Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Sunday, April 5, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 39–36.
Goals came from Dave Debol, Peter Lee, Rick Meagher, Rick Kehoe, Warren Miller, George Ferguson, Rod Schutt, Nick Libett and Mike Fidler.
Nick Ricci made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Debol (14)Al Sims (36), Rick Meagher (10)0–112:32 HFD ·
2nd period
Peter Lee (30)Rod Schutt (35), Pat Price (33)1–108:10 PIT
Rick Meagher (7)Unassisted1–218:23 HFD
3rd period
Rick Kehoe (55)Marc Chorney (5), Greg Malone (28)2–201:41 PIT
Warren Miller (22)Dave Keon (34), Mark Howe (46)2–306:00 HFD
George Ferguson (25)Marc Chorney (6), Mark Johnson (23)3–314:10 PIT · 
Rod Schutt (25)Pat Price (34), Greg Malone (29)4–316:00 PIT
Nick Libett (6)Unassisted5–316:37 PIT
Mike Fidler (14)Mike Rogers (65)5–417:00 HFD
Team stats
PITHFD
3639
0%0%
1/31/3
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:47 into the first period
Bennett Wolf · high sticking2 min - 3:42 into the second periodMarc Chorney · holding2 min
- 5:20 into the second period
Pat Boutette · high sticking2 min - 5:20 into the second periodBennett Wolf · holding2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodJeff Brubaker · elbowing2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodNorm Barnes · slashing2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodGeorge Ferguson · slashing2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodPeter Lee · hooking2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 17:25 into the second periodBennett Wolf · fighting5 min
- 5:34 into the third periodDon Nachbaur · roughing2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodBennett Wolf · roughing2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodPat Boutette · slashing2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodMike Bullard · tripping2 min
- 12:15 into the third periodGilles Lupien · interference2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodStuart Smith · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
Hartford Whalers
| 20Rick MeagherC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin KempD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |