Los Angeles Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, March 4, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–5 on Wednesday, March 4, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Kings 40–26.
Peter Lee scored twice and Jim Fox scored twice. Mark Johnson, Billy Harris, Mike Murphy, Dean Hopkins, Mario Faubert, Rick Kehoe and Errol Thompson also scored.
Greg Millen made 21 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 34 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Johnson (10)Greg Malone (24)0–105:41 PIT
Billy Harris (18)Andre St. Laurent (3), Larry Murphy (52)1–109:41 LAK
Peter Lee (23)Randy Carlyle (62), Greg Malone (25)1–215:01 PIT
2nd period
Mike Murphy (12)Marcel Dionne (62), Dave Taylor (59)2–200:50 LAK
Dean Hopkins (5)Mark Hardy (16), Mario Lessard (1)3–201:12 LAK- Peter Lee (24)Ron Stackhouse (25)3–312:58 PIT
Mario Faubert (7)Unassisted3–413:52 PIT · 
Jim Fox (12)Greg Terrion (17), Steve Jensen (11)4–414:56 LAK
Rick Kehoe (48)Paul Gardner (34), Ross Lonsberry (31)4–518:06 PIT
3rd period
- Jim Fox (13)Steve Jensen (12), Greg Terrion (18)5–509:50 LAK
Errol Thompson (18)Gregg Sheppard (13)5–611:22 PIT
Team stats
LAKPIT
2640
0%0%
0/41/5
1415
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Jerry Korab · hooking2 min - 17:18 into the first periodDean Hopkins · roughing2 min
- 17:18 into the first period
Mark Johnson · slashing2 min - 1:35 into the second periodJay Wells · holding2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodPaul Baxter · elbowing5 min
- 13:26 into the second periodDave Taylor · holding2 min
- 18:47 into the second periodErrol Thompson · holding2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodJay Wells · tripping2 min
- 3:06 into the third periodPaul Gardner · hooking2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodGreg Malone · tripping2 min
- 5:35 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · tripping2 min
- 12:27 into the third periodRick Chartraw · high sticking2 min
- 12:27 into the third periodPaul Baxter · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 40 | 6 | .850 |
| 32Paul PageauG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |