Chicago Blackhawks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 on Saturday, December 5, 1981 at The Forum. The Blackhawks outshot the Kings 26–20.
Goals came from Terry Ruskowski, Rick Martin, Tim Higgins, Al Secord and Dave Taylor.
Murray Bannerman made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Terry Ruskowski (5)Rich Preston (9), Grant Mulvey (3)1–003:08 CHI · 
Rick Martin (1)Jim Fox (8)1–107:22 LAK ·
2nd period
Tim Higgins (11)Denis Savard (29), Bob Murray (12)2–108:58 CHI ·
3rd period
Al Secord (21)Denis Savard (30), Tim Higgins (16)3–109:28 CHI
Dave Taylor (16)Marcel Dionne (25), Larry Murphy (17)3–213:38 LAK
Team stats
CHILAK
2620
0%0%
2/41/3
1113
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Jay Wells · cross checking2 min - 5:48 into the first period
Rich Preston · holding2 min - 15:16 into the first periodJohn Paul Kelly · holding2 min
- 1:20 into the second periodDave Hutchison · roughing2 min
- 7:41 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 9:45 into the second periodKeith Brown · interference2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodTim Higgins · fighting5 min
- 12:02 into the second periodJay Wells · cross checking2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodJay Wells · fighting5 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 10Rick MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |