Chicago Blackhawks vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, January 19, 1980 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 on Saturday, January 19, 1980 at Springfield Civic Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Whalers 38–30.
Goals came from Nick Fotiu, Rich Preston, Mark Howe, Mike O'connell, Gordie Roberts, Dave Debol, Bob Murray and Jordy Douglas.
John Garrett made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Nick Fotiu (5)Gordie Howe (12), Mark Renaud (2)0–110:38 HFD
2nd period
Rich Preston (13)Terry Ruskowski (31), Doug Wilson (22)1–114:24 CHI
Mark Howe (13)Unassisted1–217:40 HFD
3rd period
Mike O'connell (2)Terry Ruskowski (32), Grant Mulvey (10)2–211:12 CHI
Gordie Roberts (5)Pat Boutette (10), Tom Rowe (18)2–312:37 HFD
Dave Debol (6)Greg Carroll (7), Bernie Johnston (2)2–415:57 HFD
Bob Murray (6)Rich Preston (15), Tom Lysiak (21)3–419:50 CHI
Jordy Douglas (18)Dave Keon (33)3–519:54 HFD ·
Team stats
CHIHFD
3830
0%0%
0/20/1
42
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:56 into the first period
Grant Mulvey · holding2 min - 14:48 into the second period
Tom Rowe · holding2 min - 6:18 into the third periodMike O'connell · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Hartford Whalers
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark RenaudD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Brian HillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |