Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Sunday, February 22, 1981 · Civic Arena

ColoradoRockiesNow the New Jersey DevilsAway

4–9

21–44

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Rockies 9–4 on Sunday, February 22, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rockies 44–21.

Rick Kehoe scored twice, Paul Gardner scored twice and Peter Lee scored twice. Joel Quenneville, Randy Carlyle, Yvon Vautour, Merlin Malinowski, George Ferguson, Rod Schutt and Jack Valiquette also scored.

Greg Millen made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 27 of 35.

Goals
CLR	1	2	1	4	21
PIT	2	3	4	9	44

Scoring

1st period

Rick Kehoe (42)Ross Lonsberry (25)0–113:10 PIT ·
Joel Quenneville (9)Merlin Malinowski (30), Lucien DeBlois (15)1–118:02 CLR
Rick Kehoe (43)Ross Lonsberry (26), Paul Gardner (27)1–219:42 PIT

2nd period

Randy Carlyle (9)Ross Lonsberry (27), Rick Kehoe (26)1–304:56 PIT ·
Yvon Vautour (14)Joel Quenneville (20), Lanny McDonald (32)2–310:17 CLR ·
Paul Gardner (24)Mario Faubert (35), Rick Kehoe (27)2–417:16 PIT ·
Peter Lee (19)Rod Schutt (20), Greg Malone (20)2–517:48 PIT
Merlin Malinowski (19)Lanny McDonald (33)3–518:26 CLR

3rd period

Paul Gardner (25)Rick Kehoe (28), Randy Carlyle (56)3–600:29 PIT ·
George Ferguson (20)Russ Anderson (14), Gregg Sheppard (9)3–702:04 PIT
Peter Lee (20)Greg Malone (21), Rod Schutt (21)3–803:48 PIT
Rod Schutt (21)Greg Malone (22), Peter Lee (22)3–915:34 PIT
Jack Valiquette (2)Terry Harper (1), Ed Cooper (5)4–917:25 CLR

Team stats

CLRPIT

2144

0%0%

1/64/7

2624

Penalties

1:35 into the first periodPaul Gagne · hooking2 min
5:53 into the first periodPaul Gagne · tripping2 min
10:49 into the first periodRon Stackhouse · cross checking2 min
13:08 into the first periodLanny McDonald · hooking2 min
2:32 into the second periodMario Faubert · hooking2 min
3:13 into the second periodRandy Pierce · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
6:32 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · holding2 min
9:17 into the second periodGary Rissling · slashing2 min
16:43 into the second periodTerry Harper · holding2 min
19:01 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
4:04 into the third periodPeter Lee · hooking2 min
5:14 into the third periodRoss Lonsberry · hooking2 min
9:53 into the third periodMike Kitchen · holding2 min
13:12 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
13:12 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · misconduct10 min
13:12 into the third periodGary Rissling · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
13:12 into the third periodGary Rissling · misconduct10 min

Season series

Rockies vs Penguins head-to-head →

Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies skaters

9Lanny McDonaldR	0	2	2	0	3	2	–	–
16Merlin MalinowskiC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
22Joel QuennevilleD	1	1	2	0	4	2	–	–
12Ed CooperL	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
15Jack ValiquetteC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
19Yvon VautourR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
23Lucien DeBloisC	0	1	1	0	0	12	–	–
6Terry HarperD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	–	–
7Randy PierceR	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
8Doug BerryC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
10Bobby SheehanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
17Paul GagneL	0	0	0	−1	0	4	–	–
18Bob MillerC	0	0	0	−4	0	0	–	–
27Ron DelormeC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
4Mike McEwenD	0	0	0	−2	7	0	–	–
24Trevor JohansenD	0	0	0	−4	2	0	–	–
26Mike KitchenD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–

Colorado Rockies goalies
Goalie
1Hardy AstromG		9	8	1	.889	16:12
31Al SmithG	L	35	27	8	.771	43:48

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

17Rick KehoeR	2	3	5	+1	9	0	–	–
10Peter LeeR	2	1	3	+1	7	2	–	–
12Greg MaloneC	0	3	3	+1	1	0	–	–
18Ross LonsberryL	0	3	3	+1	4	2	–	–
20Paul GardnerC	2	1	3	+1	4	0	–	–
27Rod SchuttL	1	2	3	+1	4	0	–	–
25Randy CarlyleD	1	1	2	−1	2	0	–	–
11George FergusonC	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
19Gregg SheppardC	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
5Mario FaubertD	0	1	1	−1	3	2	–	–
7Russ AndersonD	0	1	1	+3	2	0	–	–
6Errol ThompsonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
9Mark JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
23Gary RisslingL	0	0	0	0	1	14	–	–
3Ron StackhouseD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	–	–
4Paul BaxterD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
8Dave BurrowsD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Greg MillenG	W	21	17	4	.809	60:00
31Nick RicciG		0	0	0	–	00:00