Vancouver Canucks vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–3 on Saturday, January 3, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Canucks 42–34.
Perry Turnbull scored twice. Gerry Minor, Wayne Babych, Curt Fraser, Larry Patey, Jorgen Pettersson, Stan Smyl and Blake Dunlop also scored.
Mike Liut made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 36 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Gerry Minor (5)Jerry Butler (11)1–004:32 VAN · 
Wayne Babych (26)Mike Zuke (19), Ed Kea (7)1–113:29 STL
2nd period
Perry Turnbull (13)Bernie Federko (40), Wayne Babych (18)1–211:40 STL · 
Curt Fraser (18)Thomas Gradin (31), Stan Smyl (24)2–211:57 VAN- Perry Turnbull (14)Jack Brownschidle (11), Ed Kea (8)2–312:54 STL
3rd period
Larry Patey (15)Mike Crombeen (11), Jack Brownschidle (12)2–404:25 STL
Jorgen Pettersson (11)Unassisted2–505:43 STL
Stan Smyl (18)Thomas Gradin (32), Harold Snepsts (12)3–512:39 VAN
Blake Dunlop (7)Wayne Babych (19)3–619:30 STL
Team stats
VANSTL
3442
0%0%
0/51/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:41 into the first period
Ed Kea · roughing2 min - 1:41 into the first period
Curt Fraser · roughing2 min - 3:02 into the first periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 4:55 into the first periodBlake Dunlop · hooking2 min
- 8:18 into the first periodTony Currie · interference2 min
- 17:30 into the first periodDave Williams · tripping2 min
- 18:38 into the first periodTony Currie · hooking2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodRick Lanz · interference2 min
- 11:24 into the second periodMario Marois · holding2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodBrian Sutter · slashing2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodBlake Dunlop · hooking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 42 | 6 | .857 |
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |