NHL game summary from April 24, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 St. Louis Blues (50-24-17) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
 New York Rangers (37-39-14) |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| New York Rangers win, 4 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Steve Vickers 4 (Dean Talafous, Carol Vadnais), 3:27 |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 6 (Ulf Nilsson), 5:49 | |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 8 (Dean Talafous), 16:10 - SH | |
| 2: | NYR, | Barry Beck 4 (Ulf Nilsson), 1:59 |
| STL, | Bernie Federko 7 (Jack Brownschidle), 2:16 | |
| STL, | Rick Lapointe 2 (Blair Chapman, Jorgen Pettersson), 3:14 | |
| STL, | Bernie Federko 8 (Joe Micheletti), 4:06 | |
| NYR, | Lance Nethery 5 (Peter Wallin), 17:03 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Peter Wallin 1 (Jere Gillis, Lance Nethery), 4:31 |
| STL, | Ed Kea 1, 6:00 | |
| NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 8 (Anders Hedberg), 14:54 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ed Hospodar, NYR [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Fighting, Misconduct] 3:59 |
| Brian Sutter, STL [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Fighting, Misconduct] 3:59 | |
| Blake Dunlop, STL [Hooking] 6:57 | |
| Anders Hedberg, NYR [Interference] 15:21 | |
| 2: | Ron Greschner, NYR [Tripping] 4:43 |
| Ed Kea, STL [Hooking] 9:00 | |
| 3: | Ron Duguay, NYR [Slashing] 20:00 |
| Gerry Hart, STL [Slashing] 20:00 |
Penalty time: STL: 23 minutes
NYR: 23 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 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Bryan Maxwell | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Larry Patey | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Babych | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Sutter | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -2 | 1 |
| Joe Micheletti | 12 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Blair Chapman | 14 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Tony Currie | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Jack Brownschidle | 16 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Kea | 17 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Lapointe | 18 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Blake Dunlop | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Zuke | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Jorgen Pettersson | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernie Federko | 24 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 2 |
| Mike Crombeen | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Klassen | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 16 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -15 | 16 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Sulliman | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Hospodar | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -1 | 0 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 14 | 20 | ||||||
Shots: STL: 4- 6- 5-15
NYR: 5- 8- 7-20
Goalies: STL: Mike Liut (L, 5-6-0)
NYR: Steve Baker (W, 7-3-0)
Linesmen: Jim Christison, John D'Amico
Attendance: 17,384
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