Vancouver Canucks vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 4, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Hartford Whalers 4–1 on Wednesday, November 4, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Canucks outshot the Whalers 39–34.
Blair MacDonald scored twice. Rick Meagher, Stan Smyl and Ivan Boldirev also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Meagher (7)Blaine Stoughton (5)0–101:55 HFD
Blair MacDonald (7)Anders Eldebrink (4), Per-Olov Brasar (2)1–105:27 VAN
Stan Smyl (5)Per-Olov Brasar (3), Thomas Gradin (10)2–110:48 VAN · - Blair MacDonald (8)Ivan Boldirev (4), Kevin McCarthy (5)3–116:39 VAN ·
3rd period
Ivan Boldirev (6)Unassisted4–113:05 VAN ·
Team stats
VANHFD
3934
0%0%
3/50/2
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:53 into the first period
Blake Wesley · hooking2 min - 11:21 into the first period
Jiri Bubla · high sticking2 min - 14:11 into the first periodGarry Howatt · charging2 min
- 16:04 into the first periodBlaine Stoughton · tripping2 min
- 18:00 into the first periodRon Delorme · hooking2 min
- 4:32 into the second periodBlake Wesley · hooking2 min
- 11:49 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 20Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |