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Saturday, March 28, 1981 · Montreal Forum

Rangers 6 at Canadiens 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 75OVR Ron Duguay Rangers First Star 2G · 7 SOG C 73OVR Dean Talafous Rangers Second Star 2A · 3 SOG L 92OVR Don Maloney Rangers Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 17:10 Dave Maloney (11) Unassisted NYR 1 – 0 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 11:57 Eddie Johnstone (29) Don Maloney (21), Mike Allison (37) NYR 2 – 0 MTL
  2. 16:41 Don Maloney (28) Unassisted NYR 3 – 0 MTL
  3. 18:00 Ron Duguay (16) Dean Talafous (16) NYR 4 – 0 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 0:25 Yvon Lambert (21) Unassisted NYR 4 – 1 MTL
  2. 3:30 Ron Greschner (27) Ulf Nilsson (25), Anders Hedberg (39) NYR 5 – 1 MTL
  3. 9:53 Bob Gainey (22) Denis Herron (2) NYR 5 – 2 MTL
  4. 13:15 Ron Duguay (17) Dean Talafous (17) NYR 6 – 2 MTL

New York Rangers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Ron Duguay C 2 0 7 0 2.03
Dean Talafous C 0 2 3 0 1.48
Don Maloney L 1 1 2 +2 1.45
Ron Greschner D 1 0 2 +3 1.35
Eddie Johnstone R 1 0 1 +2 1.13
Ulf Nilsson C 0 1 2 +2 1.08
Anders Hedberg R 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Dave Maloney D 1 0 1 0 0.83
Mike Allison R 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Tom Laidlaw D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Ed Hospodar D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Barry Beck D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Chris Kotsopoulos D 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Jere Gillis L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Lance Nethery C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Carol Vadnais D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Peter Wallin R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Baker W 26 24 2 .923 60:00 0.90

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Yvon Lambert L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Bob Gainey L 1 0 1 0 0.68
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Keith Acton C 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Rejean Houle L 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Serge Savard D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Doug Wickenheiser C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Steve Shutt L 0 0 6 -3 0.00
Rod Langway D 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Mark Napier R 0 0 4 -3 -0.15
Larry Robinson D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Doug Risebrough C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Doug Jarvis C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Brian Engblom D 0 0 2 -1 -0.30
Pierre Larouche C 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Chris Nilan R 0 0 1 -3 -0.75
Guy Lapointe D 0 0 1 -5 -0.83
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Denis Herron — 8 6 2 .750 20:00 -0.90
Richard Sevigny L 17 13 4 .765 40:00 -1.70