Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers

Regular season · Friday, December 26, 1980 · Hartford Civic Center

7–9

32–39

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Game summary

The Hartford Whalers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 9–7 on Friday, December 26, 1980 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 39–32.

Don Nachbaur scored twice, Blaine Stoughton scored twice, Paul Gardner scored twice and Mike Rogers scored twice. Al Sims, Ross Lonsberry, Mark Johnson, Rick Kehoe, Rod Schutt, Nick Libett, Mark Howe and Thommy Abrahamsson also scored.

John Garrett made 25 saves on 32 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 30 of 39.

Goals
PIT	2	4	1	7	32
HFD	2	4	3	9	39

Scoring

1st period

Al Sims (11)Don Nachbaur (7)0–111:23 HFD
Ross Lonsberry (9)Randy Carlyle (37), Mario Faubert (21)1–113:03 PIT ·
Mark Johnson (8)Nick Libett (6), Jim Hamilton (1)2–114:08 PIT
Don Nachbaur (4)Nick Fotiu (3), Thommy Abrahamsson (4)2–214:32 HFD

2nd period

Blaine Stoughton (16)Mike Rogers (30), Thommy Abrahamsson (5)2–302:42 HFD
Rick Kehoe (26)Randy Carlyle (38), Paul Gardner (9)3–304:27 PIT ·
Paul Gardner (10)Rick Kehoe (17), Ross Lonsberry (19)4–311:23 PIT
Rod Schutt (13)Ron Stackhouse (10), Mark Johnson (8)5–314:39 PIT ·
Don Nachbaur (5)Unassisted5–415:14 HFD
Mike Rogers (21)Thommy Abrahamsson (6), Pat Boutette (21)5–517:36 HFD
Nick Libett (4)Jim Hamilton (2), Mark Johnson (9)6–518:10 PIT
Mark Howe (13)Pat Boutette (22), Al Sims (10)6–619:50 HFD ·

3rd period

Blaine Stoughton (17)Mike Rogers (31), Mark Howe (30)6–700:14 HFD
Thommy Abrahamsson (4)Pat Boutette (23), Mike Rogers (32)6–805:52 HFD ·
Paul Gardner (11)Ross Lonsberry (20), Mario Faubert (22)7–807:20 PIT ·
Mike Rogers (22)Pat Boutette (24), Blaine Stoughton (13)7–911:33 HFD

Team stats

PITHFD

3239

0%0%

4/62/7

1412

Penalties

5:13 into the first periodPat Hughes · interference2 min
11:46 into the first periodDon Nachbaur · charging2 min
19:19 into the first periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
0:10 into the second periodRoss Lonsberry · tripping2 min
3:37 into the second periodThommy Abrahamsson · holding2 min
6:21 into the second periodJim Hamilton · tripping2 min
13:35 into the second periodThommy Abrahamsson · holding2 min
18:55 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
2:25 into the third periodWarren Miller · holding2 min
5:35 into the third periodRon Stackhouse · interference2 min
6:23 into the third periodPat Boutette · hooking2 min
13:29 into the third periodRod Schutt · hooking2 min
14:38 into the third periodMark Johnson · holding2 min

Season series

Penguins vs Whalers head-to-head →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

9Mark JohnsonC	1	2	3	+2	4	2	–	–
18Ross LonsberryL	1	2	3	−2	3	2	–	–
30Paul GardnerC	2	1	3	−1	3	0	–	–
14Nick LibettL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
17Rick KehoeR	1	1	2	−1	3	0	–	–
28Jim HamiltonR	0	2	2	+2	2	2	–	–
5Mario FaubertD	0	2	2	−1	2	0	–	–
25Randy CarlyleD	0	2	2	0	2	2	–	–
27Rod SchuttL	1	0	1	−2	2	2	–	–
3Ron StackhouseD	0	1	1	−3	1	2	–	–
10Peter LeeR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
11George FergusonC	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
12Greg MaloneC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
16Gary McAdamR	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
24Pat HughesR	0	0	0	−3	1	2	–	–
7Russ AndersonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
8Dave BurrowsD	0	0	0	−4	2	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Rob HollandG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Greg MillenG	L	39	30	9	.769	60:00

Hartford Whalers

Hartford Whalers skaters

17Mike RogersC	2	3	5	+3	3	0	–	–
28Pat BoutetteL	0	4	4	+3	4	2	–	–
6Thommy AbrahamssonD	1	3	4	+3	5	4	–	–
21Blaine StoughtonL	2	1	3	+3	8	0	–	–
26Don NachbaurC	2	1	3	+3	5	2	–	–
3Al SimsD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	–	–
5Mark HoweD	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
23Nick FotiuL	0	1	1	+3	0	0	–	–
10Ray NeufeldR	0	0	0	+3	1	0	–	–
11Jordy DouglasL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
12Tom RoweR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
14Dave KeonC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
16Michel GalarneauC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
27Warren MillerR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
31Mike FidlerL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
25Norm BarnesD	0	0	0	+4	1	2	–	–
29Jack McIlhargeyD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–

Hartford Whalers goalies
Goalie
1Mike VeisorG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35John GarrettG	W	32	25	7	.781	60:00