Calgary Flames vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 24, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Calgary Flames 4–3 on Saturday, January 24, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Flames 41–27.
George Ferguson scored twice. Mario Faubert, Willi Plett, Bob MacMillan, Ken Houston and Greg Malone also scored.
Nick Ricci made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Faubert (4)Unassisted0–105:00 PIT · 
Willi Plett (25)Kent Nilsson (48), Guy Chouinard (14)1–113:16 CGY · 
Bob MacMillan (15)Brad Marsh (7), Bill Clement (14)2–115:31 CGY ·
2nd period
Ken Houston (4)Guy Chouinard (15), Eric Vail (22)3–100:55 CGY
3rd period
George Ferguson (16)Paul Baxter (3), Ron Stackhouse (16)3–203:20 PIT
Greg Malone (9)Peter Lee (16), Ron Stackhouse (17)3–305:40 PIT- George Ferguson (17)Unassisted3–409:36 PIT
Team stats
CGYPIT
2741
0%0%
1/41/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:24 into the first period
Phil Russell · holding2 min - 6:34 into the first periodBill Clement · slashing2 min
- 6:34 into the first period
Paul Gardner · slashing2 min - 12:00 into the first periodMark Johnson · hooking2 min
- 13:57 into the first periodRandy Holt · cross checking2 min
- 18:17 into the first periodErrol Thompson · interference2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodPaul Baxter · charging2 min
- 12:36 into the second periodRandy Holt · charging2 min
- 7:47 into the third periodPaul Gardner · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:29 into the third periodKen Houston · interference2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gordon WappelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tony CurtaleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |