Edmonton Oilers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, February 4, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–3 on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Oilers outshot the Blackhawks 31–24.
Denis Savard scored twice and Tim Higgins scored twice. Bob Murray, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Darryl Sutter and Stan Weir also scored.
Tony Esposito made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 18 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Savard (19)Doug Wilson (24)0–108:46 CHI
2nd period
Bob Murray (9)Doug Wilson (25), Terry Ruskowski (44)0–204:18 CHI · 
Tim Higgins (14)Denis Savard (29)0–305:41 CHI
Wayne Gretzky (28)Doug Hicks (8), Risto Siltanen (20)1–308:09 EDM · 
Mark Messier (10)Unassisted2–312:45 EDM- Tim Higgins (15)Unassisted2–417:30 CHI
3rd period
Darryl Sutter (23)Keith Brown (23), Tony Esposito (3)2–511:20 CHI · 
Stan Weir (12)Matti Hagman (22)3–516:36 EDM · - Denis Savard (20)Tim Higgins (23), Ted Bulley (11)3–617:38 CHI
Team stats
EDMCHI
3124
0%0%
2/102/5
1727
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:50 into the first period
Ted Bulley · charging2 min - 14:44 into the first period
Dave Lumley · charging2 min - 16:34 into the first periodGlen Sharpley · tripping2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodTim Higgins · interference2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 4:00 into the second periodDave Hunter · hooking2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodDarryl Sutter · hooking2 min
- 6:20 into the second periodGreg Fox · interference2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodJohn Marks · roughing2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodPat Price · roughing double minor4 min
- 14:48 into the second periodDave Hutchison · hooking2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 9:15 into the third periodDave Hutchison · tripping2 min
- 10:51 into the third periodDoug Hicks · holding2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodKeith Brown · fighting5 min
- 14:06 into the third periodPaul Coffey · fighting5 min
- 14:56 into the third periodDoug Wilson · hooking2 min
- 18:46 into the third periodGlen Sharpley · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 24 | 6 | .750 |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 15Tim HigginsR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |