Chicago Blackhawks vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 on Wednesday, December 2, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Blackhawks 26–23.
Goals came from Denis Savard, Steve Tambellini, Merlin Malinowski, Grant Mulvey and Brent Ashton.
Glenn Resch made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
2nd period
Denis Savard (13)Doug Crossman (8)1–011:46 CHI
Steve Tambellini (12)Rob Ramage (5), Joe Cirella (3)1–113:51 CLR · 
Merlin Malinowski (6)Paul Gagne (4), Bob Lorimer (4)1–215:52 CLR ·
3rd period
Grant Mulvey (10)Rich Preston (8), Dave Hutchison (9)2–203:41 CHI
Brent Ashton (7)Rob Ramage (6), Dwight Foster (4)2–316:27 CLR
Team stats
CHICLR
2326
0%0%
0/41/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:04 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 4:36 into the second period
Jack Hughes · holding2 min - 12:10 into the second periodGreg Fox · high sticking2 min
- 14:30 into the second periodBob Miller · holding2 min
- 16:48 into the second periodRob Ramage · tripping2 min
- 6:23 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · tripping2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodDenis Savard · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Colorado Rockies
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |