Quebec Nordiques vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, January 18, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Quebec Nordiques 7–2 on Sunday, January 18, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Nordiques outshot the Blackhawks 30–25.
Tom Lysiak scored twice. Darryl Sutter, Keith Brown, Robbie Ftorek, Miles Zaharko, John Wensink, Ron Sedlbauer and Tim Higgins also scored.
Tony Esposito made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ron Grahame stopped 18 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Darryl Sutter (20)Bob Murray (22), Tom Lysiak (29)0–118:13 CHI
2nd period
Tom Lysiak (15)Darryl Sutter (14), Bob Murray (23)0–201:59 CHI
Keith Brown (4)Greg Fox (12), Tim Higgins (20)0–303:34 CHI- Tom Lysiak (16)Steve Larmer (1), Al Secord (6)0–404:52 CHI
Robbie Ftorek (7)Jamie Hislop (20), Alain Cote (5)1–409:26 QUE
Miles Zaharko (1)Bob Murray (24), Tom Lysiak (30)1–519:38 CHI
3rd period
John Wensink (5)Unassisted2–503:03 QUE
Ron Sedlbauer (11)Reg Kerr (14), Terry Ruskowski (36)2–615:08 CHI
Tim Higgins (10)Denis Savard (27), Ted Bulley (7)2–718:33 CHI
Team stats
QUECHI
3025
0%0%
0/30/1
1721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:54 into the first period
Reg Kerr · hooking2 min - 7:37 into the first periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 7:37 into the first periodTim Higgins · fighting5 min
- 7:37 into the first period
Andre Dupont · roughing2 min - 7:37 into the first periodAndre Dupont · fighting5 min
- 13:17 into the first periodDave Hutchison · high sticking2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodKim Clackson · high sticking2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodRobbie Ftorek · roughing2 min
- 1:14 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 1:14 into the second periodTerry Johnson · high sticking2 min
- 9:42 into the second periodRon Grahame · tripping2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodAlain Cote · roughing2 min
- 9:04 into the third periodBob Murray · interference2 min
- 15:37 into the third periodMiles Zaharko · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12John PaddockR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Serge BernierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ron GrahameG | L | 25 | 7 | .720 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Steve LarmerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |