Chicago Blackhawks vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 10, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Saturday, January 10, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blackhawks 36–27.
Tim Higgins scored twice and Bob Murray scored twice. Darryl Sutter, Peter Lee, Rick Kehoe and Paul Gardner also scored.
Tony Esposito made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Nick Ricci stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Darryl Sutter (18)Peter Marsh (12), Bob Murray (18)1–006:07 CHI · 
Tim Higgins (7)Doug Wilson (18), Bob Murray (19)2–010:08 CHI · 
Peter Lee (14)Greg Malone (12), Mark Johnson (13)2–115:34 PIT
Rick Kehoe (30)Mario Faubert (27)2–219:59 PIT ·
2nd period
Bob Murray (6)Unassisted3–212:49 CHI- Bob Murray (7)Glen Sharpley (14), Doug Wilson (19)4–215:04 CHI ·
3rd period
Paul Gardner (15)Mario Faubert (28), Ross Lonsberry (21)4–308:20 PIT · - Tim Higgins (8)Reg Kerr (11), Miles Zaharko (3)5–312:24 CHI
Team stats
CHIPIT
2736
0%0%
3/32/6
3021
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Al Secord · roughing2 min - 1:00 into the first periodGlen Sharpley · high sticking2 min
- 1:00 into the first period
Gary Rissling · elbowing2 min - 5:21 into the first periodRon Stackhouse · hooking2 min
- 6:53 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 9:34 into the first periodGary Rissling · cross checking2 min
- 16:27 into the first periodDave Hutchison · roughing2 min
- 16:27 into the first periodRoss Lonsberry · roughing2 min
- 16:34 into the first periodDenis Savard · spearing5 min
- 16:34 into the first periodDave Burrows · slashing2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodPaul Baxter · high sticking2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodAl Secord · slashing2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodPaul Baxter · slashing5 min
- 13:55 into the second periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodMario Faubert · cross checking2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodGreg Fox · high sticking5 min
- 7:33 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · elbowing2 min
- 17:24 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 17:24 into the third periodAl Secord · slashing2 min
- 17:24 into the third periodPaul Baxter · elbowing2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 6Bob MurrayD | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Tony FeltrinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |