🐙 Away Red Wings 24-39-0 before this game
3–3
Final
🪶 Home Blackhawks 31-34-0 before this game
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Red Wings at Blackhawks

Red Wings beat Blackhawks 3–3 at United Center on March 4, 1981.

🗓 Wed, Mar 4, 1981 · 19:30 CST 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Paul Woods
2 A
2 shots · +2
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Terry Ruskowski
2 A
1 shots · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Vaclav Nedomansky
1 G
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET CHI🪶
46 Shots on goal 37
4 Penalty minutes 6
DET shooting 6.5% (3/46) CHI shooting 8.1% (3/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Gilles Gilbert
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI
Larry Lozinski
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 40:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Tony Esposito
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 24-39 (38% win rate, 63 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 31-34 (48% win rate, 65 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 24-39 (38% win rate, 63 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 31-34 (48% win rate, 65 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 13, 1980
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
3–7 · Red Wings won
Oct 28, 1980
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
2–2 · Blackhawks won
Apr 5, 1980
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
3–1 · Blackhawks won
Jan 13, 1980
🐙DET @ 🪶CHI
2–3 · Blackhawks won
Dec 16, 1979
🐙DET @ 🪶CHI
3–7 · Blackhawks won

❓ DET vs CHI, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Blackhawks on March 4, 1981?

Red Wings won 3–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Red Wings 3, Blackhawks 3.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Gilles Gilbert made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Tony Esposito made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Blackhawks season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Mar 1
🐙DET @ ✈️WIN
4–4 · DET won
Next game · Mar 8
🐙DET @ 🗽NYR
4–4 · DET won
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Mar 1
🎵STL @ 🪶CHI
4–4 · STL won
Next game · Mar 7
🪶CHI @ 🐻BOS
1–7 · BOS won
Also on March 4, 1981
🛢️EDM @ 🗽NYR
5–5 final
🦅WSH @ ⚜️QUE
4–7 final
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
5–6 final
🔥CGY @ ⚔️BUF
0–4 final
✈️WIN @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–9 final
🐋VAN @ 🍁TOR
5–2 final
🐻BOS @ 🌌MNS
3–3 final
Red Wings season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule