Hartford Whalers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, January 12, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–4 on Saturday, January 12, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Whalers 27–24.
Jordy Douglas scored twice and Blaine Stoughton scored twice. Reed Larson, Errol Thompson, Ray Allison, Mike Rogers, Peter Mahovlich and Jean Hamel also scored.
John Garrett made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 18 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Jordy Douglas (13)Mike Rogers (23), Dave Keon (31)1–005:03 HFD · 
Blaine Stoughton (23)Al Hangsleben (13), Mike Rogers (24)2–008:24 HFD
2nd period
- Blaine Stoughton (24)Al Hangsleben (14), Mike Rogers (25)3–012:55 HFD
Reed Larson (9)Dale McCourt (22), John Ogrodnick (1)3–115:04 DET- Jordy Douglas (14)Al Sims (12), Mark Howe (19)4–117:24 HFD
Errol Thompson (19)Dennis Polonich (3)4–217:47 DET
3rd period
Ray Allison (9)Mark Howe (20), Dave Debol (2)5–204:44 HFD
Mike Rogers (16)Blaine Stoughton (14), Al Hangsleben (15)6–206:41 HFD
Peter Mahovlich (7)Dan Labraaten (19)6–313:09 DET
Jean Hamel (1)Peter Mahovlich (28), Dan Labraaten (20)6–413:34 DET
Team stats
HFDDET
2427
0%0%
1/10/4
82
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:34 into the first period
Barry Long · tripping2 min - 0:21 into the second period
Rick Ley · holding2 min - 4:38 into the second periodGreg Carroll · interference2 min
- 19:36 into the second periodPat Boutette · holding2 min
- 15:27 into the third periodBlaine Stoughton · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Brian HillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29John HilworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | L | 24 | 6 | .750 |