Chicago Blackhawks vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, November 14, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 on Saturday, November 14, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena.
Vaclav Nedomansky scored twice. Denis Savard, Mike Foligno, Darryl Sutter, Walt McKechnie, Doug Wilson, Dale McCourt and John Ogrodnick also scored.
Corrado Micalef made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Vaclav Nedomansky (1)Eric Vail (2)0–104:06 DET
Denis Savard (9)Tim Higgins (10), Al Secord (13)1–104:59 CHI
2nd period
Mike Foligno (10)Mark Osborne (7), Walt McKechnie (11)1–205:51 DET- Vaclav Nedomansky (2)Greg Joly (4)1–314:46 DET
Darryl Sutter (12)Reg Kerr (9), Tom Lysiak (14)2–316:20 CHI
3rd period
Walt McKechnie (4)Mark Osborne (8)2–403:11 DET
Doug Wilson (10)Tim Higgins (11)3–408:01 CHI · 
Dale McCourt (9)Walt McKechnie (12), Willie Huber (9)3–511:22 DET · 
John Ogrodnick (12)Don Murdoch (8), Willie Huber (10)3–614:49 DET
Team stats
CHIDET
3030
0%0%
1/41/2
411
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:20 into the second period
Corrado Micalef · tripping2 min - 7:48 into the second period
Jerome Dupont · hooking2 min - 10:43 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodDale McCourt · hooking2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodTim Higgins · holding2 min
- 19:04 into the third periodCorrado Micalef · spearing5 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Eric VailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Corrado MicalefG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |