New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 6–4 on Saturday, February 28, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 35–34.
Goals came from Ron Duguay, Chris Kotsopoulos, Peter Lee, Pat Hughes, Lance Nethery, Anders Hedberg, Mario Faubert, Rick Kehoe, Rod Schutt and Greg Malone.
Greg Millen made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Duguay (10)Lance Nethery (6), Steve Vickers (32)1–006:56 NYR
Chris Kotsopoulos (4)Lance Nethery (7), Ron Duguay (16)2–009:30 NYR
Peter Lee (22)Rod Schutt (23), Randy Carlyle (59)2–116:41 PIT
Pat Hughes (10)Mark Johnson (19), Ross Lonsberry (29)2–217:38 PIT
2nd period
Lance Nethery (8)Tom Laidlaw (19)3–208:07 NYR
Anders Hedberg (23)Carol Vadnais (19), Dave Maloney (30)4–218:25 NYR · 
Mario Faubert (6)Unassisted4–319:49 PIT
3rd period
Rick Kehoe (45)Paul Gardner (31)4–402:54 PIT
Rod Schutt (22)Peter Lee (24), Randy Carlyle (60)4–506:52 PIT · 
Greg Malone (15)Rod Schutt (24)4–619:20 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
3435
0%0%
1/51/6
3421
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Ulf Nilsson · hooking2 min - 3:57 into the first period
Greg Malone · hooking2 min - 11:40 into the first periodRuss Anderson · holding2 min
- 14:37 into the first periodEd Hospodar · slashing2 min
- 2:33 into the second periodPaul Baxter · holding2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · roughing2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodPaul Baxter · roughing2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodRon Greschner · high sticking5 min
- 13:34 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 18:06 into the second periodRuss Anderson · holding2 min
- 5:37 into the third periodNick Fotiu · hooking2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodBarry Beck · cross checking2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · roughing2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · fighting5 min
- 7:38 into the third periodGreg Malone · cross checking2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodGreg Malone · fighting5 min
- 16:43 into the third periodRon Stackhouse · tripping2 min
- 19:20 into the third periodBarry Beck · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:20 into the third periodBarry Beck · misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 21Lance NetheryC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |