Vancouver Canucks vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, November 1, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–1 on Sunday, November 1, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Canucks 29–19.
Goals came from Mike Blaisdell, Brad Smith, Thomas Gradin and Dale McCourt.
Corrado Micalef made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Blaisdell (4)Jim Korn (2), Mark Kirton (5)0–100:37 DET
Brad Smith (1)Dale McCourt (8), John Ogrodnick (2)0–205:56 DET
Thomas Gradin (7)Stan Smyl (9), Curt Fraser (9)1–217:04 VAN
2nd period
Dale McCourt (5)Walt McKechnie (7)1–308:32 DET ·
Team stats
VANDET
1929
0%0%
0/71/4
2127
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:00 into the first period
John Ogrodnick · hooking2 min - 8:49 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · interference2 min - 10:23 into the first periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 12:23 into the first periodJim Korn · cross checking2 min
- 17:23 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · cross checking2 min
- 1:31 into the second periodMike Foligno · closing hand on puck2 min
- 6:37 into the second periodRick Lanz · interference2 min
- 11:13 into the second periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 11:13 into the second periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 11:55 into the second periodJim Korn · cross checking2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 1:47 into the third periodGreg Smith · high sticking2 min
- 1:47 into the third periodRon Delorme · high sticking2 min
- 9:04 into the third periodRick Lanz · tripping2 min
- 10:48 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodJim Korn · slashing2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodJim Korn · fighting5 min
- 12:02 into the third periodWalt McKechnie · slashing2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodStan Smyl · slashing2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodStan Smyl · fighting5 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Corrado MicalefG | W | 19 | 1 | .947 |