Quebec Nordiques vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Tuesday, February 17, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Colorado Rockies 6–3 on Tuesday, February 17, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Nordiques 36–24.
Goals came from Lanny McDonald, Lucien DeBlois, Paul Gagne, Marc Tardif, Peter Stastny, Real Cloutier, Alain Cote, Robbie Ftorek and Jacques Richard.
Dan Bouchard made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 18 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Lanny McDonald (29)Rob Ramage (33), Merlin Malinowski (28)0–109:10 CLR
Lucien DeBlois (20)Jack Valiquette (5), Randy Pierce (18)0–210:48 CLR
Paul Gagne (16)Lanny McDonald (31), Merlin Malinowski (29)0–311:43 CLR
Marc Tardif (14)Jacques Richard (33), Robbie Ftorek (31)1–316:09 QUE ·
2nd period
Peter Stastny (22)Anton Stastny (28), Michel Goulet (27)2–309:31 QUE
Real Cloutier (5)Robbie Ftorek (32), Pierre Lacroix (24)3–311:14 QUE · 
Alain Cote (8)Robbie Ftorek (33), Dale Hunter (30)4–315:55 QUE
3rd period
Robbie Ftorek (15)Dale Hunter (31), Pierre Lacroix (25)5–309:10 QUE
Jacques Richard (34)Michel Goulet (28), Real Cloutier (8)6–319:03 QUE
Team stats
QUECLR
2436
0%0%
2/20/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:58 into the first period
Marc Tardif · hooking2 min - 14:51 into the first period
Rob Ramage · holding2 min - 18:01 into the first periodRobbie Ftorek · holding2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodRob Ramage · interference2 min
- 18:35 into the second periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 15:50 into the third periodDale Hoganson · holding2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 6Terry HarperD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Al SmithG | L | 24 | 6 | .750 |