Hartford Whalers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 on Wednesday, December 2, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Whalers outshot the Maple Leafs 37–24.
Goals came from Chris Kotsopoulos, Dan Maloney, Ron Francis, Rick MacLeish, Mark Howe, John Anderson, Rick Vaive and Tom Rowe.
John Garrett made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Vincent Tremblay stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kotsopoulos (4)Mark Renaud (1), Ron Francis (6)1–013:26 HFD · 
Dan Maloney (2)Wilf Paiement (14), Borje Salming (17)1–114:38 TOR ·
2nd period
Ron Francis (4)Blaine Stoughton (6), George Lyle (11)2–109:39 HFD
3rd period
Rick MacLeish (5)Mark Howe (9), Don Gillen (1)3–107:36 HFD
Mark Howe (3)Blaine Stoughton (7), Ron Francis (7)4–112:19 HFD · 
John Anderson (17)Bill Derlago (15), Rick Vaive (10)4–214:03 TOR
Rick Vaive (11)Bob Manno (17), Jim Benning (4)4–314:32 TOR
Tom Rowe (3)Warren Miller (8), Dave Keon (8)5–315:33 HFD
Team stats
HFDTOR
3724
0%0%
2/31/3
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:41 into the first period
Garry Howatt · interference2 min - 12:19 into the first period
Borje Salming · tripping2 min - 13:53 into the first periodWarren Miller · hooking2 min
- 3:28 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · slashing2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodJohn Gibson · high sticking2 min
- 11:36 into the third periodRocky Saganiuk · slashing2 min
- 15:16 into the third periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 15:16 into the third periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 15:16 into the third periodDan Maloney · roughing2 min
- 15:16 into the third periodDan Maloney · fighting5 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 4Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16George LyleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Don GillenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark RenaudD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob MannoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jim BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Ernie GoddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23John GibsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 39Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Fred BoimistruckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Vincent TremblayG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |