Detroit Red Wings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, April 6, 1980 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Sunday, April 6, 1980 at Hartford Civic Center. The Red Wings outshot the Whalers 29–27.
Blaine Stoughton scored twice. Ray Allison, Errol Thompson, Dale McCourt, Gordie Howe, Dan Labraaten and Pat Boutette also scored.
Al Smith made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Allison (16)Gordie Howe (26), Al Sims (31)0–105:10 HFD
Errol Thompson (34)Greg Joly (10), Reed Larson (43)1–108:43 DET
2nd period
Dale McCourt (30)Reed Larson (44), Dennis Polonich (8)2–105:40 DET
Blaine Stoughton (55)Pat Boutette (35), Mike Rogers (59)2–207:47 HFD
Gordie Howe (15)Ray Allison (12), Gordie Roberts (28)2–311:25 HFD
3rd period
Dan Labraaten (30)Barry Long (17), Paul Woods (20)3–306:35 DET- Blaine Stoughton (56)Mike Rogers (60)3–418:21 HFD
Pat Boutette (13)Blaine Stoughton (44), Mike Rogers (61)3–519:54 HFD ·
Team stats
DETHFD
2927
0%0%
0/10/1
22
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:48 into the first period
Larry Giroux · holding2 min - 11:49 into the second period
Jim Korn · delaying game2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jean SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby HullL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |