Detroit Red Wings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 29, 1980 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Wednesday, October 29, 1980 at Hartford Civic Center. The Red Wings outshot the Whalers 41–25.
Al Sims scored twice. Nick Fotiu, Mike Foligno, Errol Thompson, George Lyle, Dave Keon and Jordy Douglas also scored.
John Garrett made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Al Sims (7)Dave Debol (6), Warren Miller (3)0–108:06 HFD · 
Nick Fotiu (1)Mark Howe (6), Bernie Johnston (5)0–213:35 HFD
2nd period
Mike Foligno (3)Dale McCourt (10), Willie Huber (7)1–210:27 DET
Errol Thompson (6)Mike Foligno (6)2–213:58 DET- Al Sims (8)Bernie Johnston (6)2–314:26 HFD
George Lyle (3)Reed Larson (3), Rick Vasko (4)3–315:50 DET
3rd period
Dave Keon (3)Mark Howe (7), Rick Ley (2)3–409:29 HFD
Jordy Douglas (2)Tom Rowe (6), Bernie Johnston (7)3–518:08 HFD
Team stats
DETHFD
4125
0%0%
0/41/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:16 into the first period
Warren Miller · holding2 min - 6:47 into the first period
Vaclav Nedomansky · interference2 min - 5:47 into the second periodReed Larson · high sticking2 min
- 11:30 into the second periodNick Fotiu · interference2 min
- 14:15 into the second periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 14:15 into the second periodMark Howe · slashing2 min
- 2:41 into the third periodMark Howe · interference2 min
- 7:20 into the third periodRick Ley · hooking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick VaskoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jody GageR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 30Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |