Hartford Whalers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, November 12, 1981 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–3 on Thursday, November 12, 1981 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Whalers 37–17.
Paul Holmgren scored twice. Behn Wilson, Doug Sulliman, Randy MacGregor, Jimmy Watson, Ken Linseman and Blaine Stoughton also scored.
Rick St. Croix made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Behn Wilson (4)Bobby Clarke (13), Lindsay Carson (1)0–114:25 PHI
2nd period
Doug Sulliman (4)Don Nachbaur (10), Garry Howatt (5)1–100:11 HFD
Paul Holmgren (1)Bill Barber (8), Ken Linseman (17)1–201:07 PHI · - Paul Holmgren (2)Behn Wilson (8), Bill Barber (9)1–311:04 PHI ·
3rd period
Randy MacGregor (1)Warren Miller (5), Jack McIlhargey (3)2–303:30 HFD
Jimmy Watson (1)Tim Kerr (7)2–403:51 PHI
Ken Linseman (3)Bobby Clarke (14)2–512:05 PHI · 
Blaine Stoughton (12)Randy MacGregor (1), Warren Miller (6)3–516:31 HFD
Team stats
HFDPHI
1737
0%0%
0/52/4
1517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:29 into the first period
Behn Wilson · elbowing2 min - 0:36 into the second period
Jack McIlhargey · cross checking2 min - 6:08 into the second periodBill Barber · hooking2 min
- 10:24 into the second periodRandy MacGregor · hooking2 min
- 12:29 into the second periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 12:29 into the second periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 12:29 into the second periodFred Arthur · fighting5 min
- 13:22 into the second periodPaul Holmgren · interference2 min
- 1:02 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min
- 4:15 into the third periodJimmy Watson · holding2 min
- 8:06 into the third periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 8:06 into the third periodBehn Wilson · high sticking2 min
- 8:06 into the third periodBehn Wilson · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Randy MacGregorR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Don GillenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Fred ArthurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Steven SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | W | 17 | 3 | .824 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |