Hartford Whalers vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1980 · Stampede Corral
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Calgary Flames 5–3 on Saturday, December 6, 1980 at Stampede Corral. The Flames outshot the Whalers 30–23.
Warren Miller scored twice. Pekka Rautakallio, Mike Rogers, Eric Vail, Blaine Stoughton, Mark Howe and Willi Plett also scored.
John Garrett made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Pekka Rautakallio (2)Kent Nilsson (22), Bob Murdoch (5)0–103:25 CGY
2nd period
Warren Miller (6)Mickey Volcan (4), Don Nachbaur (2)1–113:59 HFD
Mike Rogers (15)Mark Howe (24), Al Sims (8)2–115:31 HFD
Eric Vail (11)Bob MacMillan (10), Paul Reinhart (11)2–216:21 CGY
3rd period
Blaine Stoughton (10)Unassisted3–203:24 HFD · 
Mark Howe (8)Tom Rowe (11), Dave Keon (7)4–214:09 HFD
Willi Plett (12)Don Lever (7)4–315:12 CGY- Warren Miller (7)Mickey Volcan (5), Dave Keon (8)5–318:45 HFD
Team stats
HFDCGY
2330
0%0%
0/10/3
139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:47 into the first period
Mike Rogers · holding2 min - 15:55 into the first period
Bert Wilson · interference2 min - 10:29 into the second periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
- 14:22 into the second periodBert Wilson · elbowing2 min
- 14:22 into the second periodBert Wilson · fighting5 min
- 14:22 into the second periodDon Nachbaur · roughing2 min
- 14:22 into the second periodDon Nachbaur · fighting5 min
- 2:16 into the third periodNorm Barnes · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Calgary Flames
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Alex McKendryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |