Hartford Whalers vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Wednesday, January 27, 1988 · Olympic Saddledome
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Hartford Whalers 5–1 on Wednesday, January 27, 1988 at Olympic Saddledome. The Whalers outshot the Flames 36–30.
Goals came from Hakan Loob, Joe Nieuwendyk, Mike Bullard, Dana Murzyn, Dave Babych and Joe Mullen.
Mike Vernon made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Hakan Loob (29)Joel Otto (25), Gary Suter (43)0–106:38 CGY · 
Joe Nieuwendyk (38)Mike Bullard (35), Gary Suter (44)0–210:46 CGY · 
Mike Bullard (31)Al MacInnis (33), Gary Suter (45)0–318:16 CGY ·
2nd period
Dana Murzyn (4)Joe Mullen (31), John Tonelli (20)0–403:12 CGY
Dave Babych (10)Ulf Samuelsson (15)1–405:03 HFD ·
3rd period
Joe Mullen (23)John Tonelli (21), Joel Otto (26)1–508:46 CGY ·
Team stats
HFDCGY
3630
0%0%
1/103/5
2129
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:20 into the first period
Shane Churla · cross checking2 min - 6:20 into the first periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
- 6:20 into the first period
Dave Williams · fighting5 min - 9:01 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 12:24 into the first periodAl MacInnis · tripping2 min
- 14:34 into the first periodHakan Loob · hooking2 min
- 16:25 into the first periodBrian Glynn · interference2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodJoe Nieuwendyk · roughing2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 0:21 into the second periodGary Suter · hooking2 min
- 4:15 into the second periodJoel Otto · holding2 min
- 7:48 into the second periodGary Roberts · roughing2 min
- 7:48 into the second periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
- 7:48 into the second periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodKevin Dineen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:08 into the third periodTim Hunter · slashing2 min
- 11:28 into the third periodJoe Mullen · holding2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodDana Murzyn · interference2 min
- 19:22 into the third periodJim Peplinski · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 9 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Hakan LoobR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
| 36Doug DadswellG | 0 | 0 | – |