Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, November 21, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–4 on Saturday, November 21, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Blackhawks 42–38.
Goals came from Neal Broten, Steve Christoff, Al Secord, Brad Maxwell, Bobby Smith, Darryl Sutter, Terry Ruskowski, Denis Savard, Tim Higgins and Doug Wilson.
Tony Esposito made 38 saves on 42 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Neal Broten (11)Fred Barrett (5)0–102:37 MNS
Steve Christoff (7)Neal Broten (9), Fred Barrett (6)0–207:12 MNS
Al Secord (20)Tim Higgins (13), Bob Murray (9)1–207:33 CHI
Brad Maxwell (6)Kevin Maxwell (3), Steve Payne (11)1–309:10 MNS
Bobby Smith (15)Dino Ciccarelli (13)1–412:24 MNS
Darryl Sutter (15)Tom Lysiak (17), Bob Murray (10)2–418:30 CHI
2nd period
Terry Ruskowski (3)Unassisted3–402:41 CHI
Denis Savard (11)Dave Hutchison (8)4–416:57 CHI
3rd period
Tim Higgins (9)Unassisted5–407:06 CHI
Doug Wilson (11)Tim Higgins (14)6–410:52 CHI
Team stats
CHIMNS
3842
0%0%
0/30/5
2218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:22 into the first period
Dave Hutchison · cross checking2 min - 15:15 into the first periodDoug Crossman · hooking2 min
- 3:11 into the second periodTom Lysiak · tripping2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodTom Lysiak · high sticking2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodTom Lysiak · fighting5 min
- 13:17 into the second period
Fred Barrett · elbowing2 min - 13:17 into the second periodFred Barrett · high sticking2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodFred Barrett · fighting5 min
- 18:46 into the second periodBobby Smith · interference2 min
- 0:20 into the third periodTim Higgins · interference2 min
- 11:49 into the third periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodNeal Broten · interference2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodAl Secord · spearing5 min
- 19:43 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · spearing5 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 42 | 4 | .905 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |