Philadelphia Flyers vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the St. Louis Blues 3–2 on Saturday, January 31, 1981 at St. Louis Arena.
Goals came from Tom Gorence, Paul Holmgren, Brian Sutter, Tim Kerr and Jorgen Pettersson.
Rick St. Croix made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Rick Heinz stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Gorence (18)Bob Dailey (23), Mel Bridgman (27)1–019:20 PHI
2nd period
Paul Holmgren (11)Bill Barber (32), Ken Linseman (11)2–008:26 PHI
Brian Sutter (22)Bernie Federko (49), Blair Chapman (16)2–113:54 STL
3rd period
Tim Kerr (14)Unassisted3–106:05 PHI
Jorgen Pettersson (20)Wayne Babych (28)3–216:20 STL
Team stats
PHISTL
3535
0%0%
0/20/4
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:05 into the first period
Mike Busniuk · fighting5 min - 6:05 into the first period
Brian Sutter · fighting5 min - 9:50 into the first periodBill Barber · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:50 into the first periodPaul Holmgren · holding2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodMike Busniuk · roughing double minor4 min
- 15:15 into the first periodLarry Patey · roughing double minor4 min
- 2:09 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · tripping2 min
- 6:22 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · hooking2 min
- 1:50 into the third periodGerry Hart · interference2 min
- 17:54 into the third periodBob Dailey · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 31Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Rick HeinzG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |