Los Angeles Kings vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 on Wednesday, December 30, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Kings outshot the Rockies 34–24.
Goals came from Brent Ashton, Dave Taylor, Joe Cirella, Jim Fox and Bob Miller.
Glenn Resch made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Ashton (12)Bob Lorimer (8), Bob Miller (13)0–100:49 CLR
Dave Taylor (22)Marcel Dionne (38), Larry Murphy (21)1–116:08 LAK ·
2nd period
Joe Cirella (7)Brent Ashton (18), Dwight Foster (6)1–203:50 CLR · 
Jim Fox (12)Larry Murphy (22)2–214:59 LAK · 
Bob Miller (9)Joel Quenneville (3), Brent Ashton (19)2–319:44 CLR
Team stats
LAKCLR
3424
0%0%
1/31/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:15 into the first period
Larry Murphy · slashing2 min - 14:55 into the first period
Rob Ramage · tripping2 min - 17:11 into the first periodJoe Micheletti · hooking2 min
- 1:23 into the second periodTrevor Johansen · hooking2 min
- 2:33 into the second periodDan Bonar · cross checking2 min
- 9:59 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · interference2 min
- 13:33 into the second periodDoug Smith · high sticking2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodSteve Bozek · slashing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 15Brent AshtonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Graeme NicolsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 29Richard LaferriereG | 0 | 0 | – |