St. Louis Blues vs Chicago Blackhawks
Playoffs · Thursday, April 7, 1983 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 7–2 on Thursday, April 7, 1983 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Blues 46–26.
Denis Savard scored twice. Rich Preston, Tom Lysiak, Jorgen Pettersson, Perry Turnbull, Steve Ludzik, Curt Fraser and Darryl Sutter also scored.
Tony Esposito made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 39 of 46.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Savard (1)Unassisted0–105:09 CHI
Rich Preston (1)Tom Lysiak (1), Darryl Sutter (2)0–209:23 CHI
Tom Lysiak (2)Darryl Sutter (3), Rich Preston (1)0–313:00 CHI- Denis Savard (2)Doug Wilson (2), Steve Larmer (1)0–417:34 CHI ·
2nd period
Jorgen Pettersson (1)Unassisted1–415:22 STL · 
Perry Turnbull (1)Alain Vigneault (1), Alain Lemieux (1)2–419:26 STL
3rd period
Steve Ludzik (1)Curt Fraser (1), Jack O'Callahan (1)2–502:30 CHI
Curt Fraser (1)Steve Ludzik (1), Doug Crossman (1)2–609:36 CHI
Darryl Sutter (1)Unassisted2–716:20 CHI
Team stats
STLCHI
2646
0%0%
1/61/4
3539
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:08 into the first period
Greg Fox · hooking2 min - 6:47 into the first periodCurt Fraser · high sticking2 min
- 6:47 into the first period
Guy Lapointe · high sticking2 min - 7:05 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 7:15 into the first periodMike Crombeen · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodSteve Ludzik · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodJim Pavese · slashing2 min
- 14:48 into the first periodCurt Fraser · charging2 min
- 16:44 into the first periodJack Brownschidle · slashing2 min
- 19:59 into the first periodRich Preston · slashing2 min
- 19:59 into the first periodBrian Sutter · roughing2 min
- 3:52 into the second periodSteve Ludzik · fighting5 min
- 3:52 into the second periodAlain Vigneault · holding2 min
- 3:52 into the second periodAlain Vigneault · fighting5 min
- 6:14 into the second periodAndre Dore · tripping2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodAl Secord · high sticking2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodAl Secord · misconduct10 min
- 8:17 into the second periodRob Ramage · high sticking2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodRob Ramage · misconduct10 min
- 11:50 into the second periodMike Zuke · hooking2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodDarryl Sutter · hooking2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodSteve Larmer · tripping2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodDave Feamster · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 23Alain LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Alain VigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 4Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 46 | 7 | .848 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |