Toronto Maple Leafs vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, November 2, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 on Friday, November 2, 1979 at Springfield Civic Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the Whalers 33–26.
Gordie Howe scored twice and Darryl Sittler scored twice. Mark Howe, Mike Rogers, Al Hangsleben and Dan Maloney also scored.
John Garrett made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Howe (3)Mike Rogers (4), Gordie Roberts (3)0–101:43 HFD · 
Gordie Howe (4)Mike Rogers (5), Andre Lacroix (7)0–210:51 HFD
Darryl Sittler (6)Borje Salming (5), Rocky Saganiuk (3)1–218:07 TOR
2nd period
Mike Rogers (2)Ronald Plumb (1), Gordie Howe (3)1–313:17 HFD
3rd period
Al Hangsleben (1)Mark Howe (4), Dave Keon (6)1–405:02 HFD- Gordie Howe (5)Mike Rogers (6)1–505:56 HFD
- Darryl Sittler (7)Walt McKechnie (5), Dave Williams (4)2–510:43 TOR ·
Dan Maloney (4)Ron Ellis (1), Borje Salming (6)3–515:50 TOR
Team stats
TORHFD
3326
0%0%
1/51/7
2117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:10 into the first period
Al Hangsleben · fighting5 min - 0:10 into the first period
Pat Boutette · fighting5 min - 0:58 into the first periodRon Ellis · holding2 min
- 8:47 into the first periodJerry Butler · hooking2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodBill Bennett · roughing double minor4 min
- 19:33 into the first periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodPaul Gardner · tripping2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · tripping2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodMike Palmateer · delaying game2 min
- 14:15 into the second periodPat Boutette · slashing2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodGordie Howe · holding2 min
- 9:49 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 9:49 into the third periodNick Fotiu · hooking2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:33 into the third periodJerry Butler · slashing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |