Colorado Rockies vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Rockies 6–2 on Wednesday, January 7, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Rockies outshot the Blackhawks 32–29.
Goals came from Al Secord, Glen Sharpley, Walt McKechnie, Denis Savard, Rob Ramage, Reg Kerr, Tom Lysiak and Darryl Sutter.
Tony Esposito made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 23 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Al Secord (2)Terry Ruskowski (32), Keith Brown (18)0–113:58 CHI · 
Glen Sharpley (13)Al Secord (4), Terry Ruskowski (33)0–214:49 CHI
2nd period
Walt McKechnie (12)Joel Quenneville (18), Mike McEwen (23)1–201:01 CLR · 
Denis Savard (14)Dave Hutchison (6), Doug Wilson (16)1–309:26 CHI
Rob Ramage (13)Walt McKechnie (17), Lanny McDonald (23)2–317:18 CLR ·
3rd period
Reg Kerr (18)Doug Wilson (17), Tim Higgins (17)2–402:14 CHI
Tom Lysiak (13)Peter Marsh (11), Reg Kerr (10)2–506:48 CHI
Darryl Sutter (17)Glen Sharpley (13), Miles Zaharko (2)2–611:42 CHI
Team stats
CLRCHI
3229
0%0%
2/51/2
612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:11 into the first period
Al Secord · high sticking2 min - 1:11 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 1:11 into the first period
Rob Ramage · high sticking2 min - 3:31 into the first periodDarryl Sutter · tripping2 min
- 13:35 into the first periodJoel Quenneville · interference2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodTed Bulley · hooking2 min
- 7:04 into the second periodMiles Zaharko · holding2 min
- 16:17 into the second periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodDoug Berry · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Bob AttwellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29David WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |