🍁 Away Maple Leafs 13-18-0 before this game

3–1

Final

🪶 Home Blackhawks 16-15-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	0	3	0	3
CHI	1	0	0	1

Maple Leafs at Blackhawks

Maple Leafs beat Blackhawks 3–1 at United Center on December 20, 1981.

🗓 Sun, Dec 20, 1981 · 19:30 CST 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🍁 TOR

Bill Derlago

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · +3

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Rick Vaive

2 G

6 shots · +3

3rd star 🍁 TOR

John Anderson

2 A

4 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🪶 Bill Gardner SH Go-ahead 1st · 15:06

Assists: Peter Marsh

0–1

2nd period

🍁 Bill Derlago Tying 2nd · 06:53

Assists: John Anderson

1–1

🍁 Rick Vaive Go-ahead 2nd · 13:47

Assists: Bill Derlago, John Anderson

2–1

🍁 Rick Vaive 2nd · 18:35

Assists: Bill Derlago, Borje Salming

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR CHI🪶

33 Shots on goal 34

22 Penalty minutes 28

TOR shooting 9.1% (3/33) CHI shooting 2.9% (1/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Vincent Tremblay

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🪶Blackhawks

Tony Esposito

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–1

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Maple Leafs lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

8–9 · Maple Leafs won

7–4 · Maple Leafs won

Dec 28, 1980

🍁TOR @ 🪶CHI

6–3 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs CHI, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Blackhawks on December 20, 1981?

Maple Leafs won 3–1.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Maple Leafs 3, Blackhawks 1.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Rick Vaive (2), Bill Derlago.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Bill Gardner.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Vincent Tremblay 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 Maple Leafs vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Blackhawks season series?

Maple Leafs 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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 19

🪶Blackhawks

Previous game · Dec 19

Also on December 20, 1981

Maple Leafs season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule