Hartford Whalers vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Saturday, February 23, 1980 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Atlanta Flames 6–5 on Saturday, February 23, 1980 at Omni Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Whalers 33–26.
Goals came from Mike Rogers, Blaine Stoughton, Ken Houston, Pat Boutette, Al Sims, Bernie Johnston, Brad Marsh, Ray Allison, Kent Nilsson, Paul Reinhart and Don Lever.
Al Smith made 28 saves on 33 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Rogers (29)Blaine Stoughton (30), Mark Howe (44)1–019:03 HFD
2nd period
Blaine Stoughton (37)Al Sims (20)2–002:32 HFD
Ken Houston (16)Don Lever (18)2–111:56 AFM
Pat Boutette (6)Mike Rogers (35), Blaine Stoughton (31)3–112:26 HFD
3rd period
Al Sims (9)Mike Rogers (36), Blaine Stoughton (32)4–101:13 HFD
Bernie Johnston (6)Greg Carroll (14)5–103:10 HFD
Brad Marsh (2)Don Lever (19), Ken Houston (17)5–206:40 AFM
Ray Allison (11)Dave Keon (43), Gordie Roberts (20)6–207:33 HFD
Kent Nilsson (28)Ken Houston (18), Don Lever (20)6–308:30 AFM
Paul Reinhart (7)Garry Unger (12), Jean Pronovost (19)6–409:43 AFM
Don Lever (25)Ken Houston (19), Phil Russell (27)6–515:57 AFM
Team stats
HFDAFM
2633
0%0%
0/30/5
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Blaine Stoughton · tripping2 min - 7:16 into the first period
Don Lever · holding2 min - 2:57 into the second periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 2:57 into the second periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 2:57 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodBob Murdoch · high sticking2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodPat Boutette · high sticking2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodRick Ley · interference2 min
- 13:35 into the second periodPaul Henderson · interference2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodBill Clement · roughing2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodDave Keon · slashing2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodAl Smith · goalie leave crease2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodAl Smith · roughing2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodMike Rogers · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | W | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Paul HendersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Pat RigginG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |