Quebec Nordiques vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Tuesday, October 14, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–1 on Tuesday, October 14, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Nordiques 32–21.
Paul Gagne scored twice. Randy Pierce, Bobby Sheehan and Anton Stastny also scored.
Al Smith made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Michel Plasse stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Pierce (3)Merlin Malinowski (3)0–104:16 CLR
Paul Gagne (2)Walt McKechnie (2), Rob Ramage (1)0–210:43 CLR · 
Bobby Sheehan (1)Rob Ramage (2), Lucien DeBlois (2)0–317:45 CLR
2nd period
Anton Stastny (1)Marc Tardif (2)1–313:01 QUE- Paul Gagne (3)Walt McKechnie (3), Rob Ramage (3)1–419:32 CLR ·
Team stats
QUECLR
2132
0%0%
0/32/7
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:24 into the first period
Kim Clackson · elbowing2 min - 18:11 into the first periodKim Clackson · holding2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodKim Clackson · elbowing2 min
- 8:30 into the second period
Trevor Johansen · holding2 min - 17:55 into the second periodPierre Lacroix · holding2 min
- 7:02 into the third periodGerry Hart · tripping2 min
- 8:02 into the third periodKim Clackson · slashing2 min
- 12:19 into the third periodAndre Dupont · holding2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodJack Hughes · holding2 min
- 13:58 into the third periodTrevor Johansen · ps covering puck in crease0 min
- 17:09 into the third periodMike Kitchen · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodLanny McDonald · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Rich LeducC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 30Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter SturgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Al SmithG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |