Chicago Blackhawks vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Sunday, March 15, 1981 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Winnipeg Jets 8–2 on Sunday, March 15, 1981 at Winnipeg Arena. The Blackhawks outshot the Jets 50–30.
Doug Wilson scored twice. Norm Dupont, Keith Brown, Denis Savard, Kris Manery, Terry Ruskowski, Darryl Sutter, John Marks and Tim Higgins also scored.
Tony Esposito made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Markus Mattsson stopped 42 of 50.
Scoring
1st period
Norm Dupont (26)Peter Sullivan (15)0–106:14 WIN · 
Keith Brown (8)Tom Lysiak (49), Darryl Sutter (20)1–107:19 CHI
Denis Savard (24)Tim Higgins (29), Bob Murray (38)2–111:20 CHI
Kris Manery (9)Rick Dudley (18), Peter Sullivan (16)2–213:44 WIN
Terry Ruskowski (7)Unassisted3–216:43 CHI
2nd period
Darryl Sutter (37)Greg Fox (16)4–202:10 CHI
Doug Wilson (9)Glen Sharpley (22), Keith Brown (31)5–207:58 CHI- Doug Wilson (10)Rich Preston (13), Darryl Sutter (21)6–219:25 CHI
3rd period
John Marks (7)Peter Marsh (13), Miles Zaharko (11)7–207:01 CHI
Tim Higgins (21)Denis Savard (42)8–214:53 CHI
Team stats
CHIWIN
5030
0%0%
0/01/3
124
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:25 into the first period
Denis Savard · slashing2 min - 9:11 into the first periodTed Bulley · high sticking2 min
- 9:11 into the first period
Barry Legge · high sticking2 min - 12:56 into the second periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodTed Bulley · charging2 min
- 18:36 into the third periodJohn Marks · interference2 min
- 18:36 into the third periodJohn Marks · roughing2 min
- 18:36 into the third periodMark Plantery · roughing2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
Winnipeg Jets
| 10Peter SullivanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Kris ManeryR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 99Rick DudleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 3 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick BownessR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 4Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Barry LeggeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | – |
| 34Mark PlanteryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Markus MattssonG | L | 50 | 8 | .840 |