Hartford Whalers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, February 19, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Hartford Whalers 6–2 on Thursday, February 19, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Whalers 47–24.
Goals came from Errol Thompson, George Ferguson, Al Sims, Rick Kehoe, Ross Lonsberry, Peter Lee, Paul Gardner and Ray Allison.
Greg Millen made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Errol Thompson (16)Gregg Sheppard (8), Russ Anderson (13)0–104:43 PIT
George Ferguson (19)Paul Baxter (10)0–208:07 PIT
Al Sims (14)Mike Rogers (50), Warren Miller (18)1–212:37 HFD
2nd period
Rick Kehoe (41)Paul Baxter (11), Paul Gardner (24)1–301:29 PIT
Ross Lonsberry (15)Rick Kehoe (25), Paul Gardner (25)1–407:20 PIT
Peter Lee (18)Paul Baxter (12), Greg Malone (19)1–509:53 PIT
Paul Gardner (23)Paul Baxter (13), Randy Carlyle (55)1–619:14 PIT ·
3rd period
Ray Allison (1)Pat Boutette (40), Don Nachbaur (17)2–618:01 HFD
Team stats
HFDPIT
2447
0%0%
0/51/9
4627
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:50 into the first period
Stuart Smith · holding2 min - 5:56 into the first period
Greg Malone · cross checking2 min - 9:19 into the first periodTom Rowe · hooking2 min
- 9:48 into the first periodGreg Malone · hooking2 min
- 18:18 into the first periodPaul Baxter · holding2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · holding2 min
- 9:49 into the second periodStuart Smith · roughing double minor4 min
- 9:49 into the second periodStuart Smith · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:49 into the second periodStuart Smith · game misconduct10 min
- 9:49 into the second periodRuss Anderson · roughing2 min
- 9:49 into the second periodRuss Anderson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:49 into the second periodRuss Anderson · fighting5 min
- 9:49 into the second periodRuss Anderson · game misconduct10 min
- 15:04 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · holding2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodTom Rowe · interference2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodWarren Miller · holding2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodJeff Brubaker · cross checking2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodTom Rowe · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodTom Rowe · misconduct10 min
- 13:14 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · slashing2 min
- 13:14 into the third periodPaul Baxter · slashing2 min
- 14:09 into the third periodJeff Brubaker · charging2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 24 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |