Colorado Rockies vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1981 · The Forum

ColoradoRockiesNow the New Jersey DevilsAway

4–8

24–33

Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Colorado Rockies 8–4 on Wednesday, December 23, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Rockies 33–24.

Jim Fox scored twice and Marcel Dionne scored twice. Brent Ashton, Dave Taylor, Kenneth Gruhl, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Don Lever, Ian Turnbull, Steve Bozek and Aaron Broten also scored.

Mario Lessard made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 25 of 33.

Goals
CLR	1	2	1	4	24
LAK	3	2	3	8	33

Scoring

1st period

Brent Ashton (11)Steve Tambellini (16)1–000:45 CLR
Dave Taylor (21)Steve Bozek (13)1–101:01 LAK
Jim Fox (10)Trevor Johansen (5), Doug Smith (6)1–214:53 LAK
Marcel Dionne (25)Dave Taylor (39), Dave Lewis (9)1–317:52 LAK

2nd period

Kenneth Gruhl (2)Jay Wells (2), Trevor Johansen (6)1–404:11 LAK
Veli-Pekka Ketola (2)Aaron Broten (9), Rob Ramage (8)2–406:11 CLR ·
Marcel Dionne (26)Dave Taylor (40)2–507:17 LAK
Don Lever (14)Bob MacMillan (12)3–510:31 CLR

3rd period

Ian Turnbull (8)Andre St. Laurent (3), Mark Hardy (17)3–604:45 LAK
Steve Bozek (22)Marcel Dionne (33)3–706:01 LAK
Jim Fox (11)Steve Jensen (15), Doug Smith (7)3–810:44 LAK
Aaron Broten (2)Rob Ramage (9), Dave Cameron (5)4–812:59 CLR ·

Team stats

CLRLAK

2433

0%0%

2/50/5

3747

Penalties

15:48 into the first periodJay Wells · holding2 min
19:05 into the first periodJoel Quenneville · interference2 min
5:39 into the second periodDoug Smith · holding2 min
9:31 into the second periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
9:31 into the second periodAndre St. Laurent · roughing2 min
12:57 into the second periodPaul Gagne · hooking2 min
17:21 into the second periodAndre St. Laurent · high sticking2 min
18:26 into the second periodRob Ramage · hooking2 min
19:53 into the second periodBob Lorimer · fighting5 min
19:53 into the second periodDave Taylor · fighting5 min
0:49 into the third periodDon Lever · hooking2 min
6:44 into the third periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
7:33 into the third periodBob MacMillan · misconduct10 min
7:33 into the third periodJohn Wensink · roughing2 min
7:33 into the third periodJohn Wensink · fighting5 min
7:33 into the third periodDan Bonar · misconduct10 min
7:33 into the third periodDan Bonar · game misconduct10 min
7:33 into the third periodDave Lewis · fighting5 min
10:44 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
10:44 into the third periodDoug Smith · fighting5 min
10:59 into the third periodKenneth Gruhl · interference2 min

Season series

Rockies vs Kings head-to-head →

Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies skaters

24Aaron BrotenC	1	1	2	−3	1	0	–	–
5Rob RamageD	0	2	2	−2	3	4	–	–
9Don LeverC	1	0	1	−2	3	2	–	–
10Dave CameronC	0	1	1	−4	2	0	–	–
12Bob MacMillanR	0	1	1	−4	0	10	–	–
14Steve TambelliniC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
15Brent AshtonL	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
31Veli-Pekka KetolaC	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
17Paul GagneL	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	–
18Bob MillerC	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
20Dwight FosterR	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–
27John WensinkL	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	–
2Joe CirellaD	0	0	0	−3	1	5	–	–
3Graeme NicolsonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	0	0	−1	1	5	–	–
22Joel QuennevilleD	0	0	0	−3	1	2	–	–
26Mike KitchenD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–

Colorado Rockies goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Phil MyreG	L	33	25	8	.758	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

16Marcel DionneC	2	1	3	+4	5	0	–	–
18Dave TaylorR	1	2	3	+4	5	7	–	–
19Jim FoxR	2	0	2	+1	2	0	–	–
23Doug SmithC	0	2	2	+1	4	7	–	–
26Steve BozekL	1	1	2	+4	1	0	–	–
2Trevor JohansenD	0	2	2	+3	0	0	–	–
9Kenneth GruhlL	1	0	1	+2	2	2	–	–
15Andre St. LaurentC	0	1	1	+2	6	4	–	–
22Steve JensenL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
3Ian TurnbullD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	–	–
20Mark HardyD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
24Jay WellsD	0	1	1	+4	1	2	–	–
25Dave LewisD	0	1	1	0	1	5	–	–
8Dan BonarC	0	0	0	+1	0	20	–	–
12Dean HopkinsR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
14Greg TerrionC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
5Larry MurphyD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
1Mario LessardG	W	24	20	4	.833	60:00
31Doug KeansG		0	0	0	–	00:00