Thursday April 16, 1981
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All NHL game summaries from April 16, 1981



Team1234F
Minnesota North Stars (39-28-17) 1 0 2 1 4
Buffalo Sabres (42-21-21) 0 2 1 0 3
Minnesota North Stars lead, 1 game to 0   (best of 7)

1: MIN,Brad Palmer 2, 9:40 - SH
2: BUF,Andre Savard 4 (Rob McClanahan, John Van Boxmeer), 5:13 - PP
BUF,Lindy Ruff 3 (Gilbert Perreault, Alan Haworth), 11:28
3: MIN,Al MacAdam 4 (Kent-Erik Andersson, Kevin Maxwell), 1:46
MIN,Steve Payne 8 (Tim Young, Gordie Roberts), 11:58
BUF,Craig Ramsay 1 (Bill Hajt, Richie Dunn), 14:46
4: MIN,Steve Payne 9 (Al MacAdam, Kevin Maxwell), :22
Penalties:

1: Curt Giles, MIN [Holding] 5:09
Greg Smith, MIN [Holding] 6:18
Andre Savard, BUF [Interference] 6:18
Jack Carlson, MIN [Hooking] 7:51
Lindy Ruff, BUF [Hooking] 10:45
Jack Carlson, MIN [Roughing] 16:06
John Van Boxmeer, BUF [Roughing] 16:06
Alan Haworth, BUF [Hooking] 18:30
2: Craig Hartsburg, MIN [Interference] 3:33
Brad Maxwell, MIN [Holding] 13:38
3: none
4: none
Penalty time: MIN: 12 minutes BUF: 8 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Curt Giles 2 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Craig Hartsburg 4 D 0 0 0 2 1 0
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 0 0 2 1 3
Neal Broten 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 1 1 0 1 4
Kevin Maxwell 9 C 0 2 2 0 2 3
Gordie Roberts 10 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brad Palmer 14 LW 1 0 1 0 1 4
Bobby Smith 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Tim Young 17 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Dino Ciccarelli 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jack Carlson 21 LW 0 0 0 4 -1 1
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Al MacAdam 25 RW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Steve Payne 26 LW 2 0 2 0 1 4
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Christoff 28 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)926
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)926

BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Dunn 3 D 0 1 1 0 -2 1
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 0 1 1 2 -1 2
Mike Ramsey 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 7
Mike Moller 9 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 1 0 1 0 0 1
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Andre Savard 12 C 1 0 1 2 -1 3
Alan Haworth 14 C 0 1 1 2 0 4
Rob McClanahan 15 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Derek Smith 19 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Lindy Ruff 22 LW 1 0 1 2 0 4
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Steve Patrick 26 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1032
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1032
Shots: MIN: 8- 9- 8- 1-26 BUF: 10-14- 8- 0-32 Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 3-0-0) BUF: Don Edwards (L, 3-1-0) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Ryan Bozak Attendance: 15,320



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Edmonton Oilers (32-36-16) 0 1 1 2
New York Islanders (52-18-14) 2 4 2 8
New York Islanders lead, 1 game to 0   (best of 7)

1: NYI,Bob Nystrom 1 (Garry Howatt, Mike McEwen), 3:14
NYI,Butch Goring 1 (Bob Nystrom, Denis Potvin), 19:15 - PP
2: NYI,John Tonelli 1 (Wayne Merrick, Garry Howatt), 2:46
NYI,Hector Marini 2 (Billy Carroll, Bob Lorimer), 3:33
NYI,Denis Potvin 1 (Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy), 4:30 - PP
EDM,Wayne Gretzky 4 (Mark Messier), 8:06 - PP
NYI,Clark Gillies 3 (Butch Goring, Hector Marini), 14:17 - PP
3: NYI,Clark Gillies 4 (Dave Langevin, Hector Marini), 7:15
NYI,Denis Potvin 2 (Butch Goring, Billy Carroll), 10:50 - SH
EDM,Matti Hagman 2 (Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson), 12:27
Penalties:

1: Dave Lumley, EDM [Roughing] 4:25
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Roughing] 4:25
Kevin Lowe, EDM [Tripping] 6:36
Dave Hunter, EDM [Roughing] 11:09
Mike Bossy, NYI [Roughing] 11:09
Stefan Persson, NYI [Holding] 11:20
Hector Marini, NYI [Fighting] 17:36
Mark Messier, EDM [Slashing, Fighting] 17:36
2: Paul Coffey, EDM [Interference] 4:15
Dave Langevin, NYI [Roughing] 6:58
Dave Hunter, EDM [Roughing] 6:58
Billy Carroll, NYI [Tripping] 6:58
Stan Weir, EDM [Hooking] 12:56
Wayne Merrick, NYI [Interference] 15:36
3: Wayne Merrick, NYI [Interference] 8:51
Penalty time: EDM: 19 minutes NYI: 19 minutes
EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lee Fogolin 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Kevin Lowe 4 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Doug Hicks 5 D 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Garry Lariviere 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Paul Coffey 7 D 0 0 0 2 0 2
Risto Siltanen 8 D 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Glenn Anderson 9 RW 0 1 1 0 -3 4
Matti Hagman 10 C 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Mark Messier 11 C 0 2 2 7 -1 3
Dave Hunter 12 LW 0 0 0 4 -2 1
Jari Kurri 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brett Callighen 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Lumley 20 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Stan Weir 21 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Dave Semenko 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Gary Edwards 33 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Moog 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Unger 77 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Wayne Gretzky 99 C 1 0 1 0 -1 4
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2028
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-2028

NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Denis Potvin 5 D 2 1 3 0 1 5
Ken Morrow 6 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 2 2 0 2 2
Clark Gillies 9 LW 2 0 2 0 1 6
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 1 1 4 1 1
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike McEwen 16 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Bryan Trottier 19 C 0 1 1 2 1 1
Mike Bossy 22 RW 0 1 1 2 0 3
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 1 1 2 0 0 1
Billy Carroll 25 C 0 2 2 2 2 0
Dave Langevin 26 D 0 1 1 2 2 1
John Tonelli 27 LW 1 0 1 0 1 2
Hector Marini 29 RW 1 2 3 5 2 1
Billy Smith 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butch Goring 91 C 1 2 3 0 1 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1926
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1926
Shots: EDM: 8-10-10-28 NYI: 9-11- 6-26 Goalies: EDM: Andy Moog (L, 3-1-0),
Gary Edwards NYI: Billy Smith (W, 4-0-0) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Ron Finn Attendance: 15,008



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Calgary Flames (42-28-14) 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia Flyers (45-26-15) 2 2 0 4
Philadelphia Flyers lead, 1 game to 0   (best of 7)

1: PHI,Paul Holmgren 3 (Bill Barber, Ken Linseman), 3:30 - PP
PHI,Bill Barber 6 (Rick MacLeish, Thomas Eriksson), 8:41
2: PHI,Paul Holmgren 4 (Brian Propp, Ken Linseman), 10:44
PHI,Terry Murray 2 (Bobby Clarke), 19:26
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Willi Plett, CAL [Cross checking] 2:31
Behn Wilson, PHI [Holding] 9:03
2: Bench penalty, PHI [Too many men on the ice] 13:37
3: Behn Wilson, PHI [Interference] 0:56
Don Lever, CAL [Fighting] 7:45
Frank Bathe, PHI [Fighting] 7:45
Al Hill, PHI [Holding] 11:21
Guy Chouinard, CAL [Hooking] 12:47
Penalty time: CAL: 9 minutes PHI: 13 minutes
CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pekka Rautakallio 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Randy Holt 7 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bert Wilson 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 4
Don Lever 12 C 0 0 0 5 0 3
Kent Nilsson 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Jamie Hislop 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 0 0 0 -2 3
Brad Marsh 22 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Paul Reinhart 23 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Peplinski 24 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 0 -3 3
Reggie Lemelin 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1535
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1535

PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bob Dailey 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 0 0 4 2 0
Frank Bathe 5 D 0 0 0 5 0 1
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 2 3
Thomas Eriksson 8 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Reid Bailey 9 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Kerr 12 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Ken Linseman 14 C 0 2 2 0 1 1
Al Hill 15 LW 0 0 0 2 0 3
Bobby Clarke 16 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 2 0 2 0 1 2
Rick MacLeish 19 C 0 1 1 0 1 1
Tom Gorence 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 5
Terry Murray 24 D 1 0 1 0 2 2
Brian Propp 26 LW 0 1 1 0 1 2
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 1 3
Rick St. Croix 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1528
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1528
Shots: CAL: 6-15-14-35 PHI: 12-11- 5-28 Goalies: CAL: Reggie Lemelin (L, 3-1-0) PHI: Rick St. Croix (W, 2-2-0) Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Swede Knox Attendance: 17,077



Team123F
New York Rangers (33-38-14) 1 1 1 3
St. Louis Blues (49-20-17) 3 3 0 6
St. Louis Blues lead, 1 game to 0   (best of 7)

1: NYR,Lance Nethery 2 (Jere Gillis, Tom Laidlaw), 7:21
STL,Bernie Federko 5 (Brian Sutter, Tony Currie), 11:15 - PP
STL,Brian Sutter 3 (Bernie Federko), 14:55
STL,Blair Chapman 2 (Larry Patey), 17:39
2: NYR,Lance Nethery 3 (Jere Gillis, Chris Kotsopoulos), 1:34
STL,Mike Crombeen 3 (Mike Zuke, Jorgen Pettersson), 8:56
STL,Bernie Federko 6 (Tony Currie), 16:42
STL,Mike Zuke 4 (Blair Chapman), 19:42
3: NYR,Jere Gillis 1 (Ron Duguay, Peter Wallin), 5:39
Penalties:

1: Ed Kea, STL [Tripping] 7:57
Gary Burns, NYR [Holding] 10:21
2: Ed Kea, STL [Tripping] 4:03
Mike Crombeen, STL [Hooking] 12:46
Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Roughing] 17:41
Wayne Babych, STL [Roughing] 17:41
3: Ron Greschner, NYR [Hooking] 2:33
Ed Hospodar, NYR [Tripping] 19:54
Penalty time: NYR: 8 minutes STL: 8 minutes
NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Laidlaw 2 D 0 1 1 0 1 3
Barry Beck 3 D 0 0 0 0 -3 1
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jere Gillis 6 LW 1 2 3 0 2 4
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Mike Allison 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Lance Nethery 21 C 2 0 2 0 1 4
Ed Hospodar 23 D 0 0 0 2 0 4
Chris Kotsopoulos 24 D 0 1 1 2 -2 1
Peter Wallin 25 RW 0 1 1 0 3 2
Gary Burns 27 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Steve Baker 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1031
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1031

STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Liut 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Bryan Maxwell 4 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Patey 6 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Wayne Babych 10 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
Brian Sutter 11 LW 1 1 2 0 0 3
Joe Micheletti 12 D 0 0 0 0 1 3
Blair Chapman 14 RW 1 1 2 0 0 1
Tony Currie 15 RW 0 2 2 0 2 1
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Kea 17 D 0 0 0 4 2 1
Rick Lapointe 18 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Blake Dunlop 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Zuke 21 C 1 1 2 0 1 3
Jorgen Pettersson 22 LW 0 1 1 0 1 4
Bernie Federko 24 C 2 1 3 0 1 3
Mike Crombeen 26 RW 1 0 1 2 1 1
Ralph Klassen 28 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1028
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1028
Shots: NYR: 11-13- 7-31 STL: 17- 5- 6-28 Goalies: NYR: Steve Baker (L, 3-2-0) STL: Mike Liut (W, 4-2-0) Referee: Ron Wicks Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Bob Hodges Attendance: 17,550



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