Pittsburgh Penguins vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Wednesday, February 4, 1981 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg Jets 3–2 on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at Winnipeg Arena. The Penguins outshot the Jets 34–24.
Goals came from Dave Christian, Rod Schutt, John Markell, Greg Malone and Peter Lee.
Nick Ricci made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Pierre Hamel stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (15)Peter Sullivan (9), Morris Lukowich (21)0–118:43 WIN ·
2nd period
Rod Schutt (19)Peter Lee (19), Greg Malone (17)1–110:20 PIT
3rd period
John Markell (1)Dave Babych (28), Peter Sullivan (10)1–204:11 WIN · 
Greg Malone (11)Paul Baxter (6), Rod Schutt (18)2–208:08 PIT
Peter Lee (17)Randy Carlyle (51), Greg Malone (18)3–211:18 PIT
Team stats
PITWIN
3424
0%0%
0/32/5
2436
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:58 into the first period
Gary Rissling · elbowing2 min - 3:58 into the first periodGary Rissling · fighting5 min
- 3:58 into the first period
John Markell · high sticking2 min - 3:58 into the first periodJohn Markell · fighting5 min
- 4:42 into the first periodDave Babych · elbowing5 min
- 4:50 into the first periodRoss Lonsberry · holding2 min
- 15:51 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · tripping2 min
- 17:51 into the first periodPaul Baxter · hooking2 min
- 19:43 into the first periodDoug Lecuyer · interference2 min
- 2:40 into the second periodGary Rissling · charging2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodGary Rissling · hooking2 min
- 15:19 into the third periodPaul Baxter · high sticking5 min
- 15:19 into the third periodDoug Lecuyer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:19 into the third periodDoug Lecuyer · misconduct10 min
- 15:19 into the third periodDoug Lecuyer · attempt to injure10 min
- 16:32 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Winnipeg Jets
| 10Peter SullivanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23John MarkellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Anders SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick BownessR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Richard MulhernD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pierre HamelG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 35Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – |