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Saturday, January 17, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center

Blackhawks 3 at Whalers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 89OVR Keith Brown Blackhawks First Star 2A · 1 SOG G 98OVR Tony Esposito Blackhawks Second Star 27 SV · .931 C 89OVR Darryl Sutter Blackhawks Third Star 1G · 3 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:51 Denis Savard (16) Keith Brown (19), Tim Higgins (19) CHI 1 – 0 HFD
  2. 15:58 Dave Keon (7) Stuart Smith (1) CHI 1 – 1 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 6:12 Mike Fidler (7) Michel Galarneau (6), Tom Rowe (15) CHI 1 – 2 HFD
  2. 18:11 Darryl Sutter (19) Keith Brown (20), Tom Lysiak (28) CHI 2 – 2 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 16:26 Al Secord (3) Terry Ruskowski (35), Miles Zaharko (4) CHI 3 – 2 HFD

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Keith Brown D 0 2 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Darryl Sutter C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Tom Lysiak C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Miles Zaharko D 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Al Secord L 1 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Denis Savard C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Tim Higgins R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Terry Ruskowski C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Reg Kerr C 0 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.45
Dave Hutchison D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Steve Larmer R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Bob Murray D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Doug Wilson D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Ted Bulley L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rick Paterson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Greg Fox D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tony Esposito W 29 27 2 .931 60:00 1.20

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Keon C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Mike Fidler L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Tom Rowe R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Michel Galarneau C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Al Sims D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Stuart Smith D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Warren Miller R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Pat Boutette L 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Thommy Abrahamsson D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Jordy Douglas L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Blaine Stoughton L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Ray Neufeld R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Mike Rogers C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Jeff Brubaker L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Norm Barnes D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Mickey Volcan D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Don Nachbaur C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Veisor L 36 33 3 .917 59:50 1.05