Los Angeles Kings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 14, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Wednesday, January 14, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Kings 38–25.
Dave Taylor scored twice and Thommy Abrahamsson scored twice. Larry Murphy, Charlie Simmer, Mickey Volcan, Stuart Smith and Marcel Dionne also scored.
Mario Lessard made 3 saves on 5 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Murphy (7)Dean Hopkins (7)1–002:34 LAK
Dave Taylor (25)Unassisted2–011:13 LAK
2nd period
Thommy Abrahamsson (5)Dave Keon (19), Al Sims (14)2–110:19 HFD · - Dave Taylor (26)Larry Murphy (39), Jerry Korab (25)3–118:05 LAK ·
3rd period
- Thommy Abrahamsson (6)Warren Miller (14), Mike Rogers (36)3–200:27 HFD ·
Charlie Simmer (43)Dave Taylor (46)4–213:37 LAK
Mickey Volcan (1)Mike Rogers (37), Al Sims (15)4–314:46 HFD
Stuart Smith (1)Don Nachbaur (11)4–415:08 HFD
Marcel Dionne (36)Doug Halward (11)5–415:28 LAK
Team stats
LAKHFD
2538
0%0%
1/22/6
2113
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:15 into the first period
Jeff Brubaker · elbowing2 min - 1:15 into the first period
Mike Murphy · slashing2 min - 8:40 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:45 into the first periodDoug Halward · holding2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodTom Rowe · high sticking2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodLarry Murphy · interference2 min
- 18:22 into the first periodMike Murphy · holding2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodJerry Korab · hooking2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodTom Rowe · interference2 min
- 9:32 into the second periodBilly Harris · interference2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodNick Fotiu · fighting5 min
- 11:49 into the second periodDoug Halward · fighting5 min
- 16:17 into the second periodStuart Smith · tripping2 min
- 18:56 into the second periodMike Murphy · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 5 | 2 | .600 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |