Philadelphia Flyers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, March 18, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–1 on Wednesday, March 18, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Flyers 27–26.
Goals came from Bob Murray, Doug Wilson, Darryl Sutter, Ted Bulley, Brian Propp and Al Secord.
Tony Esposito made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Rick St. Croix stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Murray (11)Glen Sharpley (23)0–104:52 CHI
Doug Wilson (11)Tom Lysiak (50), Keith Brown (32)0–205:30 CHI
Darryl Sutter (38)John Marks (6)0–311:48 CHI
2nd period
Ted Bulley (18)Denis Savard (43), Bob Murray (39)0–410:35 CHI ·
3rd period
Brian Propp (25)Mel Bridgman (36), Ken Linseman (23)1–406:21 PHI · 
Al Secord (12)Glen Sharpley (24)1–515:00 CHI
Team stats
PHICHI
2627
0%0%
1/21/3
2321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:16 into the first period
Ted Bulley · hooking2 min - 12:42 into the first periodAl Secord · elbowing2 min
- 12:42 into the first periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the first periodAl Secord · misconduct10 min
- 12:42 into the first period
Paul Holmgren · slashing2 min - 12:42 into the first periodPaul Holmgren · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the first periodPaul Holmgren · misconduct10 min
- 8:56 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · elbowing2 min
- 14:53 into the second periodFrank Bathe · hooking2 min
- 5:03 into the third periodGreg Fox · holding2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodBobby Clarke · tripping2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Reid BaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |