Chicago Blackhawks vs Hartford Whalers

Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center

3–2

36–29

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Game summary

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Saturday, January 17, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Whalers 36–29.

Goals came from Denis Savard, Dave Keon, Mike Fidler, Darryl Sutter and Al Secord.

Tony Esposito made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 33 of 36.

Goals
CHI	1	1	1	3	36
HFD	1	1	0	2	29

Scoring

1st period

Denis Savard (16)Keith Brown (19), Tim Higgins (19)1–007:51 CHI
Dave Keon (7)Stuart Smith (1)1–115:58 HFD

2nd period

Mike Fidler (7)Michel Galarneau (6), Tom Rowe (15)1–206:12 HFD
Darryl Sutter (19)Keith Brown (20), Tom Lysiak (28)2–218:11 CHI

3rd period

Al Secord (3)Terry Ruskowski (35), Miles Zaharko (4)3–216:26 CHI

Team stats

CHIHFD

3629

0%0%

0/10/2

Penalties

4:23 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · hooking2 min
2:05 into the second periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
10:29 into the second periodStuart Smith · hooking2 min
6:10 into the third periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
6:10 into the third periodDon Nachbaur · fighting5 min

Season series

Blackhawks vs Whalers head-to-head →

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

4Keith BrownD	0	2	2	0	1	0	–	–
8Terry RuskowskiC	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
12Tom LysiakC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	–	–
14Al SecordL	1	0	1	0	7	5	–	–
15Tim HigginsR	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
18Denis SavardC	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
27Darryl SutterC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	–	–
28Miles ZaharkoD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
10Reg KerrC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	–	–
26Rick PatersonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
29Ted BulleyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
31Steve LarmerR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
2Greg FoxD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
5Dave HutchisonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
6Bob MurrayD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
24Doug WilsonD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	–	–

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
30Murray BannermanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tony EspositoG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Hartford Whalers

Hartford Whalers skaters

12Tom RoweR	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
14Dave KeonC	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
16Michel GalarneauC	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
31Mike FidlerL	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
33Stuart SmithD	0	1	1	−1	0	2	–	–
10Ray NeufeldR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
11Jordy DouglasL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
17Mike RogersC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
21Blaine StoughtonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
22Jeff BrubakerL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
26Don NachbaurC	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
27Warren MillerR	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
28Pat BoutetteL	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
3Al SimsD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
6Thommy AbrahamssonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
25Norm BarnesD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
32Mickey VolcanD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–

Hartford Whalers goalies
Goalie
1Mike VeisorG	L	36	33	3	.917	59:50
35John GarrettG		0	0	0	–	00:00