Detroit Red Wings vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, March 29, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–3 on Sunday, March 29, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Red Wings outshot the Blackhawks 48–41.
Tim Higgins scored twice. Mike Foligno, Reed Larson, Denis Savard, Mark Kirton and Reg Kerr also scored.
Tony Esposito made 45 saves on 48 shots for the win; Larry Lozinski stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Foligno (28)Dale McCourt (53)1–002:40 DET
Tim Higgins (23)Denis Savard (44), Doug Wilson (37)1–103:44 CHI
Reed Larson (27)Unassisted2–117:43 DET
Denis Savard (28)Reg Kerr (28), Bob Murray (43)2–219:40 CHI ·
2nd period
- Tim Higgins (24)Reg Kerr (29), Denis Savard (45)2–318:18 CHI
3rd period
Mark Kirton (16)Dale McCourt (54), Brad Smith (6)3–303:41 DET · 
Reg Kerr (28)Denis Savard (46), Tim Higgins (33)3–409:46 CHI
Team stats
DETCHI
4841
0%0%
1/31/3
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:21 into the first period
Mark Kirton · holding2 min - 9:12 into the first period
Keith Brown · slashing2 min - 9:12 into the first periodGary McAdam · roughing2 min
- 9:20 into the first periodTim Higgins · tripping2 min
- 19:06 into the first periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:05 into the second periodFlorent Robidoux · fighting5 min
- 15:05 into the second periodBrad Smith · fighting5 min
- 2:22 into the third periodMiles Zaharko · hooking2 min
- 5:58 into the third periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Claude LegrisG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 48 | 3 | .938 |