Colorado Rockies vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1980 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Rockies 5–4 on Tuesday, December 23, 1980 at Winnipeg Arena. The Jets outshot the Rockies 40–30.
Goals came from Dave Babych, Doug Lecuyer, Doug Smail, Lucien DeBlois, Rob Ramage, Tim Trimper, Ed Cooper, Lanny McDonald and Willy Lindstrom.
Pierre Hamel made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
2nd period
Dave Babych (5)Dave Christian (27), Tom Bladon (2)0–111:28 WIN · 
Doug Lecuyer (1)Doug Smail (5), Barry Long (7)0–212:41 WIN
Doug Smail (5)Doug Lecuyer (5), Barry Legge (1)0–316:05 WIN · 
Lucien DeBlois (9)Rob Ramage (22), Rene Robert (7)1–319:45 CLR
Rob Ramage (9)Lanny McDonald (18), Walt McKechnie (10)2–319:56 CLR
3rd period
Tim Trimper (3)Doug Lecuyer (6), Doug Smail (6)2–402:27 WIN
Ed Cooper (1)Yvon Vautour (8), Barry Smith (2)3–406:09 CLR
Lanny McDonald (16)Walt McKechnie (11)4–412:28 CLR
Willy Lindstrom (5)Anders Steen (7), Norm Dupont (12)4–518:10 WIN ·
Team stats
CLRWIN
3040
0%0%
0/32/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:05 into the first period
Tim Trimper · elbowing2 min - 11:13 into the first period
Mike Kitchen · tripping2 min - 3:52 into the second periodRon Delorme · interference2 min
- 5:15 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · hooking2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodBarry Long · tripping2 min
- 7:16 into the third periodMorris Lukowich · slashing2 min
- 16:26 into the third periodMerlin Malinowski · tripping2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Al SmithG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
Winnipeg Jets
| 9Doug SmailL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Doug LecuyerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Anders SteenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 4Barry LongD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Barry LeggeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom BladonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 5Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Jimmy MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 2Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pierre HamelG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 35Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – |