Chicago Blackhawks vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, February 14, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Rockies 4–3 on Saturday, February 14, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Blackhawks 31–30.
Goals came from Darryl Sutter, Reg Kerr, Denis Savard, Yvon Vautour, Lanny McDonald, Miles Zaharko and Jack Valiquette.
Tony Esposito made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Darryl Sutter (29)Tom Lysiak (44)1–005:43 CHI
Reg Kerr (24)Bob Murray (29), Terry Ruskowski (48)2–006:17 CHI
Denis Savard (21)Dave Hutchison (8)3–015:44 CHI
2nd period
Yvon Vautour (12)Rob Ramage (32), Mike McEwen (31)3–105:35 CLR · 
Lanny McDonald (28)Ed Cooper (4), Al Smith (1)3–206:17 CLR
Miles Zaharko (3)John Marks (4), Denis Savard (34)4–217:05 CHI
3rd period
Jack Valiquette (1)Trevor Johansen (4), Lucien DeBlois (14)4–311:34 CLR
Team stats
CHICLR
3031
0%0%
0/11/5
102
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:31 into the first period
Rob Ramage · tripping2 min - 13:18 into the first period
Terry Ruskowski · slashing2 min - 17:46 into the first periodTom Lysiak · high sticking2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodRick Paterson · hooking2 min
- 11:03 into the second periodTed Bulley · hooking2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodDenis Savard · slashing2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Craig NorwichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Terry HarperD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Al SmithG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |