Hartford Whalers vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Saturday, February 2, 1980 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the Hartford Whalers 5–3 on Saturday, February 2, 1980 at Omni Coliseum. The Whalers outshot the Flames 33–27.
Eric Vail scored twice. Darcy Rota, Nick Fotiu, Kent Nilsson, Mike Rogers, Mark Howe and Garry Unger also scored.
Pat Riggin made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Darcy Rota (10)Ivan Boldirev (24), Paul Reinhart (26)0–103:52 AFM
2nd period
Nick Fotiu (7)Gordie Howe (15), Gordie Roberts (15)1–107:08 HFD
Kent Nilsson (25)Unassisted1–213:25 AFM
3rd period
Eric Vail (18)Unassisted1–304:36 AFM
Mike Rogers (24)Blaine Stoughton (21), Pat Boutette (12)2–307:35 HFD
Mark Howe (16)Dave Debol (5), Bernie Johnston (4)3–309:22 HFD- Eric Vail (19)Paul Reinhart (27)3–410:09 AFM
Garry Unger (15)Eric Vail (12)3–519:41 AFM ·
Team stats
HFDAFM
3327
0%0%
0/20/1
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:37 into the first period
Willi Plett · slashing2 min - 10:37 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 10:37 into the first period
Rick Ley · slashing2 min - 10:37 into the first periodRick Ley · fighting5 min
- 12:35 into the first periodBernie Johnston · tripping2 min
- 18:41 into the first periodGuy Chouinard · interference2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodBob Murdoch · high sticking2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodPat Boutette · slashing2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodDave Shand · fighting5 min
- 10:18 into the second periodJordy Douglas · fighting5 min
- 0:56 into the third periodPaul Reinhart · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian HillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 27Eric VailL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Pat RigginG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |