St. Louis Blues vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Saturday, April 11, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Saturday, April 11, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Blues outshot the Penguins 32–31.
Bernie Federko scored twice. Rod Schutt, Brian Sutter, Ralph Klassen, Mike Bullard, Wayne Babych, Mark Johnson and Gregg Sheppard also scored.
Mike Liut made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Schutt (3)Greg Malone (3), Ron Stackhouse (1)0–107:04 PIT · 
Brian Sutter (1)Bernie Federko (5), Joe Micheletti (4)1–111:51 STL ·
2nd period
Ralph Klassen (1)Blair Chapman (1), Rick Lapointe (1)2–106:36 STL
Mike Bullard (1)George Ferguson (3), Pat Price (1)2–208:57 PIT
Wayne Babych (1)Ed Kea (1), Jack Brownschidle (1)3–209:58 STL
Mark Johnson (1)Randy Carlyle (2), Gary Rissling (1)3–310:31 PIT
Bernie Federko (2)Joe Micheletti (5), Tony Currie (2)4–314:38 STL ·
3rd period
Gregg Sheppard (2)Randy Carlyle (3), George Ferguson (4)4–405:08 PIT · - Bernie Federko (3)Tony Currie (3), Brian Sutter (1)5–415:54 STL
Team stats
STLPIT
3231
0%0%
2/52/7
3632
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:14 into the first period
Rick Lapointe · hooking2 min - 3:32 into the first period
Greg Malone · high sticking2 min - 3:32 into the first periodGerry Hart · cross checking2 min
- 3:45 into the first periodGeorge Ferguson · high sticking2 min
- 3:45 into the first periodGeorge Ferguson · fighting5 min
- 3:45 into the first periodBrian Sutter · roughing2 min
- 3:45 into the first periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 4:17 into the first periodJoe Micheletti · holding2 min
- 4:47 into the first periodLarry Patey · slashing2 min
- 7:56 into the first periodPaul Baxter · hooking2 min
- 11:45 into the first periodRon Stackhouse · tripping2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodGreg Malone · cross checking2 min
- 16:14 into the first periodPaul Baxter · elbowing2 min
- 16:14 into the first periodBrian Sutter · roughing2 min
- 16:14 into the first periodBrian Sutter · slashing2 min
- 7:16 into the second periodRod Schutt · slashing2 min
- 7:16 into the second periodGerry Hart · slashing2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodGerry Hart · holding2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · roughing2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodMike Crombeen · roughing2 min
- 14:15 into the second periodGeorge Ferguson · high sticking2 min
- 17:09 into the second periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 17:09 into the second periodLarry Patey · fighting5 min
- 18:11 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodPeter Lee · slashing2 min
- 4:44 into the third periodRick Lapointe · hooking2 min
- 17:21 into the third periodPaul Gardner · slashing2 min
- 17:21 into the third periodJack Brownschidle · slashing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |