Pittsburgh Penguins vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1980 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Tuesday, December 23, 1980 at St. Louis Arena.
Tony Currie scored twice. Peter Lee, Rod Schutt, Larry Patey, Mike Zuke, Jack Brownschidle, Pat Hughes and Wayne Babych also scored.
Mike Liut made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Lee (9)Rod Schutt (15), Greg Malone (5)1–001:08 PIT
Tony Currie (13)Brian Sutter (15), Bernie Federko (36)1–101:34 STL
Rod Schutt (12)Peter Lee (10), Mario Faubert (19)2–117:30 PIT ·
2nd period
Larry Patey (14)Bill Stewart (8)2–202:22 STL · 
Mike Zuke (10)Perry Turnbull (12), Craig Norwich (12)2–308:10 STL · - Tony Currie (14)Joe Micheletti (6), Bernie Federko (37)2–413:55 STL ·
Jack Brownschidle (4)Mike Zuke (18)2–517:50 STL ·
3rd period
Pat Hughes (8)Mario Faubert (20), Gary McAdam (9)3–514:27 PIT
Wayne Babych (20)Perry Turnbull (13), Blake Dunlop (21)3–619:52 STL ·
Team stats
PITSTL
3232
0%0%
1/53/6
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the first period
Rod Schutt · hooking2 min - 6:49 into the first period
Perry Turnbull · interference2 min - 12:25 into the first periodRick Lapointe · holding2 min
- 12:40 into the first periodGreg Malone · elbowing2 min
- 16:57 into the first periodJoe Micheletti · holding2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodJim Hamilton · hooking2 min
- 1:53 into the second periodMike Zuke · hooking2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · tripping2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodRuss Anderson · elbowing2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodRuss Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodRuss Anderson · fighting5 min
- 13:02 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · high sticking2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · fighting5 min
- 16:01 into the second periodPeter Lee · holding2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodPeter Lee · roughing2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodRalph Klassen · roughing2 min
- 8:02 into the third periodBrian Sutter · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
St. Louis Blues
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Craig NorwichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |