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Saturday, February 21, 1981 · Madison Square Garden

Capitals 4 at Rangers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 89OVR Eddie Johnstone Rangers First Star 4A · 2 SOG L 92OVR Don Maloney Rangers Second Star 3G · 5 SOG D 96OVR Ron Greschner Rangers Third Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 19:23 Glen Currie (1) PPG Rick Green (17) WSH 1 – 0 NYR

2nd Period

  1. 10:46 Ron Greschner (20) Eddie Johnstone (30), Steve Vickers (29) WSH 1 – 1 NYR
  2. 11:38 Lance Nethery (6) Unassisted WSH 1 – 2 NYR
  3. 14:28 Rick Smith (5) PPG Unassisted WSH 2 – 2 NYR
  4. 16:41 Don Maloney (22) PPG Ron Greschner (32), Mike Allison (28) WSH 2 – 3 NYR
  5. 18:37 Don Maloney (23) SHG Eddie Johnstone (31), Ron Greschner (33) WSH 2 – 4 NYR
  6. 19:11 Don Maloney (24) SHG Tom Laidlaw (14), Eddie Johnstone (32) WSH 2 – 5 NYR

3rd Period

  1. 7:47 Dennis Ververgaert (11) Paul Mulvey (14) WSH 3 – 5 NYR
  2. 15:00 Bob Kelly (20) Ryan Walter (30), Dennis Ververgaert (23) WSH 4 – 5 NYR
  3. 19:17 Mike Allison (19) Tom Laidlaw (15), Eddie Johnstone (33) WSH 4 – 6 NYR

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dennis Ververgaert R 1 1 2 0 1.38
Bob Kelly L 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Paul Mulvey L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Glen Currie C 1 0 4 -2 0.75
Rick Green D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Ryan Walter C 0 1 3 -2 0.40
Rick Smith D 1 0 2 -4 0.30
Pierre Bouchard D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 0 0 1 0 0.08
James McTaggart D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Gartner R 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Guy Charron C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Wes Jarvis C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Howard Walker D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Jean Pronovost R 0 0 3 -1 -0.23
Dennis Maruk C 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Al Hangsleben L 0 0 0 +1 -1.13
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Palmateer L 26 21 5 .808 59:51 -1.65

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Eddie Johnstone R 0 4 2 +3 2.95
Don Maloney L 3 0 5 +2 2.78
Ron Greschner D 1 2 3 +2 2.53
Tom Laidlaw D 0 2 2 +3 1.85
Mike Allison R 1 1 3 +1 1.38
Lance Nethery C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Steve Vickers L 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Ron Duguay C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Anders Hedberg R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Barry Beck D 0 0 2 +2 0.15
Ulf Nilsson C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Cam Connor R 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Dave Maloney D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Dean Talafous C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Chris Kotsopoulos D 0 0 0 0 -1.43
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Baker W 30 26 4 .867 60:00 -0.40