Hartford Whalers vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, December 29, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Hartford Whalers 6–1 on Tuesday, December 29, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Whalers 25–17.
Goals came from Blaine Stoughton, Bernie Federko, Ralph Klassen, Tony Currie, Blake Dunlop, Jim Nill and Jorgen Pettersson.
Paul Skidmore made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Blaine Stoughton (28)Ron Francis (19), Jack McIlhargey (4)1–003:45 HFD
Bernie Federko (15)Jack Brownschidle (12), Brian Sutter (12)1–104:25 STL
2nd period
Ralph Klassen (2)Rick Lapointe (12), Jim Nill (7)1–206:23 STL
Tony Currie (11)Blake Dunlop (19), Perry Turnbull (11)1–309:46 STL
Blake Dunlop (7)Mike Zuke (23), Wayne Babych (16)1–411:08 STL · 
Jim Nill (9)Mike Zuke (24)1–519:44 STL ·
3rd period
Jorgen Pettersson (13)Ralph Klassen (4), Rick Lapointe (13)1–610:45 STL
Team stats
HFDSTL
1725
0%0%
0/31/6
1711
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:50 into the first period
Blake Wesley · hooking2 min - 17:30 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · slashing2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · hooking2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodGarry Howatt · holding2 min
- 18:47 into the second period
Jorgen Pettersson · high sticking2 min - 0:51 into the third periodEd Kea · tripping2 min
- 3:26 into the third periodDon Gillen · fighting5 min
- 3:26 into the third periodJim Pavese · fighting5 min
- 8:38 into the third periodGarry Howatt · slashing2 min
- 12:22 into the third periodDon Nachbaur · elbowing2 min
- 15:25 into the third periodGerry Hart · interference2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Don GillenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 25 | 6 | .760 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 19Blake DunlopC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Rik WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Paul SkidmoreG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |