Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–4 on Saturday, January 3, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Red Wings 45–18.
Greg Malone scored twice, Reed Larson scored a hat trick and Peter Lee scored twice. Paul Gardner, Mark Kirton and Rick Kehoe also scored.
Greg Millen made 14 saves on 18 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 10 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gardner (12)Ron Stackhouse (12)0–101:17 PIT
Greg Malone (6)Peter Lee (13), Jim Hamilton (4)0–201:53 PIT
Reed Larson (10)Unassisted1–203:54 DET · 
Peter Lee (11)Greg Malone (8), Randy Carlyle (40)1–305:13 PIT- Greg Malone (7)Jim Hamilton (5), Mario Faubert (24)1–416:55 PIT ·
- Reed Larson (11)John Ogrodnick (16), Dale McCourt (25)2–418:37 DET ·
2nd period
- Peter Lee (12)Greg Malone (9)2–501:50 PIT
Mark Kirton (4)Reed Larson (19)3–507:43 DET ·
3rd period
Rick Kehoe (27)Paul Gardner (12), Rod Schutt (16)3–604:15 PIT- Reed Larson (12)Willie Huber (19), John Ogrodnick (17)4–605:32 DET ·
Team stats
DETPIT
1845
0%0%
4/61/6
2636
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:27 into the first period
Russ Anderson · roughing2 min - 3:27 into the first periodGary Rissling · roughing2 min
- 4:17 into the first period
Willie Huber · interference2 min - 6:48 into the first periodVaclav Nedomansky · interference2 min
- 8:10 into the first periodMark Kirton · slashing2 min
- 11:27 into the first periodDennis Polonich · roughing2 min
- 11:27 into the first periodDennis Polonich · fighting5 min
- 11:27 into the first periodOrest Kindrachuk · roughing2 min
- 11:27 into the first periodOrest Kindrachuk · fighting5 min
- 15:01 into the first periodReed Larson · tripping2 min
- 18:18 into the first periodGlenn Hicks · fighting5 min
- 18:18 into the first periodGary Rissling · tripping2 min
- 18:18 into the first periodGary Rissling · fighting5 min
- 18:18 into the first periodGary Rissling · game misconduct10 min
- 7:25 into the second periodOrest Kindrachuk · hooking2 min
- 10:24 into the second periodWillie Huber · high sticking2 min
- 13:42 into the second periodPeter Lee · high sticking2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 5:20 into the third periodRon Stackhouse · holding2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodMark Kirton · slashing2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodGreg Malone · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Reed LarsonD | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 15 | 5 | .667 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 18 | 4 | .778 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |