Pittsburgh Penguins vs St. Louis Blues
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 14, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, April 14, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Penguins 52–51.
Goals came from Paul Gardner, Brian Sutter, George Ferguson, Bernie Federko, Rick Lapointe, Greg Malone and Mike Crombeen.
Mike Liut made 48 saves on 51 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 48 of 52.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gardner (1)Rick Kehoe (3), Randy Carlyle (5)1–007:48 PIT ·
2nd period
Brian Sutter (2)Bernie Federko (6), Tony Currie (6)1–111:17 STL
George Ferguson (2)Mark Johnson (1), Gregg Sheppard (4)2–115:06 PIT
Bernie Federko (4)Brian Sutter (2), Tony Currie (7)2–216:06 STL ·
3rd period
Rick Lapointe (1)Blair Chapman (2), Larry Patey (3)2–303:34 STL
Greg Malone (2)Rod Schutt (3), Paul Baxter (1)3–310:36 PIT
2nd overtime
Mike Crombeen (2)Mike Zuke (1), Rick Lapointe (2)3–405:16 STL
Team stats
PITSTL
5152
0%0%
1/31/4
3321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Bench · unsportsmanlike conduct coach2 min - 1:00 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · fighting5 min
- 1:00 into the first periodRod Schutt · misconduct10 min
- 1:00 into the first period
Bench · unsportsmanlike conduct coach2 min - 1:00 into the first periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 1:28 into the first periodPaul Baxter · tripping2 min
- 4:27 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · cross checking2 min
- 4:27 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · high sticking2 min
- 6:04 into the first periodMario Faubert · slashing2 min
- 6:04 into the first periodGerry Hart · slashing2 min
- 15:44 into the first periodRod Schutt · cross checking2 min
- 0:57 into the second periodLarry Patey · tripping2 min
- 15:53 into the second periodMark Johnson · hooking2 min
- 3:44 into the third periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
- 9:29 into the third periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
- 9:29 into the third periodLarry Patey · high sticking2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodGregg Sheppard · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodRick Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 9:56 into overtimePaul Baxter · roughing2 min
- 9:56 into overtimeLarry Patey · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 52 | 4 | .923 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 51 | 3 | .941 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |