Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Wednesday, December 31, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Penguins outshot the Red Wings 36–32.
John Ogrodnick scored twice. Peter Mahovlich and George Ferguson also scored.
Gilles Gilbert made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Nick Ricci stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
John Ogrodnick (19)Willie Huber (17)0–103:36 DET ·
2nd period
Peter Mahovlich (1)Dan Labraaten (7)0–206:51 DET
3rd period
George Ferguson (13)Mark Johnson (10)1–213:30 PIT- John Ogrodnick (20)John Barrett (2), Willie Huber (18)1–318:10 DET
Team stats
PITDET
3632
0%0%
0/51/5
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:11 into the first period
Randy Carlyle · hooking2 min - 0:11 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:21 into the first period
Reed Larson · holding2 min - 17:12 into the second periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 18:26 into the second periodRoss Lonsberry · interference2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodRuss Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodPerry Miller · interference2 min
- 10:21 into the third periodJim Korn · cross checking2 min
- 12:56 into the third periodGreg Malone · holding2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 25John OgrodnickL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |