Detroit Red Wings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, January 6, 1980 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Hartford Whalers 2–1 on Sunday, January 6, 1980 at Springfield Civic Center. The Red Wings outshot the Whalers 32–29.
Goals came from Dan Labraaten, Nick Fotiu and Vaclav Nedomansky.
Rogie Vachon made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 30 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Dan Labraaten (17)Vaclav Nedomansky (17), Peter Mahovlich (26)1–014:07 DET · 
Nick Fotiu (4)Al Hangsleben (11), Dave Debol (1)1–114:27 HFD
3rd period
Vaclav Nedomansky (24)Dan Labraaten (18), Reed Larson (26)2–109:54 DET ·
Team stats
DETHFD
3229
0%0%
2/30/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:57 into the first period
Greg Joly · high sticking2 min - 7:57 into the first period
Pat Boutette · high sticking2 min - 12:54 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:18 into the first periodGordie Roberts · tripping2 min
- 5:08 into the second periodGreg Joly · holding2 min
- 13:14 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · tripping2 min
- 16:51 into the second periodJohn Hilworth · elbowing2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31John HilworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian HillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 32 | 2 | .938 |