Hartford Whalers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 1979 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Hartford Whalers 7–4 on Wednesday, December 12, 1979 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Whalers 27–16.
Steve Carlson scored twice. Jordy Douglas, Dave Keon, Rob Palmer, Marcel Dionne, Charlie Simmer, Mike Murphy, Mike Rogers, Ray Allison and Glenn Goldup also scored.
Mario Lessard made 12 saves on 16 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Jordy Douglas (9)Dave Keon (22), Blaine Stoughton (11)1–001:45 HFD
Dave Keon (5)Jordy Douglas (15)2–007:37 HFD
Steve Carlson (2)Syl Apps (4)2–108:45 LAK- Steve Carlson (3)Bert Wilson (1), Syl Apps (5)2–212:26 LAK
Rob Palmer (2)Steve Carlson (5), Syl Apps (6)2–317:21 LAK
2nd period
Marcel Dionne (23)Charlie Simmer (20), Glenn Goldup (5)2–401:11 LAK
Charlie Simmer (26)Glenn Goldup (6), Doug Halward (23)2–508:22 LAK
Mike Murphy (11)Charlie Simmer (21), Doug Halward (24)2–615:44 LAK ·
3rd period
Mike Rogers (13)Ronald Plumb (3), Gordie Roberts (8)3–603:24 HFD
Ray Allison (8)Mark Howe (17)4–612:18 HFD
Glenn Goldup (3)Charlie Simmer (22), Marcel Dionne (36)4–719:57 LAK ·
Team stats
HFDLAK
1627
0%0%
0/21/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:58 into the first period
Ronald Plumb · holding2 min - 3:45 into the second period
Syl Apps · holding2 min - 11:16 into the second periodBrad Selwood · elbowing2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodBill Bennett · hooking2 min
- 18:30 into the second periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Rick HodgsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 16 | 4 | .750 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |