Quebec Nordiques vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 1980 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–4 on Saturday, December 27, 1980 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Nordiques 39–28.
Peter Stastny scored twice and Ross Lonsberry scored twice. Greg Malone, Randy Carlyle, Peter Lee, Jacques Richard, Dale Hunter and Mark Johnson also scored.
Greg Millen made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Michel Plasse stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Malone (5)Randy Carlyle (39), Peter Lee (11)0–101:01 PIT
Peter Stastny (14)Jamie Hislop (18), Wally Weir (4)1–103:46 QUE · 
Randy Carlyle (6)Peter Lee (12), Greg Malone (6)1–207:56 PIT · 
Peter Lee (10)Greg Malone (7), Mario Faubert (23)1–311:55 PIT
2nd period
Jacques Richard (26)Robbie Ftorek (19)2–307:25 QUE
Dale Hunter (6)Dale Hoganson (3), Jacques Richard (17)3–309:26 QUE
Ross Lonsberry (10)Paul Gardner (10), Russ Anderson (10)3–410:03 PIT- Peter Stastny (15)Jamie Hislop (19)4–416:40 QUE
Mark Johnson (9)Jim Hamilton (3), Ron Stackhouse (11)4–517:37 PIT- Ross Lonsberry (11)Paul Gardner (11), Russ Anderson (11)4–618:39 PIT
Team stats
QUEPIT
2839
0%0%
0/31/4
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Mark Johnson · high sticking2 min - 0:33 into the first period
John Paddock · high sticking2 min - 2:03 into the first periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 7:12 into the first periodWally Weir · tripping2 min
- 18:41 into the first periodGeorge Ferguson · hooking2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodPaul Gardner · high sticking2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodAndre Dupont · slashing2 min
- 12:37 into the second periodGary McAdam · hooking2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodJacques Richard · hooking2 min
- 19:31 into the second periodDave Burrows · holding2 min
- 1:49 into the third periodMario Faubert · roughing2 min
- 1:49 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodKim Clackson · cross checking2 min
- 7:47 into the third periodGreg Millen · slashing2 min
- 7:47 into the third periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12John PaddockR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | L | 39 | 6 | .846 |
| 35Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |