Kings 3–10 Rangers — First Round Game 3 — Final Score & Stats (Apr 11, 1981)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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First Round — Best of 7

NYR vs LAK · NYR leads 3–1 Full series →

Game 3

3–10

Final · NYR

Game 4

3–6

Final · NYR

Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🗽 NYR

Don Maloney

1 G, 3 A

3 shots · +3

2nd star 🗽 NYR

Eddie Johnstone

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · +3

3rd star 🗽 NYR

Ulf Nilsson

2 G, 1 A

4 shots · +3

Scoring

13 goals · in order

1st period

👑 Mark Hardy PP Go-ahead 1st · 01:13

Assists: Billy Harris, Marcel Dionne · beat Steve Baker

1–0

🗽 Don Maloney PP Tying 1st · 01:51

Assists: Ron Greschner, Eddie Johnstone · beat Mario Lessard

1–1

👑 Dave Taylor Go-ahead 1st · 02:48

Assists: Marcel Dionne, Mike Murphy · beat Steve Baker

2–1

🗽 Barry Beck Tying 1st · 08:28

Unassisted · beat Mario Lessard

2–2

🗽 Ron Greschner Go-ahead 1st · 14:29

Assists: Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg · beat Mario Lessard

2–3

🗽 Eddie Johnstone 1st · 19:44

Assists: Don Maloney · beat Mario Lessard

2–4

2nd period

🗽 Ron Duguay 2nd · 07:34

Assists: Steve Vickers, Dean Talafous · beat Mario Lessard

2–5

🗽 Eddie Johnstone 2nd · 12:25

Assists: Don Maloney, Mike Allison · beat Mario Lessard

2–6

🗽 Dean Talafous 2nd · 13:40

Assists: Ron Duguay, Carol Vadnais · beat Mario Lessard

2–7

🗽 Ulf Nilsson 2nd · 16:44

Assists: Anders Hedberg, Ron Greschner · beat Mario Lessard

2–8

3rd period

🗽 Mike Allison 3rd · 02:51

Assists: Don Maloney · beat Jim Rutherford

2–9

🗽 Ulf Nilsson PP 3rd · 07:38

Assists: Barry Beck, Ron Duguay · beat Jim Rutherford

2–10

👑 Larry Murphy 3rd · 18:59

Assists: John Paul Kelly, Dave Lewis · beat Steve Weeks

3–10

Team stats

Away left · home right

👑LAK NYR🗽

26 Shots on goal 38

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

10 Penalty minutes 4

LAK shooting 11.5% (3/26) NYR shooting 26.3% (10/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

👑Kings

Mario Lessard

0/8

.000 SV% · 8 GA · 40:00 TOI

Jim Rutherford

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 20:00 TOI

🗽Rangers

Steve Weeks

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 14:00 TOI

Steve Baker

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 46:00 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 2–4

Kings

Kings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 3-4 (43% win rate, 7 games)

Rangers

Rangers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)

After 2nd — 2–8

Kings

Kings: no games found in this situation this year.

Rangers

Rangers — leading by 6 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

All →

Apr 91981 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 4–5 Apr 81981 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 3–1 Feb 21981 👑LAK @ 🗽NYR 3–2 Jan 281981 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 6–2 Nov 101980 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 1–4

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LAK vs NYR, answered

Who won Kings vs Rangers on April 11, 1981?

Rangers won 10–3. The final score was Kings 3, Rangers 10.

Who scored for Kings?

Dave Taylor, Larry Murphy, Mark Hardy.

Who scored for Rangers?

Eddie Johnstone (2), Ulf Nilsson (2), Barry Beck, Dean Talafous, Don Maloney, Mike Allison, Ron Duguay, Ron Greschner.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Mario Lessard made 0 saves on 8 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Steve Weeks made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

👑 Kings

BeforeApr 9 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 4–5 AfterApr 12 👑LAK @ 🗽NYR 3–6

🗽 Rangers

BeforeApr 9 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 4–5 AfterApr 12 👑LAK @ 🗽NYR 3–6

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