Pittsburgh Penguins vs St. Louis Blues
Playoffs · Thursday, April 9, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 6–4 on Thursday, April 9, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blues 30–23.
Randy Carlyle scored twice. Joe Micheletti, Tony Currie, Gregg Sheppard, Mario Faubert, George Ferguson, Rod Schutt, Blair Chapman and Bernie Federko also scored.
Greg Millen made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Micheletti (1)Bernie Federko (3)0–102:35 STL ·
2nd period
Randy Carlyle (1)George Ferguson (1), Mike Bullard (1)1–102:03 PIT
Tony Currie (2)Unassisted1–203:11 STL
Gregg Sheppard (1)Mike Bullard (2), George Ferguson (2)2–204:58 PIT
Mario Faubert (1)Rick Kehoe (1), Rod Schutt (1)3–206:59 PIT · 
George Ferguson (1)Gregg Sheppard (1)4–211:13 PIT
3rd period
Rod Schutt (2)Greg Malone (2), Peter Lee (3)5–200:35 PIT- Randy Carlyle (2)Rod Schutt (2), Peter Lee (4)6–203:06 PIT
Blair Chapman (1)Joe Micheletti (3), Bernie Federko (4)6–310:49 STL
Bernie Federko (1)Tony Currie (1), Blake Dunlop (2)6–416:04 STL ·
Team stats
PITSTL
3023
0%0%
1/52/4
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Greg Malone · tripping2 min - 4:24 into the first period
Tony Currie · high sticking2 min - 7:21 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 11:28 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodPeter Lee · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodJoe Micheletti · roughing2 min
- 16:10 into the first periodPaul Baxter · holding2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodRick Lapointe · interference2 min
- 12:49 into the second periodWayne Babych · high sticking2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodRoss Lonsberry · slashing2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodLarry Patey · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · tripping2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodGary Rissling · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |