Hartford Whalers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, January 24, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Hartford Whalers 7–4 on Saturday, January 24, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Whalers 40–33.
Darryl Sittler scored 4 goals. Jeff Brubaker, John Anderson, Mike Fidler, Ian Turnbull, Wilf Paiement, Pat Boutette and Blaine Stoughton also scored.
Jiri Crha made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 33 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Brubaker (3)Don Nachbaur (13), Jack McIlhargey (3)1–001:56 HFD
John Anderson (16)Rocky Saganiuk (13), Robert Picard (13)1–102:27 TOR
Darryl Sittler (27)Borje Salming (39), Wilf Paiement (30)1–210:59 TOR · 
Mike Fidler (8)Dave Keon (22), Al Sims (19)2–218:55 HFD ·
2nd period
- Darryl Sittler (28)Unassisted2–300:21 TOR
Ian Turnbull (11)Bill Derlago (25)2–401:53 TOR
Wilf Paiement (20)Unassisted2–504:31 TOR · - Darryl Sittler (29)Terry Martin (11), Borje Salming (40)2–613:35 TOR
3rd period
- Darryl Sittler (30)Wilf Paiement (31)2–706:52 TOR
Pat Boutette (20)Mickey Volcan (8), Warren Miller (16)3–710:10 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (22)Pat Boutette (33), Mike Rogers (40)4–712:19 HFD
Team stats
HFDTOR
3340
0%0%
1/51/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:34 into the first period
Ray Neufeld · hooking2 min - 14:15 into the first period
John Anderson · holding2 min - 16:27 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:01 into the first periodBorje Salming · interference2 min
- 17:21 into the first periodRobert Picard · tripping2 min
- 3:23 into the second periodBarry Melrose · hooking2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodRobert Picard · interference2 min
- 7:15 into the third periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ken HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 40 | 7 | .825 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 4 | 0 | 4 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |