All NHL game summaries from April 30, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (43-30-17) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
 Calgary Flames (47-31-14) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Series tied, 1-1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CAL, | Pekka Rautakallio 1 (Don Lever, Ken Houston), 5:11 |
| CAL, | Guy Chouinard 3 (Pekka Rautakallio, Don Lever), 8:35 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MIN, | Curt Giles 1 (Al MacAdam, Bobby Smith), 4:24 |
| CAL, | Kevin LaVallee 2 (Ken Houston), 6:25 | |
| MIN, | Steve Christoff 4 (Brad Maxwell, Craig Hartsburg), 10:34 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Willi Plett, CAL [Hi-sticking] 9:04 |
| Willi Plett, CAL [Roughing] 11:36 | |
| Kevin Maxwell, MIN [Roughing] 11:36 | |
| Bob Murdoch, CAL [Hooking] 18:50 | |
| 2: | Jim Peplinski, CAL [Roughing] 3:19 |
| Craig Hartsburg, MIN [Roughing] 3:19 | |
| Curt Giles, MIN [Tripping] 7:18 | |
| Willi Plett, CAL [Holding] 9:46 | |
| Bob MacMillan, CAL [Fighting] 19:31 | |
| Neal Broten, MIN [Fighting] 19:31 | |
| 3: | Willi Plett, CAL [Tripping] 10:27 |
Penalty time: MIN: 11 minutes
CAL: 17 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Neal Broten | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Maxwell | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tom McCarthy | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Palmer | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Jack Carlson | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gilles Meloche | 27 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 33 | ||||||
| CAL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Riggin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pekka Rautakallio | 4 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Phil Russell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Lever | 12 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kent Nilsson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin LaVallee | 15 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jamie Hislop | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Gould | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Murdoch | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Labraaten | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Marsh | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Reinhart | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Peplinski | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 9-13-11-33
CAL: 13- 7- 8-28
Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 6-2-0)
CAL: Pat Riggin (W, 5-2-0)
Referee: Dave Newell
Linesmen: Jim Christison, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 7,226
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New York Rangers (37-41-14) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
 New York Islanders (57-20-14) |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| New York Islanders lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYI, | Wayne Merrick 2 (Denis Potvin), :48 |
| NYR, | Doug Sulliman 1 (Don Maloney), 1:57 | |
| NYR, | Dean Talafous 3 (Ron Duguay, Steve Vickers), 8:18 | |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 8 (Ulf Nilsson, Ron Greschner), 16:39 - PP | |
| 2: | NYI, | Butch Goring 3 (Bob Lorimer), 8:11 - SH |
| NYI, | Mike Bossy 9 (Mike McEwen, Denis Potvin), 10:21 - PP | |
| NYI, | Butch Goring 4 (Gord Lane, John Tonelli), 12:44 | |
| 3: | NYI, | Clark Gillies 6 (Mike Bossy, Mike McEwen), 12:59 - PP |
| NYI, | Anders Kallur 2 (Bryan Trottier), 14:27 - SH | |
| NYI, | Mike Bossy 10 (Ken Morrow), 17:47 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bryan Trottier, NYI [Charging] 9:36 |
| Don Maloney, NYR [Interference] 12:08 | |
| Dave Langevin, NYI [Holding] 15:35 | |
| Ed Hospodar, NYR [Interference] 17:38 | |
| 2: | Ron Duguay, NYR [Hooking] 5:32 |
| Mike McEwen, NYI [Tripping] 7:22 | |
| Ron Duguay, NYR [Hooking] 10:16 | |
| Hector Marini, NYI [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 10:55 | |
| Jere Gillis, NYR [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 10:55 | |
| Bryan Trottier, NYI [Elbowing] 16:31 | |
| Ed Hospodar, NYR [Elbowing] 19:39 | |
| 3: | Anders Kallur, NYI [Interference] 10:15 |
| Tom Laidlaw, NYR [Interference] 12:47 | |
| Gord Lane, NYI [Interference] 13:14 | |
| Gord Lane, NYI [Holding] 18:20 | |
| Carol Vadnais, NYR [Cross checking] 18:48 |
Penalty time: NYR: 21 minutes
NYI: 21 minutes
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Doug Sulliman | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 20 | ||||||
| NYI Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lorimer | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Denis Potvin | 5 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Morrow | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Clark Gillies | 9 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Wayne Merrick | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Duane Sutter | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 16 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bryan Trottier | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Bossy | 22 | RW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Nystrom | 23 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gord Lane | 24 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Billy Carroll | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Langevin | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| John Tonelli | 27 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anders Kallur | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hector Marini | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | 31 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Goring | 91 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 13 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 13 | 29 | ||||||
Shots: NYR: 8- 4- 8-20
NYI: 6-11-12-29
Goalies: NYR: Steve Baker (L, 7-5-0)
NYI: Billy Smith (W, 8-2-0)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 15,008
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