Chicago Blackhawks vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, November 9, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Friday, November 9, 1979 at Springfield Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Blackhawks 32–20.
Goals came from Gordie Roberts, Mark Howe, Terry Ruskowski, Rich Preston, Mike O'connell and Tom Lysiak.
Tony Esposito made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Gordie Roberts (2)Jordy Douglas (5), Dave Keon (9)0–102:15 HFD
2nd period
Mark Howe (5)Mike Rogers (8), Gordie Roberts (5)0–201:03 HFD
Terry Ruskowski (4)Rich Preston (4), Keith Brown (2)1–212:09 CHI
Rich Preston (4)Terry Ruskowski (9), Bob Murray (7)2–217:25 CHI ·
3rd period
Mike O'connell (1)Tom Lysiak (7), J.P. Bordeleau (2)3–207:09 CHI
Tom Lysiak (3)Doug Lecuyer (3), Alain Daigle (1)4–211:08 CHI
Team stats
CHIHFD
2032
0%0%
1/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:50 into the first period
Bob Murray · holding2 min - 9:43 into the first period
Gordie Howe · roughing2 min - 12:11 into the first periodGordie Howe · holding2 min
- 6:11 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · interference2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodRick Ley · holding2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodBob Murray · holding2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan MikitaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Hartford Whalers
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35John GarrettG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |