Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 7–3 on Wednesday, December 9, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Capitals 29–24.
Tom Lysiak scored twice. Tim Higgins, Reg Kerr, Al Secord, Ryan Walter, Torrie Robertson, Bob Murray, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Glen Sharpley also scored.
Tony Esposito made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 6 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Higgins (12)Denis Savard (31), Bob Murray (13)0–100:20 CHI
Tom Lysiak (8)Keith Brown (16), Reg Kerr (12)0–213:04 CHI
Reg Kerr (7)Peter Marsh (2), Bob Murray (14)0–315:43 CHI- Tom Lysiak (9)Reg Kerr (13)0–419:18 CHI
2nd period
Al Secord (22)Denis Savard (32), Doug Crossman (9)0–501:46 CHI
Ryan Walter (14)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (12), Darren Veitch (9)1–503:04 WSH · 
Torrie Robertson (3)Wes Jarvis (6), Rick Green (8)2–510:46 WSH
3rd period
Bob Murray (4)Grant Mulvey (4), Rich Preston (10)2–607:47 CHI
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)Bobby Carpenter (15)3–612:49 WSH
Glen Sharpley (5)Doug Crossman (10), Keith Brown (17)3–717:53 CHI
Team stats
WSHCHI
2429
0%0%
1/60/2
1321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the first period
Peter Marsh · roughing2 min - 4:32 into the first period
Chris Valentine · roughing2 min - 5:21 into the first periodDenis Savard · slashing2 min
- 7:05 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · elbowing2 min
- 7:05 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 7:05 into the first periodTimo Blomqvist · high sticking2 min
- 7:05 into the first periodTimo Blomqvist · fighting5 min
- 7:45 into the first periodTom Lysiak · interference2 min
- 1:55 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · high sticking2 min
- 6:28 into the second periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 11:25 into the second periodBob Murray · tripping2 min
- 0:24 into the third periodChris Valentine · hooking2 min
- 3:20 into the third periodTim Higgins · tripping2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodKeith Brown · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris ValentineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Greg ThebergeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dave ParroG | L | 10 | 4 | .600 |
| 35Al JensenG | 19 | 3 | .842 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |