Atlanta Flames vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, November 25, 1979 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Atlanta Flames 4–2 on Sunday, November 25, 1979 at Springfield Civic Center. The Flames outshot the Whalers 25–24.
Goals came from Ronald Plumb, Blaine Stoughton, Jordy Douglas, Kent Nilsson, Mike Rogers and Ivan Boldirev.
John Garrett made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Ronald Plumb (2)Gordie Howe (6), Mike Rogers (10)0–103:44 HFD
2nd period
Blaine Stoughton (13)Al Sims (7), Dave Keon (15)0–203:12 HFD
Jordy Douglas (5)Dave Keon (16)0–315:07 HFD
3rd period
Kent Nilsson (13)Garry Unger (4)1–302:18 AFM · 
Mike Rogers (9)Gordie Howe (7), Al Sims (8)1–402:46 HFD
Ivan Boldirev (8)Bill Clement (6), Jean Pronovost (8)2–408:46 AFM
Team stats
AFMHFD
2524
0%0%
1/20/2
1111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:29 into the first period
Phil Russell · high sticking2 min - 13:29 into the first period
Bill Bennett · high sticking2 min - 19:47 into the first periodPhil Russell · cross checking2 min
- 2:15 into the third periodJordy Douglas · hooking2 min
- 11:11 into the third periodBrad Marsh · cross checking2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodRonald Plumb · holding2 min
- 19:28 into the third periodDarcy Rota · fighting5 min
- 19:28 into the third periodRick Ley · fighting5 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave GormanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |