Colorado Rockies vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, October 23, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Rockies 5–1 on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Rockies outshot the Red Wings 27–23.
Mike Blaisdell scored twice. Jody Gage, Doug Berry, John Ogrodnick and Errol Thompson also scored.
Jim Rutherford made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Jody Gage (2)Brent Peterson (2), Paul Woods (2)0–100:15 DET
Doug Berry (1)Randy Pierce (4)1–105:54 CLR · 
John Ogrodnick (4)George Lyle (3), Mike Blaisdell (2)1–218:58 DET
2nd period
Mike Blaisdell (1)Unassisted1–301:30 DET
Errol Thompson (3)Mike Foligno (2), Dale McCourt (5)1–403:58 DET
3rd period
- Mike Blaisdell (2)Errol Thompson (3), Rick Smith (2)1–503:57 DET
Team stats
CLRDET
2723
0%0%
0/50/3
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:06 into the first period
Ron Delorme · cross checking2 min - 12:12 into the first period
Jim Korn · tripping2 min - 5:13 into the second periodRick Vasko · hooking2 min
- 10:26 into the second periodGreg Joly · holding2 min
- 16:02 into the second periodJack Hughes · holding2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodWillie Huber · slashing2 min
- 5:02 into the third periodMerlin Malinowski · fighting5 min
- 5:02 into the third periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 5:02 into the third periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 19:48 into the third periodRandy Pierce · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Gary DillonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Jody GageR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick VaskoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 30Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – |