Hartford Whalers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 2, 1980 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Tuesday, December 2, 1980 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Whalers 31–25.
Goals came from Pat Boutette, Mike Murphy, Dave Taylor, Blaine Stoughton, Charlie Simmer, Marcel Dionne and Dan Bonar.
Mario Lessard made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Boutette (10)Blaine Stoughton (7)1–018:11 HFD
2nd period
Mike Murphy (3)Garry Unger (4), Mark Hardy (7)1–105:16 LAK
Dave Taylor (14)Jerry Korab (13)1–209:10 LAK · 
Blaine Stoughton (9)Pat Boutette (15), Mike Rogers (19)2–215:53 HFD ·
3rd period
Charlie Simmer (26)Dave Taylor (21), Marcel Dionne (28)2–303:35 LAK · 
Marcel Dionne (19)Charlie Simmer (21), Dave Taylor (22)2–411:47 LAK
Dan Bonar (3)Larry Murphy (23)2–519:54 LAK · ·
Team stats
HFDLAK
2531
0%0%
1/52/3
1721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:35 into the first period
Ray Neufeld · high sticking2 min - 0:35 into the first periodRay Neufeld · roughing2 min
- 0:35 into the first period
Dave Lewis · high sticking2 min - 0:35 into the first periodDave Lewis · roughing2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodGarry Unger · slashing2 min
- 7:58 into the second periodPat Boutette · hooking2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · hooking2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodPat Boutette · slashing2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodGarry Unger · slashing2 min
- 2:30 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 2:30 into the third periodGordie Roberts · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodMike Murphy · hooking2 min
- 14:29 into the third periodDon Nachbaur · fighting5 min
- 14:29 into the third periodDean Hopkins · fighting5 min
- 16:18 into the third periodDave Lewis · tripping2 min
- 18:50 into the third periodDave Taylor · interference2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |