Colorado Rockies vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Thursday, April 2, 1981 · Stampede Corral
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Colorado Rockies 5–3 on Thursday, April 2, 1981 at Stampede Corral. The Rockies outshot the Flames 32–31.
Willi Plett scored twice. Lanny McDonald, Rob Ramage, Kent Nilsson, Dan Labraaten, Pekka Rautakallio and Craig Norwich also scored.
Pat Riggin made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Lanny McDonald (35)Steve Tambellini (27), Craig Norwich (21)1–001:30 CLR
Willi Plett (37)Guy Chouinard (49), Kent Nilsson (79)1–107:52 CGY · 
Rob Ramage (20)Bobby Crawford (3), Ed Cooper (7)2–108:29 CLR
Kent Nilsson (47)Willi Plett (29), Guy Chouinard (50)2–219:29 CGY ·
2nd period
Dan Labraaten (12)Kent Nilsson (80)2–303:45 CGY
Pekka Rautakallio (11)Kent Nilsson (81), Willi Plett (30)2–406:08 CGY
Craig Norwich (7)Paul Gagne (15), Steve Tambellini (28)3–416:44 CLR
3rd period
- Willi Plett (38)Kent Nilsson (82), Ken Houston (15)3–512:21 CGY ·
Team stats
CLRCGY
3231
0%0%
0/43/5
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:17 into the first period
Randy Holt · roughing2 min - 0:17 into the first period
Rob Ramage · roughing2 min - 7:39 into the first periodBill Baker · delaying game2 min
- 9:15 into the first periodRandy Holt · high sticking2 min
- 9:15 into the first periodRandy Holt · fighting5 min
- 9:15 into the first periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the first periodCraig Norwich · holding2 min
- 9:51 into the second periodMike Kitchen · interference2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodJim Peplinski · interference2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodRob Ramage · hooking2 min
- 7:29 into the third periodBrad Marsh · holding2 min
- 11:15 into the third periodRob Ramage · slashing2 min
- 13:33 into the third periodBert Wilson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Craig NorwichD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bobby CrawfordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Mario GiallonardoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Phil MyreG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |