Vancouver Canucks vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Scoring
1st period
John Ogrodnick (21)Vaclav Nedomansky (8), Reed Larson (18)0–101:35 DET · 
Bobby Schmautz (17)Unassisted1–104:10 VAN ·
2nd period
Reed Larson (9)Jim Korn (5)1–219:01 DET
3rd period
Curt Fraser (17)Dennis Kearns (9)2–205:54 VAN
Team stats
VANDET
2926
0%0%
1/31/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:25 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · tripping2 min - 2:45 into the first period
Willie Huber · holding2 min - 9:25 into the first periodDennis Polonich · holding2 min
- 9:25 into the first periodCurt Fraser · holding2 min
- 9:46 into the first periodKevin McCarthy · interference2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 17:01 into the first periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Bobby SchmautzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | T | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | T | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |