🐧 Away Penguins 39-40-0 before this game

5–4

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	0	0	0	5
HFD	0	0	0	4

Penguins at Whalers

Penguins beat Whalers 5–4 on April 5, 1981.

🗓 Sun, Apr 5, 1981 · 18:15 CST 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Rod Schutt

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +2

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Greg Malone

2 A

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Pat Price

2 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT HFD🐳

36 Shots on goal 39

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

19 Penalty minutes 19

PIT shooting 13.9% (5/36) HFD shooting 10.3% (4/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Nick Ricci

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐳Whalers

Mike Veisor

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:05 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 39-40 (49% win rate, 79 games)

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 1st: 30-49 (38% win rate, 79 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 39-40 (49% win rate, 79 games)

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 2nd: 30-49 (38% win rate, 79 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →

❓ PIT vs HFD, answered

Who won Penguins vs Whalers on April 5, 1981?

Penguins won 5–4.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Whalers?

The final score was Penguins 5, Whalers 4.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Nick Ricci made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Veisor made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Whalers season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 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

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Apr 4

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Apr 3

Also on April 5, 1981

Penguins season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule