Quebec Nordiques vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, January 6, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–3 on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Nordiques outshot the Blues 30–25.
Jorgen Pettersson scored twice. Wayne Babych, Craig Norwich, Perry Turnbull, Alain Cote, Blake Dunlop, Serge Bernier and Marc Tardif also scored.
Ed Staniowski made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ron Grahame stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Babych (27)Jorgen Pettersson (8), Blake Dunlop (27)0–110:33 STL
Craig Norwich (4)Jorgen Pettersson (9), Blake Dunlop (28)0–214:27 STL ·
2nd period
Jorgen Pettersson (12)Wayne Babych (20), Blake Dunlop (29)0–306:26 STL
Perry Turnbull (15)Larry Patey (9)0–410:44 STL
Alain Cote (1)Robbie Ftorek (21)1–415:03 QUE ·
3rd period
Blake Dunlop (8)Jorgen Pettersson (10), Wayne Babych (21)1–506:09 STL
Serge Bernier (1)Dale Hunter (21), Anton Stastny (21)2–512:28 QUE · 
Marc Tardif (8)Dale Hoganson (4), Serge Bernier (3)3–514:45 QUE- Jorgen Pettersson (13)Blake Dunlop (30)3–618:20 STL
Team stats
QUESTL
3025
0%0%
1/51/4
3537
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:11 into the first period
Kim Clackson · hooking2 min - 6:00 into the first period
Rick Lapointe · holding2 min - 6:24 into the first periodLarry Patey · tripping2 min
- 8:06 into the first periodJamie Hislop · holding2 min
- 13:59 into the first periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodJohn Wensink · fighting5 min
- 12:45 into the second periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 14:34 into the second periodMarc Tardif · hooking2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodBlake Dunlop · slashing2 min
- 15:58 into the second periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 15:58 into the second periodBernie Federko · fighting5 min
- 17:30 into the second periodLarry Patey · slashing2 min
- 11:02 into the third periodBill Stewart · holding2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodKim Clackson · misconduct10 min
- 14:10 into the third periodJacques Richard · fighting5 min
- 14:10 into the third periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodJoe Micheletti · fighting5 min
- 14:10 into the third periodBrian Sutter · misconduct10 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 21Serge BernierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ron GrahameG | L | 25 | 6 | .760 |
St. Louis Blues
| 19Blake DunlopC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Craig NorwichD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |