NHL game summary from March 18, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston Bruins (33-26-12) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 New York Rangers (26-34-12) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | NYR, | Barry Beck 10 (Ed Johnstone, Steve Vickers), 2:25 |
| NYR, | Ron Greschner 24 (Ulf Nilsson), 9:48 | |
| NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 13 (Ron Greschner, Anders Hedberg), 17:06 | |
| 3: | BOS, | Peter McNab 34 (Terry O'Reilly), 1:11 |
| BOS, | Ray Bourque 24 (Brad Park, Mike O'Connell), 8:50 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Cross checking] 1:41 |
| Steve Kasper, BOS [Slashing] 6:20 | |
| Lance Nethery, NYR [Slashing] 6:20 | |
| Keith Crowder, BOS [Hooking] 14:43 | |
| Bench penalty, NYR [Too many men on the ice] 18:31 | |
| 2: | Terry O'Reilly, BOS [Slashing] 0:22 |
| Dave Maloney, NYR [Cross checking] 4:31 | |
| Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Hooking] 13:40 | |
| 3: | Mike Allison, NYR [Tripping] 8:15 |
| Dick Redmond, BOS [Slashing] 10:02 |
Penalty time: BOS: 8 minutes
NYR: 12 minutes
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Ray Bourque | 7 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Kasper | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Gillis | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Keith Crowder | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike O'Connell | 20 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dwight Foster | 27 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Brad McCrimmon | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 32 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Maloney | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 22 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 10 | 22 | ||||||
Shots: BOS: 8-13-11-32
NYR: 4-12- 6-22
Goalies: BOS: Rogie Vachon (L, 21-17-5)
NYR: Steve Baker (W, 6-5-3)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 17,418
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