Calgary Flames vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Sunday, March 8, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Flames 37–24.
Eric Vail scored twice. Don Nachbaur, Bob MacMillan, Mark Howe, Ken Houston, Dave Keon, Willi Plett and Blaine Stoughton also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Don Nachbaur (11)Jeff Brubaker (3), Tom Rowe (22)0–103:20 HFD
Eric Vail (25)Paul Reinhart (40), Guy Chouinard (32)1–106:23 CGY · 
Bob MacMillan (22)Eric Vail (34), Paul Reinhart (41)2–111:18 CGY
2nd period
Mark Howe (17)Dave Keon (27)2–209:07 HFD
Ken Houston (13)Kent Nilsson (70)3–211:32 CGY
Dave Keon (10)Tom Rowe (23), Pat Boutette (43)3–313:43 HFD
3rd period
Willi Plett (33)Guy Chouinard (33), Don Lever (25)4–307:12 CGY
Blaine Stoughton (34)Pat Boutette (44)4–407:20 HFD- Eric Vail (26)Paul Reinhart (42), Ken Houston (12)5–408:48 CGY
Team stats
CGYHFD
2437
0%0%
1/30/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:57 into the first period
Ken Houston · holding2 min - 5:59 into the first period
Warren Miller · interference2 min - 9:26 into the first periodDon Lever · roughing2 min
- 9:26 into the first periodMike Fidler · roughing2 min
- 19:06 into the first periodNorm Barnes · holding2 min
- 3:29 into the second periodNorm Barnes · tripping2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodGuy Chouinard · hooking2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 27Eric VailL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 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 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Hartford Whalers
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |