NHL game summary from April 20, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | 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) | -14 | 34 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -14 | 34 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | 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) | 14 | 28 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 28 | ||||||
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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