Hartford Whalers vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Friday, February 27, 1981 · Stampede Corral
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Hartford Whalers 5–1 on Friday, February 27, 1981 at Stampede Corral. The Flames outshot the Whalers 34–16.
Kent Nilsson scored a hat trick. Guy Chouinard, Ken Houston and Blaine Stoughton also scored.
Pat Riggin made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Chouinard (25)Paul Reinhart (32), Bob MacMillan (26)0–100:49 CGY
Kent Nilsson (34)Eric Vail (32), Paul Reinhart (33)0–214:37 CGY ·
2nd period
Ken Houston (11)Don Lever (23), Kent Nilsson (65)0–303:44 CGY
Blaine Stoughton (31)Mike Rogers (55)1–318:55 HFD
3rd period
- Kent Nilsson (35)Paul Reinhart (34), Ken Houston (9)1–409:12 CGY
- Kent Nilsson (36)Ken Houston (10)1–513:14 CGY
Team stats
HFDCGY
1634
0%0%
0/41/3
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:23 into the first period
Brad Marsh · hooking2 min - 14:26 into the first period
Don Nachbaur · holding2 min - 19:01 into the first periodBrad Marsh · tripping2 min
- 5:30 into the second periodKen Houston · roughing2 min
- 5:30 into the second periodNorm Barnes · roughing2 min
- 7:14 into the second periodPat Boutette · hooking2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodPhil Russell · tripping2 min
- 14:21 into the second periodJim Peplinski · fighting5 min
- 14:21 into the second periodJeff Brubaker · roughing2 min
- 14:21 into the second periodJeff Brubaker · fighting5 min
- 17:11 into the third periodPaul Reinhart · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
Calgary Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 16 | 1 | .938 |