Hartford Whalers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Tuesday, March 3, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Whalers 38–34.
Merlin Malinowski scored twice. Bob Miller, Mark Howe, Blaine Stoughton, Jack Valiquette, Pat Boutette, Don Nachbaur and Lanny McDonald also scored.
Phil Myre made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Miller (6)Randy Pierce (19)0–104:57 CLR
Merlin Malinowski (20)Paul Gagne (11), Rob Ramage (35)0–212:55 CLR
Mark Howe (16)Unassisted1–215:02 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (32)Unassisted2–217:58 HFD- Merlin Malinowski (21)Lanny McDonald (35), Mike McEwen (34)2–319:45 CLR
2nd period
Jack Valiquette (3)Yvon Vautour (18)2–414:02 CLR
3rd period
Pat Boutette (24)Stuart Smith (5), Mike Rogers (56)3–405:27 HFD
Don Nachbaur (9)Rick Meagher (4), Blaine Stoughton (26)4–408:02 HFD
Lanny McDonald (30)Mike McEwen (35), Merlin Malinowski (32)4–513:48 CLR
Team stats
HFDCLR
3438
0%0%
0/20/4
3430
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:18 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 0:18 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · misconduct10 min
- 0:18 into the first periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 0:18 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 0:18 into the first periodJeff Brubaker · misconduct10 min
- 0:18 into the first periodDon Nachbaur · fighting5 min
- 7:46 into the first periodAl Sims · hooking2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodMike Kitchen · hooking2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · tripping2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodYvon Vautour · high sticking2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 19:10 into the second periodTom Rowe · high sticking2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodTom Rowe · kneeing2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 9:59 into the third periodMike McEwen · roughing2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodPat Boutette · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Terry HarperD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Phil MyreG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |