Hartford Whalers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, November 27, 1979 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Hartford Whalers 6–2 on Tuesday, November 27, 1979 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Whalers 36–21.
Reggie Leach scored twice. Mike Busniuk, Dennis Ververgaert, Blaine Stoughton, Norm Barnes, Andre Lacroix and Brian Propp also scored.
Phil Myre made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Busniuk (1)Ken Linseman (15), Jimmy Watson (5)0–100:41 PHI
Dennis Ververgaert (4)Bill Barber (10), Behn Wilson (3)0–205:17 PHI
Blaine Stoughton (14)Dave Keon (17), Jordy Douglas (12)1–212:07 HFD
2nd period
Norm Barnes (4)Ken Linseman (16), Bill Barber (11)1–306:49 PHI
Andre Lacroix (3)Unassisted2–308:46 HFD
3rd period
Brian Propp (12)Bobby Clarke (18)2–401:35 PHI
Reggie Leach (16)Bobby Clarke (19)2–501:56 PHI- Reggie Leach (17)Brian Propp (15)2–607:27 PHI
Team stats
HFDPHI
2136
0%0%
0/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:56 into the second period
Paul Holmgren · hooking2 min - 15:14 into the second period
Al Hangsleben · hooking2 min - 7:48 into the third periodBrian Propp · hooking2 min
- 12:15 into the third periodRonald Plumb · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 4Andre LacroixC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12John PaddockR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |