Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Monday, January 26, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 on Monday, January 26, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Red Wings 39–27.
Mark Kirton scored twice. Reed Larson, Willie Huber, Rick Vaive and Dan Maloney also scored.
Larry Lozinski made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jiri Crha stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Reed Larson (19)Glenn Hicks (6), Vaclav Nedomansky (12)1–011:09 DET
Willie Huber (4)Mark Kirton (9), Gary McAdam (11)2–017:56 DET
2nd period
Rick Vaive (23)Unassisted2–106:01 TOR · 
Dan Maloney (17)Wilf Paiement (32), Borje Salming (41)2–208:59 TOR ·
3rd period
Mark Kirton (7)Gary McAdam (12)3–206:22 DET- Mark Kirton (8)Paul Woods (11), Gary McAdam (13)4–210:58 DET
Team stats
DETTOR
2739
0%0%
0/41/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the first period
Joe Paterson · holding2 min - 18:47 into the first period
Darryl Sittler · high sticking2 min - 4:41 into the second periodBarry Melrose · elbowing2 min
- 7:36 into the second periodJohn Barrett · interference2 min
- 8:47 into the second periodJim Korn · delaying game2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodPat Hickey · hooking2 min
- 18:45 into the second periodTerry Martin · holding2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodBrent Peterson · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28William McCrearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |