Detroit Red Wings vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, January 20, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Detroit Red Wings 11–4 on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at The Forum. The Red Wings outshot the Kings 41–40.
Marcel Dionne scored twice, Dan Bonar scored twice and Charlie Simmer scored twice. John Ogrodnick, Vaclav Nedomansky, Larry Murphy, Doug Halward, Reed Larson, Billy Harris, Dave Taylor, Glenn Hicks and Garry Unger also scored.
Mario Lessard made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Larry Lozinski stopped 17 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
John Ogrodnick (24)Unassisted1–005:43 DET
Vaclav Nedomansky (7)Unassisted2–007:37 DET
2nd period
Marcel Dionne (38)Charlie Simmer (34), Jerry Korab (27)2–104:25 LAK- Marcel Dionne (39)Charlie Simmer (35), Jerry Korab (28)2–208:07 LAK ·
Larry Murphy (9)Garry Unger (9)2–309:07 LAK
Doug Halward (2)Billy Harris (14), Mark Hardy (10)2–411:27 LAK · 
Reed Larson (16)Unassisted3–415:26 DET
Dan Bonar (10)Dave Taylor (49), Charlie Simmer (36)3–519:31 LAK
3rd period
Charlie Simmer (45)Dave Taylor (50)3–601:58 LAK- Charlie Simmer (46)Dave Taylor (51), Marcel Dionne (45)3–704:30 LAK ·
Billy Harris (13)Unassisted3–806:42 LAK · - Dan Bonar (11)Mike Murphy (11), Jerry Korab (29)3–908:06 LAK ·
Dave Taylor (28)Marcel Dionne (46), Larry Murphy (40)3–1009:36 LAK
Glenn Hicks (2)Brent Peterson (5), Jean Hamel (3)4–1015:04 DET
Garry Unger (10)Jim Fox (14)4–1118:37 LAK
Team stats
DETLAK
4140
0%0%
0/54/7
4642
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:01 into the first period
Mike Foligno · tripping2 min - 7:23 into the first period
Dave Taylor · cross checking2 min - 12:51 into the first periodPaul Woods · holding2 min
- 2:01 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · hooking2 min
- 7:08 into the second periodJean Hamel · holding2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodDan Bonar · holding2 min
- 4:25 into the third periodGlenn Hicks · cross checking2 min
- 4:48 into the third periodSteve Jensen · interference2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodPerry Miller · fighting5 min
- 7:08 into the third periodSteve Jensen · fighting5 min
- 7:51 into the third periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodMike Foligno · misconduct10 min
- 12:35 into the third periodPerry Miller · fighting5 min
- 12:35 into the third periodPerry Miller · misconduct10 min
- 12:35 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodSteve Jensen · fighting5 min
- 12:35 into the third periodSteve Jensen · misconduct10 min
- 12:35 into the third periodGreg Terrion · misconduct10 min
- 19:29 into the third periodDan Bonar · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 13 | 1 | .923 | |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | L | 27 | 10 | .630 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27John GibsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 32Paul PageauG | 0 | 0 | – |