Philadelphia Flyers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, January 30, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Colorado Rockies 7–4 on Friday, January 30, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Flyers 32–28.
Tom Gorence scored twice. Yvon Vautour, Greg Adams, Mike Busniuk, Lucien DeBlois, Randy Pierce, Tim Kerr, Merlin Malinowski, Bill Barber and Mel Bridgman also scored.
Phil Myre made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Yvon Vautour (11)Merlin Malinowski (20), Rob Ramage (28)0–108:29 CLR · 
Tom Gorence (16)Tim Kerr (21), Bob Dailey (22)1–111:41 PHI
Greg Adams (3)Reggie Leach (23), Bobby Clarke (36)2–112:59 PHI
2nd period
Mike Busniuk (1)Al Hill (9), Rick MacLeish (21)3–105:48 PHI- Tom Gorence (17)Mel Bridgman (26)4–113:54 PHI ·
Lucien DeBlois (17)Merlin Malinowski (21), Lanny McDonald (27)4–215:54 CLR · 
Randy Pierce (7)Ron Delorme (13), Trevor Johansen (3)4–316:40 CLR
3rd period
Tim Kerr (13)Paul Holmgren (21), Rick MacLeish (22)5–304:54 PHI · 
Merlin Malinowski (15)Rob Ramage (29), Randy Pierce (15)5–406:20 CLR · 
Bill Barber (35)Reggie Leach (24)6–415:11 PHI
Mel Bridgman (12)Tom Gorence (14), Rick MacLeish (23)7–419:34 PHI ·
Team stats
PHICLR
2832
0%0%
1/33/8
3519
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:31 into the first period
Ken Linseman · hooking2 min - 13:24 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · roughing2 min - 13:24 into the first periodGreg Adams · charging2 min
- 13:24 into the first periodGlen Cochrane · roughing2 min
- 14:09 into the first periodBob Dailey · roughing2 min
- 19:32 into the first periodJack Hughes · tripping2 min
- 2:59 into the second periodMike Busniuk · hooking2 min
- 8:21 into the second periodTrevor Johansen · hooking2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodYvon Vautour · high sticking2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 11:14 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · high sticking2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · fighting5 min
- 12:16 into the second periodTerry Murray · hooking2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodBob Dailey · holding2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodLanny McDonald · illegal stick2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodPaul Holmgren · charging2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodBehn Wilson · tripping2 min
- 0:40 into the third periodBobby Clarke · slashing2 min
- 3:02 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodPaul Holmgren · hooking2 min
- 8:14 into the third periodPaul Holmgren · tripping2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 10:35 into the third periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 11:30 into the third periodBill Barber · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Phil MyreG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Colorado Rockies
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |