🐙 Away Red Wings 14-23-0 before this game
4–6
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 18-19-0 before this game
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Red Wings at Penguins

Penguins beat Red Wings 6–4 at PPG Paints Arena on January 3, 1981.

🗓 Sat, Jan 3, 1981 · 19:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Greg Malone
2 G, 2 A
6 shots · +3
2nd star 🐙 DET
Reed Larson
3 G, 1 A
6 shots · -3
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Peter Lee
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET PIT🐧
18 Shots on goal 45
4/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
26 Penalty minutes 36
DET shooting 22.2% (4/18) PIT shooting 13.3% (6/45)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Gilles Gilbert
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 21:50 TOI
Larry Lozinski
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 38:10 TOI
🐧Penguins
Greg Millen
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 14-23 (38% win rate, 37 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 18-19 (49% win rate, 37 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 14-23 (38% win rate, 37 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 18-19 (49% win rate, 37 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 31, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–3 · Red Wings won
Nov 8, 1980
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
3–5 · Penguins won
Mar 9, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
2–6 · Red Wings won
Feb 20, 1980
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
5–7 · Penguins won
Jan 31, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
3–4 · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs PIT, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Penguins on January 3, 1981?

Penguins won 6–4.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Penguins?

The final score was Red Wings 4, Penguins 6.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Gilles Gilbert made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Greg Millen made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Jan 2
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
2–2 · VAN won
Next game · Jan 6
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
6–2 · MTL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 31
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
Next game · Jan 4
🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI
2–3 · CHI won
Also on January 3, 1981
⚔️BUF @ ⚜️QUE
3–3 final
🐳HFD @ 🏝️NYI
1–8 final
🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🛢️EDM
1–4 final
🦅WSH @ 🌌MNS
0–3 final
🐋VAN @ 🎵STL
3–6 final
🐻BOS @ ⛰️CLR
1–4 final
Red Wings season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule