Hartford Whalers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Hartford Whalers 5–3 on Wednesday, January 7, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Whalers 33–26.
Mike Rogers scored twice and Marcel Dionne scored twice. Dave Taylor, Billy Harris, Steve Jensen and Pat Boutette also scored.
Mario Lessard made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Rogers (26)Blaine Stoughton (16)1–004:50 HFD
Dave Taylor (24)Marcel Dionne (40), Jerry Korab (23)1–114:46 LAK ·
2nd period
Billy Harris (10)Mike Murphy (8)1–206:51 LAK · 
Marcel Dionne (32)Charlie Simmer (31), Dave Taylor (40)1–310:35 LAK
Steve Jensen (9)Dean Hopkins (6), Garry Unger (7)1–411:37 LAK
3rd period
- Marcel Dionne (33)Dave Taylor (41), Larry Murphy (38)1–501:51 LAK ·
- Mike Rogers (27)Pat Boutette (28)2–504:47 HFD
Pat Boutette (16)Blaine Stoughton (17), Mike Rogers (34)3–519:06 HFD
Team stats
HFDLAK
2633
0%0%
0/52/7
3430
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:11 into the first period
Dave Lewis · slashing2 min - 7:30 into the first period
Mickey Volcan · high sticking2 min - 7:30 into the first periodGlenn Goldup · roughing2 min
- 12:56 into the first periodMichel Galarneau · hooking2 min
- 15:41 into the first periodMark Hardy · holding2 min
- 19:05 into the first periodAl Sims · interference2 min
- 2:04 into the second periodPat Boutette · roughing2 min
- 2:04 into the second periodJay Wells · roughing2 min
- 6:10 into the second periodDan Bonar · hooking2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodJerry Korab · cross checking2 min
- 8:19 into the second periodPat Boutette · interference2 min
- 8:19 into the second periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min
- 8:49 into the second periodTom Rowe · interference2 min
- 8:49 into the second periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 8:49 into the second periodMark Hardy · high sticking2 min
- 8:49 into the second periodMark Hardy · fighting5 min
- 14:29 into the second periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodDon Nachbaur · hooking2 min
- 1:05 into the third periodTom Rowe · roughing2 min
- 1:05 into the third periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 1:05 into the third periodMark Hardy · fighting5 min
- 5:22 into the third periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodNick Fotiu · roughing double minor4 min
- 9:50 into the third periodGlenn Goldup · roughing2 min
- 12:09 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |