Lapointe, Sutter goals propel Blues past Jets United Press International er play goal by Napier at 13:32 im- proved Montreal's margin to 2-- 0. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (UPI) Defenseman Guy Lapointe and left PHILADELPHIA 4, NEW YORK winger Bnan Sutter scored third-perio- d RANGERS 1 at New York Darryl goals within a span of 2:45 Sittler scored two goals and aided a Wednesday night to spark the St. Philadelphia penalty-killin- g team Louis Blues to a 4--3 triumph over the that stopped five New York power Winnipeg Jets in the opening game plays to lead the Flyers to a triumph of their best-of-fi- ve Stanley Cup over the Rangers in the first game of playoff series. then- - playoff series. Lapointe" supplied the Blues with Sittler, acquired from the Toronto the winning margin on a power play Maple Leafs Jan. 19, scored his first goal at 18:02 of the final period, blast- NEW YORK ISLANDERS 8, goal to make the score 1-- 1 at 6:31 of ing a shot from the blueline past PITTSBURGH 1 at Uniondale, N.Y. the first period, three minutes after Jets' goalie Ed Staiuowski. Clark Gillies and Bryan Trottier New York's Eddie Johnstone had Winnipeg right winger Willy Linds-tro- m scored two goals each to lift the Is- given the Rangers a 1--0 lead. had scored his second goal of landers to a thrashing of the Pen- Brian Propp scored late in the pe- the game at 15:03 to supply the Jets guins in the first game of their play- riod to give the Flyers their first lead with a shortlived lead. But Sutter off senes. of the game. Then, after a scoreless came back 14 seconds later to poke a The Islanders, the regular-seaso- n second period, Sittler and Ray Alli- loose rebound from the edge of the champions who are in quest of their son scored goals in the third period crease past Staniowski during a third straight Stanley Cup, overpow- to seal the Philadelphia victory. goalmouth scramble, tying the score ered the Penguins from the opening 3--3 faceoff. Mike Bossy gave New York CHICAGO 3, MINNESOTA 2 at Lindstrom and Dale Hawerchuk a 1--0 lead less than six minutes into Bloomington, Mum. Greg Fox scored in the first period to give Win- the game, and Gillies scored to make blasted a 40-fo- ot shot past Minnesota 2-- nipeg a 0 lead, but the Blues' Perry it 2-- 0 less than a minute later. goalie Gilles Meloche at 3-3- 4 of sudden- TurnbuU cut the Jets' lead in half Pat Boutette closed Pittsburgh's -death overtime to lift the Chi- with a goal with nine seconds re- deficit to 2-- 1 at 14:42 with a power-pla- y cago Black Hawks to a victory over maining in the opening period.Turn-bu- ll goal past goalie Billy Smith, but the North Stars in the first game of struck again at 6:07 of the mid- Trottier scored less than four min- their playoff senes. dle period to deadlock the score at 2-- 2. utes later to give the Islanders a 3-- 1 Fox, who scored just two goals lead entering the second period. during the regular season, tallied just seconds after Minnesota's Steve BOSTON 3, BUFFALO 1 at Boston MONTREAL 5, QUEBEC 1 at Payne was unable to knock a loose Peter McNab and Brad Park Montreal Mario Tremblay and puck into an open goal. Black Hawks staked Boston to a 2-- 0 lead, and rook- Marc Napier scored two goals each goalie Murray Bannerman, playing ie Mike Moffat's fine goaltending to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a in his first playoff game, kicked out made it stand up, as the Bruins de- victory over the Quebec Nordiques 45 shots. feated the Sabres in the first game of in the first game of their playoff se- After a scoreless first penod, Min- their playoff series. ries. nesota's Tun Young snapped a per- 20-year-- old Moffat, a playing in The Canadiens scored with the sonal 18-ga- me scoring slump with a just his third NHL game, had 24 game only 56 seconds old when goal at 4:18 of the second period. The saves in leading the Bruins to their Tremblay took a pass from Pierre Black Hawks countered less than fifth victory over Buffalo in as many Mondou and fired the puck past Nor- three minutes later when Doug Wil- games this year at Boston Garden. diques goalie Dan Bouchard A pow-- son scored a short-hande- d goal..