Colorado Rockies vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Sunday, October 18, 1981 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Winnipeg Jets 4–3 on Sunday, October 18, 1981 at Winnipeg Arena. The Jets outshot the Rockies 41–31.
Goals came from Doug Smail, Steve Tambellini, Dave Cameron, Merlin Malinowski, Brent Ashton, Dave Babych and Norm Dupont.
Glenn Resch made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Ed Staniowski stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Smail (2)Lucien DeBlois (1), Ron Wilson (2)0–112:31 WIN
Steve Tambellini (4)Bill Baker (3), Lanny McDonald (3)1–115:01 CLR ·
2nd period
Dave Cameron (2)Bob Miller (3), Paul Gagne (1)2–102:40 CLR
Merlin Malinowski (1)Dwight Foster (1), Bob Lorimer (1)3–105:48 CLR
Brent Ashton (2)Steve Tambellini (3)4–111:17 CLR
3rd period
Dave Babych (3)Dave Christian (5), Morris Lukowich (2)4–213:19 WIN · 
Norm Dupont (2)Dave Christian (6), Dave Babych (2)4–315:11 WIN ·
Team stats
CLRWIN
3141
0%0%
1/42/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:09 into the first period
Steve Tambellini · holding2 min - 9:33 into the first periodBob Miller · hooking2 min
- 12:56 into the first periodBrent Ashton · holding2 min
- 14:31 into the first period
Norm Dupont · hooking2 min - 18:52 into the first periodDave Babych · interference2 min
- 18:35 into the second periodBarry Long · hooking2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodLanny McDonald · tripping2 min
- 11:47 into the third periodBill Baker · hooking2 min
- 13:11 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 16:25 into the third periodWilly Lindstrom · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Winnipeg Jets
| 13Dave ChristianR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 10 | – |
| 9Doug SmailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Thomas SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Barry LeggeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |