NHL game summary from April 12, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Los Angeles Kings (44-27-13) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
 New York Rangers (33-37-14) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| New York Rangers win, 3 games to 1 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | NYR, | Ron Duguay 4 (Barry Beck), :46 |
| LA , | Greg Terrion 1 (Steve Jensen, Jim Fox), 1:47 - PP | |
| NYR, | Lance Nethery 1 (Jere Gillis, John Hughes), 5:53 | |
| LA , | Dan Bonar 1 (Don Luce), 13:26 - SH | |
| 2: | NYR, | Ulf Nilsson 5 (Ed Johnstone, Don Maloney), 8:22 |
| LA , | Larry Murphy 3, 14:30 | |
| 3: | NYR, | Tom Laidlaw 1 (Ron Duguay), 6:44 |
| NYR, | Anders Hedberg 3 (Ron Greschner, Carol Vadnais), 12:11 | |
| NYR, | Ron Duguay 5 (Dean Talafous, Steve Vickers), 15:08 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Don Maloney, NYR [Elbowing] 1:21 |
| Mark Hardy, LA [Interference] 2:36 | |
| Dave Lewis, LA [Interference] 9:29 | |
| Ron Greschner, NYR [Holding] 10:16 | |
| Larry Murphy, LA [Tripping] 13:11 | |
| Jerry Korab, LA [Interference] 17:26 | |
| Ed Johnstone, NYR [Elbowing] 18:58 | |
| 2: | John Hughes, NYR [Tripping] 5:56 |
| 3: | Dave Taylor, LA [Hi-sticking] 8:12 |
| Mike Allison, NYR [Hi-sticking] 8:12 |
Penalty time: LA : 10 minutes
NYR: 10 minutes
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lessard | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jerry Korab | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Larry Murphy | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dan Bonar | 8 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Billy Harris | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Dean Hopkins | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Terrion | 14 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Andre St. Laurent | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Marcel Dionne | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| John Paul Kelly | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Taylor | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Jim Fox | 19 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Mark Hardy | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Jensen | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Don Luce | 23 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Wells | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -21 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -21 | 27 | ||||||
| NYR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Laidlaw | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Barry Beck | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ron Greschner | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jere Gillis | 6 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Vickers | 8 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | 10 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Ulf Nilsson | 11 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Don Maloney | 12 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Allison | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Anders Hedberg | 15 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Johnstone | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dean Talafous | 19 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lance Nethery | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Wallin | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Hughes | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 48 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 20 | 48 | ||||||
Shots: LA : 6- 8-13-27
NYR: 16-16-16-48
Goalies: LA : Mario Lessard (L, 1-3-0)
NYR: Steve Baker (W, 3-1-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Wayne Forsey, Leon Stickle
Attendance: 17,387
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