St. Louis Blues vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the St. Louis Blues 5–1 on Wednesday, December 9, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Blues 40–34.
Blaine Stoughton scored twice and Ron Francis scored twice. Garry Howatt and Brian Sutter also scored.
Greg Millen made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Garry Howatt (5)Doug Sulliman (13), Mark Howe (12)0–110:05 HFD
2nd period
Blaine Stoughton (19)Ron Francis (9), Garry Howatt (9)0–208:02 HFD
Ron Francis (5)Chris Kotsopoulos (8), George Lyle (12)0–315:30 HFD · - Ron Francis (6)Mark Howe (13), George Lyle (13)0–417:38 HFD ·
3rd period
- Blaine Stoughton (20)George Lyle (14), Ron Francis (10)0–515:53 HFD
Brian Sutter (14)Bernie Federko (22), Wayne Babych (10)1–518:00 STL
Team stats
STLHFD
3440
0%0%
0/22/5
2913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:35 into the first period
Larry Patey · hooking2 min - 10:29 into the first period
Tom Rowe · holding2 min - 11:17 into the first periodBlake Wesley · hooking2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodGeorge Lyle · roughing2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodPerry Turnbull · roughing2 min
- 0:54 into the second periodEd Kea · interference2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodBrian Sutter · interference2 min
- 17:15 into the second periodJim Pavese · slashing2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodBrian Sutter · hooking2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodTom Rowe · roughing2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodTom Rowe · fighting5 min
- 14:08 into the third periodRick Lapointe · game misconduct10 min
- 14:08 into the third periodJim Nill · charging2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodJim Nill · fighting5 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 34Rik WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
| 29Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 4Ron FrancisC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16George LyleL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |