:21 |
| Mark Hardy, LA [Interference] 2:36 | |
| Dave Lewis, LA [Interference] 9:29 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Holding] 10:16 | |
| Larry Murphy, LA [Tripping] 13:11 | |
| Jerry Korab, LA [Interference] 17:26 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Elbowing] 18:58 | |
| 2: | John Hughes, NYR [Tripping] 5:56 |
| 3: | Dave Taylor, LA [Hi-sticking] 8:12 |
| Mike Allison, NYR [Hi-sticking] 8:12 |
Penalty time: LA : 10 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| 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 | -2 | 0 |
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Larry Murphy | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dan Bonar | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Dean Hopkins | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Terrion | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Marcel Dionne | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| John Paul Kelly | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Taylor | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Jim Fox | 19 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Mark Hardy | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Jensen | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Don Luce | 23 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Wells | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -21 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -21 | 27 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Hughes | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 48 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 48 | ||||||
Shots: LA : 6- 8-13-27
NYR: 16-16-16-48
Goalies: LA : Mario Lessard (L, 1-3-0)
NYR: Steve Baker (W, 3-1-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Wayne Forsey, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 17,387
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (47-20-17) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
 Pittsburgh Penguins (32-39-13) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Series tied, 2-2 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | STL, | Ralph Klassen 2 (Larry Patey, Joe Micheletti), 5:53 |
| STL, | Mike Zuke 2 (Tony Currie, Joe Micheletti), 7:10 - PP | |
| PIT, | Mike Bullard 2 (Randy Carlyle, Mario Faubert), 14:52 - PP | |
| 2: | PIT, | Mark Johnson 2 (Rick Kehoe, Marc Chorney), 7:45 - PP |
| PIT, | Randy Carlyle 3, 11:49 - SH | |
| STL, | Mike Zuke 3 (Joe Micheletti, Tony Currie), 13:55 - PP | |
| 3: | PIT, | Mike Bullard 3 (George Ferguson), :44 |
| PIT, | Randy Carlyle 4 (Mike Bullard, Gregg Sheppard), 9:21 | |
| PIT, | Pat Price 1 (Gregg Sheppard), 14:02 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Larry Patey, STL [Slashing] 1:10 |
| Bryan Maxwell, STL [Hi-sticking] 4:44 | |
| Marc Chorney, PIT [Hi-sticking] 4:44 | |
| Greg Malone, PIT [Hooking] 6:14 | |
| Rick Lapointe, STL [Delay of game] 8:09 | |
| Paul Baxter, PIT [Delay of game] 8:09 | |
| Bill Stewart, STL [Holding] 8:09 | |
| Gary Rissling, PIT [Roughing] 8:09 | |
| Larry Patey, STL [Holding] 8:30 | |
| Randy Carlyle, PIT [Hooking] 9:05 | |
| Bench penalty, PIT [Delay of game] 10:05 | |
| Ed Kea, STL [Tripping] 13:51 | |
| 2: | Ralph Klassen, STL [Hooking] 3:49 |
| Hartland Monahan, STL [Holding] 5:57 | |
| Bryan Maxwell, STL [Fighting] 7:45 | |
| Pat Price, PIT [Fighting] 7:45 | |
| Paul Baxter, PIT [Charging] 11:00 | |
| Rod Schutt, PIT [Holding] 13:24 | |
| Hartland Monahan, STL [Hi-sticking] 15:08 | |
| Mark Johnson, PIT [Tripping] 18:15 | |
| 3: | Paul Gardner, PIT [Boarding] 13:25 |
| Brian Sutter, STL [Roughing] 13:25 |
Penalty time: STL: 25 minutes
PIT: 25 minutes
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Maxwell | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Wayne Babych | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Joe Micheletti | 12 | D | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Currie | 15 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ed Kea | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Lapointe | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Blake Dunlop | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Stewart | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| Mike Zuke | 21 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Jorgen Pettersson | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Hartland Monahan | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Mike Crombeen | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Klassen | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 24 | ||||||
| PIT Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Price | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Baxter | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Mario Faubert | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mark Johnson | 9 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Peter Lee | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Ferguson | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Greg Malone | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Kehoe | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ross Lonsberry | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gregg Sheppard | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Paul Gardner | 20 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Bullard | 22 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Gary Rissling | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Chorney | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Carlyle | 25 | D | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Rod Schutt | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Millen | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 34 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 34 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 11- 5- 8-24
PIT: 14-10-10-34
Goalies: STL: Mike Liut (L, 2-2-0)
PIT: Greg Millen (W, 2-2-0)
Referee: Gregg Madill
Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Jim Christison
Attendance: 12,042
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Philadelphia Flyers (43-26-15) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
 Quebec Nordiques (32-34-18) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Series tied, 2-2 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | PHI, | Terry Murray 1 (Ken Linseman), :07 |
| QUE, | Robbie Ftorek 1 (Jacques Richard, Peter Stastny), 6:13 - PP | |
| PHI, | Behn Wilson 1 (Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman), 7:39 | |
| PHI, | Tom Gorence 2 (Mel Bridgman, Al Hill), 13:34 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | QUE, | Dale Hunter 3 (Marc Tardif, Dale Hoganson), 15:35 |
| QUE, | Jacques Richard 2 (Dale Hunter, Pierre Lacroix), 17:08 | |
| 4: | QUE, | Dale Hunter 4 (Marc Tardif, Jacques Richard), :37 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Tom Gorence, PHI [Hi-sticking] 2:23 | |
| Dale Hunter, QUE [Hi-sticking] 2:23 | ||
| Ken Linseman, PHI [Hi-sticking] 4:09 | ||
| Anton Stastny, QUE [Hi-sticking] 4:09 | ||
| Behn Wilson, PHI [Roughing] 4:47 | ||
| Mike Busniuk, PHI [Interference] 9:48 | ||
| Normand Rochefort, QUE [Holding] 13:49 | ||
| 2: | Lee Norwood, QUE [Hooking] 11:45 | |
| 3: | Frank Bathe, PHI [Hooking] 3:11 | |
| Dale Hunter, QUE [Charging] 6:15 | ||
| Thomas Eriksson, PHI [Roughing] 6:15 | ||
| Paul Holmgren, PHI [Slashing] 8:30 | ||
| Dale Hunter, QUE [Slashing] 8:30 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: PHI: 14 minutes
QUE: 12 minutes
| PHI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behn Wilson | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Frank Bathe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Barber | 7 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Thomas Eriksson | 8 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Bailey | 9 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mel Bridgman | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Flockhart | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Kerr | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Linseman | 14 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Hill | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Clarke | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Holmgren | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick MacLeish | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Gorence | 22 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Terry Murray | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Brian Propp | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Busniuk | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick St. Croix | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| QUE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Clackson | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Marc Tardif | 8 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Paddock | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Fitchner | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wensink | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Alain Cote | 19 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anton Stastny | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| Mario Marois | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jacques Richard | 23 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Terry Johnson | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pierre Lacroix | 25 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Stastny | 26 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Normand Rochefort | 31 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Dale Hunter | 32 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Dale Hoganson | 33 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Norwood | 34 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Dan Bouchard | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Ftorek | 38 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: PHI: 8- 9- 4- 1-22
QUE: 9- 8- 5- 1-23
Goalies: PHI: Rick St. Croix (L, 1-2-0)
QUE: Dan Bouchard (W, 2-2-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Bob Luther, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 15,130
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