Chicago Blackhawks vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1980 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–4 on Saturday, December 6, 1980 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blackhawks 36–27.
Greg Malone scored twice and Pat Hughes scored twice. George Ferguson, Grant Mulvey, Ted Bulley, Ron Sedlbauer, Tim Higgins and Rod Schutt also scored.
Greg Millen made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
George Ferguson (10)Mario Faubert (11), Rod Schutt (12)0–100:17 PIT
Greg Malone (2)Randy Carlyle (26), Rod Schutt (13)0–200:29 PIT- Greg Malone (3)Randy Carlyle (27), Mario Faubert (12)0–305:27 PIT ·
Grant Mulvey (16)Terry Ruskowski (24), Bob Murray (13)1–311:27 CHI
Ted Bulley (7)Greg Fox (9)2–319:44 CHI
2nd period
Ron Sedlbauer (8)Doug Wilson (13), Mike O'connell (15)3–304:48 CHI
Pat Hughes (5)Mark Johnson (3)3–411:38 PIT- Pat Hughes (6)Randy Carlyle (28)3–514:16 PIT
3rd period
Tim Higgins (6)Denis Savard (19), Greg Fox (10)4–507:37 CHI
Rod Schutt (11)Randy Carlyle (29), Mark Johnson (4)4–619:22 PIT · ·
Team stats
CHIPIT
2736
0%0%
0/42/7
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:59 into the first period
Dave Hutchison · slashing2 min - 4:51 into the first periodKeith Brown · interference2 min
- 8:46 into the first period
Ron Stackhouse · high sticking2 min - 9:24 into the first periodBennett Wolf · delaying game2 min
- 14:08 into the first periodGreg Fox · tripping2 min
- 15:31 into the first periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 6:09 into the second periodDave Burrows · tripping2 min
- 8:43 into the second periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodDoug Wilson · hooking2 min
- 17:44 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 30Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |