Pittsburgh Penguins vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, January 27, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–1 on Tuesday, January 27, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Penguins 37–23.
Jorgen Pettersson scored twice and Wayne Babych scored twice. Paul Gardner, Mike Zuke, Bernie Federko and Blair Chapman also scored.
Rick Heinz made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Nick Ricci stopped 30 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gardner (17)Mario Faubert (34), Ross Lonsberry (23)1–002:35 PIT · 
Mike Zuke (17)Blake Dunlop (41), Joe Micheletti (15)1–104:57 STL · 
Jorgen Pettersson (18)Wayne Babych (26), Gerry Hart (7)1–205:27 STL- Jorgen Pettersson (19)Wayne Babych (27)1–313:22 STL
2nd period
Wayne Babych (35)Jorgen Pettersson (18), Blake Dunlop (42)1–407:37 STL- Wayne Babych (36)Joe Micheletti (16), Blake Dunlop (43)1–519:04 STL
3rd period
Bernie Federko (19)Brian Sutter (19), Mike Zuke (24)1–602:27 STL · 
Blair Chapman (10)Blake Dunlop (44), Joe Micheletti (17)1–718:27 STL ·
Team stats
PITSTL
2337
0%0%
1/53/6
2621
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:09 into the first period
Larry Patey · interference2 min - 3:45 into the first period
Mario Faubert · hooking2 min - 10:06 into the first periodGary Rissling · roughing2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodRick Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodBernie Federko · boarding2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodGary Rissling · slashing2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodGary Rissling · fighting5 min
- 8:23 into the second periodRick Lapointe · slashing2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodRick Lapointe · fighting5 min
- 16:29 into the second periodPaul Baxter · roughing2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodBlair Chapman · roughing2 min
- 19:04 into the second periodMario Faubert · high sticking5 min
- 3:35 into the third periodBlake Dunlop · high sticking2 min
- 11:53 into the third periodErrol Thompson · hooking2 min
- 12:29 into the third periodPaul Baxter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:58 into the third periodWayne Babych · tripping2 min
- 16:27 into the third periodGreg Malone · tripping2 min
- 17:02 into the third periodBennett Wolf · hooking2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodWayne Babych · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | L | 37 | 7 | .811 |
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Rick HeinzG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |