Philadelphia Flyers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7–6 on Wednesday, December 23, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Flyers 37–34.
Al Secord scored twice and Bill Barber scored twice. Keith Brown, Ken Linseman, Bobby Clarke, Brian Propp, Tom Lysiak, Ron Flockhart, Behn Wilson, Reg Kerr and Doug Crossman also scored.
Pete Peeters made 31 saves on 37 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Al Secord (24)Keith Brown (20), Denis Savard (38)0–101:21 CHI
Keith Brown (4)Ted Bulley (7)0–205:21 CHI
Ken Linseman (6)Fred Arthur (3), Brian Propp (18)1–208:39 PHI · 
Bill Barber (22)Unassisted2–210:01 PHI ·
2nd period
- Bill Barber (23)Ken Linseman (33), Behn Wilson (13)3–208:10 PHI
Bobby Clarke (9)Reggie Leach (10), Greg Adams (5)4–208:40 PHI
Brian Propp (22)Ray Allison (3), Ron Flockhart (11)5–209:51 PHI
Tom Lysiak (11)Rich Preston (13)5–316:09 CHI
Ron Flockhart (11)Ray Allison (4), Brian Propp (19)6–316:25 PHI
Behn Wilson (6)Ken Linseman (34), Reggie Leach (11)7–318:39 PHI ·
3rd period
Reg Kerr (9)Denis Savard (39), Grant Mulvey (6)7–405:59 CHI · - Al Secord (25)Tim Higgins (20), Bill Gardner (5)7–507:40 CHI
Doug Crossman (4)Unassisted7–614:03 CHI ·
Team stats
PHICHI
3437
0%0%
1/72/3
2113
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:35 into the first period
Jerome Dupont · fighting5 min - 5:35 into the first period
Bob Hoffmeyer · fighting5 min - 7:02 into the first periodBobby Clarke · interference2 min
- 9:01 into the first periodKen Linseman · interference2 min
- 11:27 into the first periodRich Preston · holding2 min
- 13:00 into the first periodBobby Clarke · interference2 min
- 2:12 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · slashing2 min
- 2:12 into the second periodKen Linseman · slashing2 min
- 10:17 into the second periodJimmy Watson · holding2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodGreg Adams · tripping2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodJerome Dupont · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDenis Savard · slashing2 min
- 4:09 into the third periodBehn Wilson · hooking2 min
- 12:32 into the third periodBob Hoffmeyer · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Ray AllisonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Fred ArthurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 35Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Mark BotellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | W | 37 | 6 | .838 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |