🔥 Away Flames 0-2 in series
5–4
Final / OT
CGY leads 3–0
🪶 Home Blackhawks 2-0 in series
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🔥 CGY 22015
🪶 CHI 20204

Flames at Blackhawks — First Round Game 3

Flames, First Round Game 3, beat Blackhawks 5–4 in overtime at United Center on April 11, 1981.

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 1980-81 playoffs
🏒 The series ⚔️ Head-to-head

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

CHI vs CGY · CGY leads 3–0 Full series →
Game 1
3–4
Final · CGY
Game 2
2–6
Final · CGY
Game 3
5–4
OT · CGY

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔥 CGY
Willi Plett
2 G
4 shots · -1
2nd star 🔥 CGY
Bob MacMillan
1 G, 1 A
7 shots
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Al Secord
2 G
5 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Rick Paterson SH Go-ahead 1st · 02:55
Unassisted · beat Rejean Lemelin
0–1
🔥 Willi Plett PP Tying 1st · 03:19
Assists: Paul Reinhart · beat Tony Esposito
1–1
🪶 Al Secord Go-ahead 1st · 09:56
Assists: Terry Ruskowski, Keith Brown · beat Rejean Lemelin
1–2
🔥 Ken Houston Tying 1st · 17:34
Assists: Kent Nilsson, Bob MacMillan · beat Tony Esposito
2–2
2nd period
🔥 Bob MacMillan Go-ahead 2nd · 10:32
Assists: Pekka Rautakallio · beat Tony Esposito
3–2
🔥 Don Lever 2nd · 11:20
Assists: Phil Russell · beat Tony Esposito
4–2
3rd period
🪶 Al Secord 3rd · 17:12
Assists: Rich Preston, Terry Ruskowski · beat Rejean Lemelin
4–3
🪶 Darryl Sutter Tying 3rd · 19:17
Assists: Tom Lysiak, Peter Marsh · beat Rejean Lemelin
4–4
Overtime
🔥 Willi Plett Go-ahead OT · 15:17
Assists: Guy Chouinard · beat Tony Esposito
5–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔥CGY CHI🪶
48 Shots on goal 65
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
14 Penalty minutes 10
CGY shooting 10.4% (5/48) CHI shooting 6.2% (4/65)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔥Flames
Rejean Lemelin
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 95:17 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Tony Esposito
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 95:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Flames
Flames — tied after 1st: 10-10 (50% win rate, 20 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 11-8 (58% win rate, 19 games)
After 2nd — 4–2
Flames
Flames — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-3 (62% win rate, 8 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-11 (15% win rate, 13 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Apr 91981 🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY 2–6 Apr 81981 🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY 3–4 Jan 311981 🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY 3–3 Jan 111981 🔥CGY @ 🪶CHI 1–2 Nov 131980 🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY 4–4
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❓ CGY vs CHI, answered

Who won Flames vs Blackhawks on April 11, 1981?

Flames won 5–4 in overtime. The final score was Flames 5, Blackhawks 4.

Who scored for Flames?

Willi Plett (2), Bob MacMillan, Don Lever, Ken Houston.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Al Secord (2), Darryl Sutter, Rick Paterson.

How did the Flames goalie play?

Rejean Lemelin made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Tony Esposito made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Flames vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔥 Flames
BeforeApr 9 🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY 2–6 AfterApr 16 🔥CGY @ 🔔PHI 0–4
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeApr 9 🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY 2–6 AfterOct 7 🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI 5–5
Also on April 11
🔔PHI 0–2 ⚜️QUE 🏝️NYI 6–1 🍁TOR 🇨🇦MTL 2–6 🛢️EDM ⚔️BUF 5–3 🐋VAN 🎵STL 5–4 🐧PIT 🐻BOS 3–6 🌌MNS 👑LAK 3–10 🗽NYR
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