Hartford Whalers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 22, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on Tuesday, December 22, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Whalers 39–20.
Garry Howatt scored twice. Mike Blaisdell, Pierre Larouche and Reed Larson also scored.
Greg Millen made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Blaisdell (11)Mark Kirton (14)0–114:01 DET
2nd period
Pierre Larouche (10)Mark Howe (16), Doug Sulliman (16)1–100:33 HFD · 
Reed Larson (11)Mike Blaisdell (14), John Barrett (4)1–212:52 DET
Garry Howatt (6)Dave Keon (10)2–219:39 HFD
3rd period
- Garry Howatt (7)Ron Francis (13), Blaine Stoughton (10)3–211:24 HFD
Team stats
HFDDET
2039
0%0%
1/20/3
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:16 into the first period
Mark Howe · holding2 min - 17:12 into the first period
Jim Korn · high sticking2 min - 17:12 into the first periodJim Korn · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:12 into the first periodBlake Wesley · high sticking2 min
- 2:28 into the second periodBlaine Stoughton · slashing2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodGreg Smith · slashing2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodRick Meagher · slashing2 min
- 13:52 into the second periodBlake Wesley · cross checking2 min
- 3:24 into the third periodPaul Woods · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Garry HowattL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |