Hartford Whalers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1980 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 on Tuesday, December 23, 1980 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Whalers 31–29.
Mark Howe scored twice. Bill Derlago, John Anderson, Al Sims, Tom Rowe, Blaine Stoughton, Pat Boutette and Ray Neufeld also scored.
John Garrett made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Derlago (11)Unassisted0–101:44 TOR
John Anderson (12)Wilf Paiement (17), Bruce Boudreau (3)0–201:52 TOR
Mark Howe (11)Unassisted1–216:50 HFD
2nd period
Al Sims (10)Ray Neufeld (8), Don Nachbaur (5)2–210:12 HFD
Tom Rowe (5)Don Nachbaur (6), Mark Howe (29)3–212:35 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (15)Mike Rogers (28)4–213:05 HFD
3rd period
- Mark Howe (12)Mike Rogers (29), Tom Rowe (14)5–204:04 HFD
Pat Boutette (15)Blaine Stoughton (12)6–214:46 HFD
Ray Neufeld (4)Unassisted7–219:16 HFD
Team stats
HFDTOR
2931
0%0%
0/30/3
1818
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:13 into the first period
Norm Barnes · fighting5 min - 1:13 into the first period
Dan Maloney · fighting5 min - 2:52 into the first periodWarren Miller · holding2 min
- 4:58 into the first periodMickey Volcan · hooking2 min
- 10:24 into the first periodRick Vaive · tripping2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodJordy Douglas · holding2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodDon Nachbaur · fighting5 min
- 15:34 into the second periodBench · player leaves bench2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodWilf Paiement · fighting5 min
- 8:14 into the third periodDave Farrish · tripping2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodWilf Paiement · cross checking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 5Mark HoweD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 0 | 0 | – |