Monday April 20, 1981
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All NHL game summaries from April 20, 1981



Team123F
Philadelphia Flyers (45-29-15) 1 0 3 4
Calgary Flames (45-28-14) 1 2 2 5
Calgary Flames lead, 3 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: CAL,Jamie Hislop 2 (Bill Clement, Bob Murdoch), 4:38
PHI,Paul Holmgren 5 (Behn Wilson, Ken Linseman), 19:43 - PP
2: CAL,Jim Peplinski 1 (Brad Marsh, Randy Holt), 6:38
CAL,Don Lever 3 (Bobby Gould, Bob Murdoch), 7:10
3: PHI,Rick MacLeish 4 (Bill Barber, Tim Kerr), 7:21
PHI,Bobby Clarke 2 (Tim Kerr, Bob Dailey), 9:23
CAL,Randy Holt 1 (Jim Peplinski, Brad Marsh), 10:00
CAL,Randy Holt 2 (Jim Peplinski, Willi Plett), 14:44
PHI,Bill Barber 8 (Bobby Clarke, Behn Wilson), 15:55
Penalties:

1: Ken Linseman, PHI [Interference] 0:37
Bob Murdoch, CAL [Holding] 9:28
Paul Holmgren, PHI [Roughing] 9:28
Ken Linseman, PHI [Hooking] 9:33
Jim Peplinski, CAL [Interference] 13:05
Bob Murdoch, CAL [Tripping] 18:29
2: Phil Russell, CAL [Hooking] 12:55
3: Brian Propp, PHI [Hooking] 3:11
Brian Propp, PHI [Hi-sticking, Misconduct] 15:02
Ken Linseman, PHI [Hi-sticking, Roughing, Misconduct] 15:02
Jim Peplinski, CAL [Hi-sticking, Roughing, Misconduct] 15:02
Randy Holt, CAL [Roughing, Misconduct] 15:02
Willi Plett, CAL [Roughing, Misconduct] 15:02
Penalty time: PHI: 34 minutes CAL: 46 minutes
PHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Behn Wilson 3 D 0 2 2 0 0 2
Frank Bathe 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Barber 7 LW 1 1 2 0 2 7
Reid Bailey 9 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mel Bridgman 10 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Tim Kerr 12 RW 0 2 2 0 1 3
Ken Linseman 14 C 0 1 1 18 -3 2
Al Hill 15 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Clarke 16 C 1 1 2 0 1 1
Paul Holmgren 17 RW 1 0 1 2 -3 3
Rick MacLeish 19 C 1 0 1 0 0 3
Tom Gorence 22 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Terry Murray 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Brian Propp 26 LW 0 0 0 14 -3 0
Reggie Leach 27 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Mike Busniuk 28 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Glen Cochrane 29 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Rick St. Croix 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1232
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1232

CAL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Pat Riggin 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pekka Rautakallio 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Phil Russell 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Ken Houston 6 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Randy Holt 7 D 2 1 3 12 3 2
Bill Clement 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
Don Lever 12 C 1 0 1 0 -2 3
Kent Nilsson 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jamie Hislop 17 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Bobby Gould 19 RW 0 1 1 0 2 0
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 2 2 4 3 1
Brad Marsh 22 D 0 2 2 0 2 1
Paul Reinhart 23 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jim Peplinski 24 LW 1 2 3 16 3 2
Willi Plett 25 RW 0 1 1 12 3 2
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1228
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1228
Shots: PHI: 8-10-14-32 CAL: 11-10- 7-28 Goalies: PHI: Rick St. Croix (L, 2-4-0) CAL: Pat Riggin (W, 3-0-0) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: Jim Christison, John D'Amico Attendance: 7,226



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New York Islanders (54-19-14) 2 2 0 1 5
Edmonton Oilers (33-38-16) 2 1 1 0 4
New York Islanders lead, 3 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: EDM,Paul Coffey 4, 3:02 - PP
EDM,Jari Kurri 5 (Garry Lariviere, Wayne Gretzky), 5:19
NYI,Denis Potvin 6 (Mike Bossy, Bob Bourne), 7:57 - PP
NYI,Bob Nystrom 2 (John Tonelli, Wayne Merrick), 16:11
2: NYI,Bryan Trottier 9 (Mike Bossy), 8:59 - PP
EDM,Mark Messier 1 (Doug Hicks), 10:46
NYI,John Tonelli 2 (Gord Lane), 13:52
3: EDM,Brett Callighen 3 (Glenn Anderson, Wayne Gretzky), 7:00 - PP
4: NYI,Ken Morrow 1, 5:41
Penalties:

1: Clark Gillies, NYI [Holding] 2:29
Glenn Anderson, EDM [Tripping] 6:26
Paul Coffey, EDM [Cross checking] 7:41
Ken Morrow, NYI [Holding] 12:20
Butch Goring, NYI [Interference] 17:16
2: Bryan Trottier, NYI [Elbowing] 0:31
Brett Callighen, EDM [Roughing] 0:31
Duane Sutter, NYI [Slashing] 5:45
Glenn Anderson, EDM [Tripping] 8:23
Duane Sutter, NYI [Hooking] 15:45
3: Gord Lane, NYI [Tripping] 6:17
Dave Hunter, EDM [Hooking] 7:17
Lee Fogolin, EDM [Holding] 11:36
Bryan Trottier, NYI [Hooking] 12:45
4: none
Penalty time: NYI: 16 minutes EDM: 12 minutes
NYI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Rollie Melanson 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Lorimer 4 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Denis Potvin 5 D 1 0 1 0 1 5
Ken Morrow 6 D 1 0 1 2 2 1
Stefan Persson 7 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Garry Howatt 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clark Gillies 9 LW 0 0 0 2 0 4
Wayne Merrick 11 C 0 1 1 0 1 2
Duane Sutter 12 RW 0 0 0 4 -1 0
Bob Bourne 14 C 0 1 1 0 0 3
Bryan Trottier 19 C 1 0 1 4 1 6
Mike Bossy 22 RW 0 2 2 0 1 3
Bob Nystrom 23 RW 1 0 1 0 1 1
Gord Lane 24 D 0 1 1 2 0 1
Billy Carroll 25 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Langevin 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 4
John Tonelli 27 LW 1 1 2 0 1 2
Butch Goring 91 C 0 0 0 2 -1 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)538
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)538

EDM Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Lee Fogolin 2 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Kevin Lowe 4 D 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Doug Hicks 5 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Garry Lariviere 6 D 0 1 1 0 0 1
Paul Coffey 7 D 1 0 1 2 0 3
Risto Siltanen 8 D 0 0 0 0 1 2
Glenn Anderson 9 RW 0 1 1 4 0 0
Matti Hagman 10 C 0 0 0 0 1 2
Mark Messier 11 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Dave Hunter 12 LW 0 0 0 2 -2 2
Pat Hughes 16 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jari Kurri 17 RW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Brett Callighen 18 C 1 0 1 2 -1 4
Dave Lumley 20 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dave Semenko 27 LW 0 0 0 0 1 2
Andy Moog 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Unger 77 C 0 0 0 0 -2 2
Wayne Gretzky 99 C 0 2 2 0 0 5
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-533
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-533
Shots: NYI: 9-13-10- 6-38 EDM: 13- 6-14- 0-33 Goalies: NYI: Rollie Melanson (W, 1-0-0) EDM: Andy Moog (L, 4-3-0) Referee: Dave Newell Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Leon Stickle Attendance: 17,490



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Buffalo Sabres (43-23-21) 3 1 0 1 5
Minnesota North Stars (41-29-17) 1 2 1 0 4
Minnesota North Stars lead, 3 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: BUF,J.F. Sauve 1 (John Van Boxmeer, Ric Seiling), 9:39
BUF,Gilbert Perreault 2 (Tony McKegney, Alan Haworth), 2:04
BUF,Alan Haworth 4 (Tony McKegney, Gilbert Perreault), 6:35 - PP
MIN,Dino Ciccarelli 7 (Bobby Smith, Jack Carlson), 7:29
2: MIN,Steve Christoff 3 (Gordie Roberts, Curt Giles), 10:16 - PP
MIN,Steve Payne 10 (Craig Hartsburg, Bobby Smith), 19:46 - PP
BUF,John Van Boxmeer 1 (Craig Ramsay, Steve Patrick), 4:58
3: MIN,Bobby Smith 3 (Kent-Erik Andersson), 18:54
4: BUF,Craig Ramsay 2 (Andre Savard, John Van Boxmeer), 16:32
Penalties:

1: Steve Patrick, BUF [Tripping] 12:10
Andre Savard, BUF [Hooking] 19:30
2: Greg Smith, MIN [Hooking] 5:33
Gilles Hamel, BUF [Hooking] 8:45
Tim Young, MIN [Hooking] 11:16
Bill Hajt, BUF [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 17:19
Jack Carlson, MIN [Hi-sticking, Fighting] 17:19
Tim Young, MIN [Fighting] 18:56
Andre Savard, BUF [Fighting] 18:56
Steve Christoff, MIN [Fighting] 19:06
Brad Maxwell, MIN [Fighting] 19:06
Lindy Ruff, BUF [Fighting] 19:06
Larry Playfair, BUF [Fighting] 19:06
Gilbert Perreault, BUF [Holding] 19:28
3: Jim Schoenfeld, BUF [Tripping] 15:43
4: Lindy Ruff, BUF [Fighting] 1:47
Steve Christoff, MIN [Fighting] 1:47
Penalty time: BUF: 37 minutes MIN: 31 minutes
BUF Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Don Edwards 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Dunn 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Van Boxmeer 4 D 1 2 3 0 4 7
Mike Ramsey 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Schoenfeld 6 D 0 0 0 2 2 1
Tony McKegney 8 LW 0 2 2 0 2 4
Craig Ramsay 10 LW 1 1 2 0 0 4
Gilbert Perreault 11 C 1 1 2 2 1 1
Andre Savard 12 C 0 1 1 7 0 1
Alan Haworth 14 C 1 1 2 0 1 4
Ric Seiling 16 RW 0 1 1 0 0 2
Gilles Hamel 17 LW 0 0 0 2 0 0
Derek Smith 19 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
J.F. Sauve 21 C 1 0 1 0 1 3
Lindy Ruff 22 LW 0 0 0 10 0 1
Bill Hajt 24 D 0 0 0 7 -2 1
Steve Patrick 26 RW 0 1 1 2 1 4
Larry Playfair 27 D 0 0 0 5 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1038
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1038

MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Curt Giles 2 D 0 1 1 0 -1 3
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Hartsburg 4 D 0 1 1 0 1 3
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 0 0 5 -1 1
Neal Broten 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Kevin Maxwell 9 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gordie Roberts 10 D 0 1 1 0 -3 0
Brad Palmer 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 7
Bobby Smith 15 C 1 2 3 0 -1 3
Tim Young 17 C 0 0 0 7 -1 2
Dino Ciccarelli 20 RW 1 0 1 0 -1 7
Jack Carlson 21 LW 0 1 1 7 0 2
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Steve Payne 26 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 10
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Christoff 28 C 1 0 1 10 0 4
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1050
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1050
Shots: BUF: 13-10- 9- 6-38 MIN: 9-15-14-12-50 Goalies: BUF: Don Edwards (W, 4-3-0) MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 5-1-0) Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Bob Hodges Attendance: 15,784



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St. Louis Blues (49-23-17) 1 0 0 1
New York Rangers (36-38-14) 2 1 1 4
New York Rangers lead, 3 games to 1   (best of 7)

1: NYR,Anders Hedberg 5 (Ron Greschner, Tom Laidlaw), 6:14
STL,Tony Currie 4 (Mike Zuke, Joe Micheletti), 7:40 - PP
NYR,Ron Duguay 7 (Steve Vickers, Dean Talafous), 18:37
2: NYR,Steve Vickers 2 (Ulf Nilsson), 9:01 - PP
3: NYR,Steve Vickers 3 (Ron Duguay), 3:24
Penalties:

1: Larry Patey, STL [Fighting] 0:45
Steve Vickers, NYR [Roughing, Fighting] 0:45
Mike Allison, NYR [Fighting] 3:03
Bryan Maxwell, STL [Fighting] 3:03
Brian Sutter, STL [Roughing] 5:11
Ed Hospodar, NYR [Roughing double minor] 5:11
Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Slashing] 6:32
Blake Dunlop, STL [Tripping] 9:25
Dean Talafous, NYR [Holding] 12:19
Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Hi-sticking] 12:39
Brian Sutter, STL [Hi-sticking] 12:39
Mike Allison, NYR [Hi-sticking] 19:25
Gerry Hart, STL [Hi-sticking] 19:25
Anders Hedberg, NYR [Holding] 19:48
2: Lance Nethery, NYR [Holding] 3:12
Ed Kea, STL [Hooking] 7:13
Ron Greschner, NYR [Fighting] 9:01
Gerry Hart, STL [Fighting] 9:01
Chris Kotsopoulos, NYR [Fighting] 9:26
Bryan Maxwell, STL [Fighting] 9:26
Carol Vadnais, NYR [Cross checking] 13:33
Larry Patey, STL [Hi-sticking] 13:33
Steve Vickers, NYR [Charging] 14:40
Gerry Hart, STL [Slashing] 14:40
Ed Hospodar, NYR [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Misconduct] 16:49
Brian Sutter, STL [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Misconduct] 16:49
Joe Micheletti, STL [Holding] 19:25
3: Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Tripping] 3:55
Ulf Nilsson, NYR [Unsportsmanlike conduct] 10:37
Bench penalty, NYR [Delay of game] 13:00
Penalty time: STL: 48 minutes NYR: 60 minutes
STL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Mike Liut 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart 2 D 0 0 0 9 0 0
Bryan Maxwell 4 D 0 0 0 10 0 0
Larry Patey 6 C 0 0 0 7 -1 2
Wayne Babych 10 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Brian Sutter 11 LW 0 0 0 16 0 2
Joe Micheletti 12 D 0 1 1 2 -2 7
Blair Chapman 14 RW 0 0 0 0 -2 1
Tony Currie 15 RW 1 0 1 0 0 4
Jack Brownschidle 16 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ed Kea 17 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Blake Dunlop 19 C 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Bill Stewart 20 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Mike Zuke 21 C 0 1 1 0 -1 2
Jorgen Pettersson 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Bernie Federko 24 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mike Crombeen 26 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ralph Klassen 28 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1434
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1434

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Tom Laidlaw 2 D 0 1 1 0 2 0
Barry Beck 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 1 1 5 1 2
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Jere Gillis 6 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Vickers 8 LW 2 1 3 9 2 3
Ron Duguay 10 C 1 1 2 0 2 5
Ulf Nilsson 11 C 0 1 1 6 1 2
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Allison 14 RW 0 0 0 7 0 1
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 1 0 1 2 1 4
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Talafous 19 C 0 1 1 2 2 2
Lance Nethery 21 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Ed Hospodar 23 D 0 0 0 16 0 0
Chris Kotsopoulos 24 D 0 0 0 7 1 1
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)1428
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)1428
Shots: STL: 8-16-10-34 NYR: 11- 6-11-28 Goalies: STL: Mike Liut (L, 4-5-0) NYR: Steve Baker (W, 6-2-0) Referee: Ron Hoggarth Linesmen: Ron Finn, Kevin Collins Attendance: 17,389



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