Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Rockies 3–1 on Saturday, March 21, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Penguins 36–30.
Goals came from Paul Gagne, Gregg Sheppard, Paul Gardner and Rick Kehoe.
Greg Millen made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gagne (21)Lanny McDonald (43), Joel Quenneville (24)0–105:06 CLR · 
Gregg Sheppard (11)Errol Thompson (19)1–112:26 PIT
2nd period
Paul Gardner (32)Pat Price (30)2–112:15 PIT
Rick Kehoe (51)Paul Gardner (38), Pat Price (31)3–118:04 PIT
Team stats
PITCLR
3036
0%0%
0/01/2
62
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:30 into the first period
Ron Stackhouse · cross checking2 min - 18:07 into the first period
Bob Miller · roughing2 min - 18:07 into the first periodPaul Baxter · roughing2 min
- 13:59 into the second periodPeter Lee · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Bobby CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Mario GiallonardoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Terry HarperD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Phil MyreG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |