Detroit Red Wings vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, March 14, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Saturday, March 14, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Red Wings 31–30.
Goals came from Mike Zuke, Jim Korn, Blair Chapman, Bernie Federko, Joe Paterson, Jorgen Pettersson, Perry Turnbull and Dale McCourt.
Mike Liut made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Larry Lozinski stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Zuke (23)Tony Currie (23), Bryan Maxwell (8)0–100:20 STL
Jim Korn (5)Dale McCourt (48), Willie Huber (30)1–109:31 DET · 
Blair Chapman (20)Mike Zuke (40), Joe Micheletti (25)1–211:10 STL · 
Bernie Federko (26)Unassisted1–315:26 STL
2nd period
Joe Paterson (2)Earl Ingarfield (4), Glenn Hicks (9)2–304:24 DET
Jorgen Pettersson (34)Joe Micheletti (26), Blake Dunlop (62)2–412:16 STL · 
Perry Turnbull (31)Tony Currie (24), Larry Patey (22)2–513:00 STL
3rd period
Dale McCourt (23)Gary McAdam (21), Willie Huber (31)3–517:59 DET
Team stats
DETSTL
3031
0%0%
1/62/3
3236
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:32 into the first period
Larry Patey · holding2 min - 10:06 into the first period
Reed Larson · hooking2 min - 15:26 into the first periodJohn Barrett · ps covering puck in crease0 min
- 17:20 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · interference2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
- 13:35 into the second periodRick Lapointe · holding2 min
- 13:35 into the second periodRick Lapointe · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:02 into the second periodDale McCourt · tripping2 min
- 5:33 into the third periodBill Stewart · holding2 min
- 9:45 into the third periodEd Kea · tripping2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodBrad Smith · fighting5 min
- 13:05 into the third periodLarry Patey · fighting5 min
- 15:33 into the third periodJoe Paterson · roughing2 min
- 15:33 into the third periodJoe Paterson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:33 into the third periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 15:33 into the third periodJoe Paterson · misconduct10 min
- 15:33 into the third periodWayne Babych · roughing2 min
- 15:33 into the third periodWayne Babych · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:33 into the third periodWayne Babych · fighting5 min
- 15:33 into the third periodWayne Babych · misconduct10 min
- 15:43 into the third periodGary McAdam · high sticking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
St. Louis Blues
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |