NHL game summary from April 16, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | 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) | -10 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 31 | ||||||
| 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 | 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) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 28 | ||||||
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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