Hartford Whalers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, October 31, 1979 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 on Wednesday, October 31, 1979 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Whalers 39–24.
Goals came from Walt McKechnie, Ray Allison, Dave Keon, Blaine Stoughton, Gordie Howe and Paul Gardner.
John Garrett made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Walt McKechnie (1)Borje Salming (4)0–103:56 TOR ·
2nd period
Ray Allison (3)Andre Lacroix (6), Jordy Douglas (3)1–101:34 HFD
Dave Keon (1)Blaine Stoughton (2), Bill Bennett (2)2–108:43 HFD
3rd period
Blaine Stoughton (4)Dave Keon (5), Gordie Roberts (2)3–103:06 HFD
Gordie Howe (3)Mark Howe (3), Al Hangsleben (2)4–108:57 HFD
Paul Gardner (2)Jerry Butler (2), Pat Boutette (2)4–210:39 TOR
Team stats
HFDTOR
2439
0%0%
0/11/2
42
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:16 into the first period
Jordy Douglas · hooking2 min - 14:54 into the first period
Laurie Boschman · holding2 min - 16:18 into the second periodRick Ley · cross checking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |