Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, October 20, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Rockies 5–3 on Tuesday, October 20, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rockies 28–27.
Brent Ashton scored twice. Peter Lee, Greg Malone, Gregg Sheppard, Rod Schutt, Doug Shedden and Tapio Levo also scored.
Michel Dion made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Lee (2)Mark Johnson (3)0–105:15 PIT
Greg Malone (4)Paul Gardner (3), Mario Faubert (1)0–206:52 PIT · 
Brent Ashton (3)Lanny McDonald (4), Steve Tambellini (4)1–215:38 CLR
2nd period
Gregg Sheppard (1)George Ferguson (5)1–301:04 PIT- Brent Ashton (4)Steve Tambellini (5), Lanny McDonald (5)2–302:58 CLR ·
3rd period
Rod Schutt (1)Greg Malone (1)2–404:11 PIT
Doug Shedden (1)Mario Faubert (2)2–507:17 PIT
Tapio Levo (1)Steve Tambellini (6), Brent Ashton (6)3–519:32 CLR ·
Team stats
CLRPIT
2728
0%0%
2/41/1
6159
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:36 into the first period
Rob Ramage · elbowing2 min - 7:17 into the first period
Gregg Sheppard · hooking2 min - 1:38 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodRob Ramage · misconduct10 min
- 5:49 into the second periodBob Lorimer · misconduct10 min
- 5:49 into the second periodJohn Wensink · fighting5 min
- 5:49 into the second periodJohn Wensink · misconduct10 min
- 5:49 into the second periodJohn Wensink · game misconduct10 min
- 5:49 into the second periodJohn Wensink · game misconduct10 min
- 5:49 into the second periodRuss Anderson · misconduct10 min
- 5:49 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 5:49 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · misconduct10 min
- 5:49 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · game misconduct10 min
- 5:49 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · misconduct10 min
- 7:29 into the second periodPeter Lee · tripping2 min
- 9:58 into the third periodMerlin Malinowski · roughing2 min
- 9:58 into the third periodPeter Lee · roughing2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodPat Boutette · tripping2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodLanny McDonald · slashing2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodMichel Dion · roughing double minor4 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 13Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Phil MyreG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Michel DionG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |