Vancouver Canucks vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, February 8, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Sunday, February 8, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Canucks 33–28.
Reed Larson scored twice. Gerry Minor, Jim Korn and Stan Smyl also scored.
Gilles Gilbert made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Reed Larson (24)Dale McCourt (35), John Ogrodnick (25)0–100:45 DET- Reed Larson (25)Dale McCourt (36), Vaclav Nedomansky (15)0–206:16 DET ·
2nd period
Gerry Minor (7)Lars Lindgren (16)1–207:14 VAN · 
Jim Korn (2)Paul Woods (12), Willie Huber (25)1–316:21 DET ·
3rd period
Stan Smyl (22)Thomas Gradin (39), Per-Olov Brasar (27)2–316:14 VAN
Team stats
VANDET
2833
0%0%
0/31/7
5545
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:08 into the first period
Dennis Kearns · hooking2 min - 5:32 into the first periodMario Marois · high sticking2 min
- 7:08 into the first period
Paul Woods · holding2 min - 7:08 into the first periodKevin McCarthy · high sticking2 min
- 11:22 into the first periodReed Larson · high sticking2 min
- 11:22 into the first periodReed Larson · fighting5 min
- 11:22 into the first periodReed Larson · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 11:22 into the first periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
- 11:22 into the first periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 18:14 into the first periodJohn Barrett · high sticking2 min
- 18:14 into the first periodDarcy Rota · roughing2 min
- 1:07 into the second periodMark Kirton · high sticking2 min
- 1:07 into the second periodDave Williams · interference2 min
- 1:07 into the second periodDave Williams · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · cross checking2 min
- 10:03 into the second periodStan Smyl · tripping2 min
- 10:03 into the second periodStan Smyl · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:03 into the second periodStan Smyl · misconduct10 min
- 10:19 into the second periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 10:19 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · roughing2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodBrent Peterson · interference2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodLars Lindgren · high sticking2 min
- 12:12 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · tripping2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodJohn Barrett · high sticking2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodJohn Barrett · interference2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodColin Campbell · interference2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodMike Foligno · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodMike Foligno · misconduct10 min
- 15:07 into the second periodDave Williams · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodDave Williams · high sticking5 min
- 15:07 into the second periodDave Williams · misconduct10 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |