Pittsburgh Penguins vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, January 4, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Sunday, January 4, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Penguins outshot the Blackhawks 39–27.
Goals came from Tom Lysiak, Doug Wilson, Paul Gardner, Denis Savard and Rod Schutt.
Tony Esposito made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Nick Ricci stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Lysiak (12)Unassisted0–106:10 CHI
Doug Wilson (4)Unassisted0–208:25 CHI · 
Paul Gardner (13)Randy Carlyle (41)1–213:50 PIT ·
3rd period
Denis Savard (13)Reg Kerr (9), Keith Brown (17)1–302:37 CHI
Rod Schutt (14)Orest Kindrachuk (9), Greg Malone (10)2–319:52 PIT ·
Team stats
PITCHI
3927
0%0%
2/71/3
2533
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:41 into the first period
Dave Burrows · hooking2 min - 3:48 into the first period
Reg Kerr · interference2 min - 8:17 into the first periodMark Johnson · holding2 min
- 10:09 into the first periodDenis Savard · hooking2 min
- 13:29 into the first periodDenis Savard · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDave Hutchison · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDave Hutchison · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the first periodGary Rissling · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodGary Rissling · misconduct10 min
- 5:54 into the second periodDoug Wilson · hooking2 min
- 13:46 into the second periodDave Burrows · holding2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodPeter Marsh · slashing2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodMario Faubert · high sticking2 min
- 3:39 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · slashing2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 5:50 into the third periodMario Faubert · fighting5 min
- 7:08 into the third periodAl Secord · hooking2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodGlen Sharpley · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |