Chicago Blackhawks vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7–3 on Saturday, October 17, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Blackhawks 28–27.
Bernie Federko scored twice. Blair Chapman, Jack Brownschidle, Joe Micheletti, Reg Kerr, Mike Crombeen, Keith Brown, Brian Sutter and Bob Murray also scored.
Mike Liut made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 13 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Blair Chapman (3)Bernie Federko (4), Brian Sutter (3)0–103:12 STL · 
Jack Brownschidle (1)Tony Currie (3), Jorgen Pettersson (2)0–204:11 STL ·
2nd period
Bernie Federko (2)Mike Zuke (3), Brian Sutter (4)0–302:42 STL · - Bernie Federko (3)Perry Turnbull (1)0–403:57 STL
Joe Micheletti (2)Jorgen Pettersson (3), Bill Stewart (3)0–508:31 STL
Reg Kerr (2)Unassisted1–509:17 CHI
Mike Crombeen (1)Larry Patey (1), Bill Stewart (4)1–614:44 STL
Keith Brown (1)Tim Higgins (4), Al Secord (5)2–615:21 CHI ·
3rd period
Brian Sutter (1)Blair Chapman (2), Joe Micheletti (3)2–706:26 STL · 
Bob Murray (1)Doug Wilson (2)3–710:46 CHI ·
Team stats
CHISTL
2728
0%0%
2/84/7
3029
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:36 into the first period
Darryl Sutter · hooking2 min - 3:20 into the first periodAl Secord · interference2 min
- 5:25 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 5:25 into the first period
Jim Nill · holding2 min - 11:35 into the first periodMike Zuke · hooking2 min
- 13:21 into the first periodRick Lapointe · tripping2 min
- 2:15 into the second periodDave Hutchison · tripping2 min
- 4:17 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 4:17 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 4:17 into the second periodAlain Vigneault · interference2 min
- 4:17 into the second periodAlain Vigneault · fighting5 min
- 5:33 into the second periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodKeith Brown · interference2 min
- 11:52 into the second periodJoe Micheletti · hooking2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodJoe Micheletti · tripping2 min
- 18:59 into the second periodRick Lapointe · interference2 min
- 0:53 into the third periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 0:53 into the third periodJim Nill · interference2 min
- 3:37 into the third periodEd Kea · broken stick2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodKeith Brown · holding2 min
- 9:30 into the third periodAlain Vigneault · holding2 min
- 13:24 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · elbowing5 min
- 13:24 into the third periodRich Preston · roughing2 min
- 13:24 into the third periodJim Nill · roughing2 min
- 17:22 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 9 | 1 | .889 | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 19 | 6 | .684 |
St. Louis Blues
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Alain VigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 29Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |