Calgary Flames vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, March 19, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Thursday, March 19, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Flames 43–23.
Goals came from Brad Smith, Willie Huber, Dan Labraaten, Bob MacMillan, Gary McAdam, Paul Reinhart, Ken Houston, Guy Chouinard and Bill Clement.
Rejean Lemelin made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Smith (9)Jim Korn (12)0–105:31 DET
Willie Huber (10)Dennis Polonich (2), Jean Hamel (6)0–207:21 DET
2nd period
Dan Labraaten (9)Guy Chouinard (37)1–207:02 CGY
Bob MacMillan (27)Guy Chouinard (38), Don Lever (29)2–215:00 CGY
Gary McAdam (8)Dale McCourt (50), John Barrett (9)2–318:58 DET
Paul Reinhart (14)Bob MacMillan (30), Guy Chouinard (39)3–319:28 CGY
3rd period
Ken Houston (15)Don Lever (30), Kent Nilsson (76)4–307:55 CGY · 
Guy Chouinard (31)Bob MacMillan (31)5–309:06 CGY
Bill Clement (12)Jamie Hislop (30)6–311:12 CGY
Team stats
CGYDET
2343
0%0%
1/20/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:12 into the first period
Willi Plett · holding2 min - 5:01 into the second period
John Barrett · hooking2 min - 12:36 into the second periodBrad Marsh · holding2 min
- 7:39 into the third periodBrad Smith · high sticking2 min
- 16:08 into the third periodBrad Marsh · tripping2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | W | 43 | 3 | .930 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |