NHL game summary from April 22, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (36-39-14) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
 St. Louis Blues (50-23-17) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Ron Greschner 3 (Ulf Nilsson, Barry Beck), 6:35 |
| NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 7 (Barry Beck, Peter Wallin), 10:06 - PP | |
| STL, | Brian Sutter 6 (Mike Zuke, Bernie Federko), 14:17 - PP | |
| 2: | NYR, | Carol Vadnais 1 (Ron Greschner, Anders Hedberg), 2:54 |
| STL, | Larry Patey 2, 8:25 | |
| STL, | Jorgen Pettersson 3 (Blake Dunlop, Bryan Maxwell), 14:55 | |
| 3: | STL, | Jorgen Pettersson 4 (Mike Zuke), 6:09 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ed Kea, STL [Elbowing] 0:50 |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Holding] 1:45 | |
| Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Elbowing] 7:34 | |
| Wayne Babych, STL [Hooking] 9:58 | |
| Don Maloney, NYR [Tripping] 10:35 | |
| Mike Zuke, STL [Hooking] 11:50 | |
| Don Maloney, NYR [Slashing] 13:43 | |
| Ed Hospodar, NYR [Holding] 19:31 | |
| 2: | Steve Vickers, NYR [Fighting] 4:45 |
| Bill Stewart, STL [Slashing, Fighting] 4:45 | |
| Mike Allison, NYR [Fighting] 15:24 | |
| Brian Sutter, STL [Fighting] 15:24 | |
| 3: | Carol Vadnais, NYR [Holding] 1:27 |
| Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Tripping] 4:33 | |
| Bill Stewart, STL [Interference] 9:10 | |
| Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Cross checking] 13:11 | |
| Larry Patey, STL [Slashing] 13:11 |
Penalty time: NYR: 26 minutes
STL: 22 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Nick Fotiu | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 37 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 37 | ||||||
| STL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Hart | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bryan Maxwell | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Wayne Babych | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| Joe Micheletti | 12 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blair Chapman | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Currie | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 16 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ed Kea | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Blake Dunlop | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Stewart | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Zuke | 21 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorgen Pettersson | 22 | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Crombeen | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ralph Klassen | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 0 | 30 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 17- 9-11-37
STL: 7-13-10-30
Goalies: NYR: Steve Baker (L, 6-3-0)
STL: Mike Liut (W, 5-5-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: John D'Amico, Jim Christison
Attendance: 18,066
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