Calgary Flames vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, January 23, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Friday, January 23, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Flames 42–24.
Goals came from Kent Nilsson, Pekka Rautakallio, Ken Houston, Pat Boutette, Don Nachbaur and Eric Vail.
Pat Riggin made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Kent Nilsson (26)Bob MacMillan (15), Willi Plett (16)1–018:17 CGY
2nd period
Pekka Rautakallio (4)Kent Nilsson (47), Guy Chouinard (12)2–013:45 CGY ·
3rd period
Ken Houston (3)Guy Chouinard (13), Eric Vail (21)3–002:09 CGY
Pat Boutette (19)Mike Rogers (39)3–109:32 HFD
Don Nachbaur (7)Warren Miller (15), Thommy Abrahamsson (10)3–215:21 HFD
Eric Vail (20)Bill Clement (13)4–219:57 CGY ·
Team stats
CGYHFD
2442
0%0%
1/10/5
124
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:53 into the first period
Brad Marsh · interference2 min - 15:20 into the first periodRandy Holt · tripping2 min
- 3:18 into the second periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
- 12:01 into the second period
Jeff Brubaker · roughing2 min - 12:50 into the second periodMike Rogers · holding2 min
- 16:39 into the second periodRandy Holt · holding2 min
- 3:01 into the third periodGordon Wappel · holding2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gordon WappelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 42 | 2 | .952 |
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ken HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |