Hartford Whalers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, January 8, 1991 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, January 8, 1991 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Whalers 30–23.
Goals came from Jim McKenzie, Carey Wilson, John McIntyre, Luc Robitaille, Marty McSorley, Brad Shaw and Brian Benning.
Kelly Hrudey made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Daryl Reaugh stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Jim McKenzie (2)Mikael Andersson (5)1–010:00 HFD
Carey Wilson (6)Sylvain Cote (5)2–018:10 HFD ·
2nd period
John McIntyre (4)Mike Donnelly (4), Steve Duchesne (22)2–103:15 LAK
3rd period
Luc Robitaille (22)Tomas Sandstrom (20), Steve Duchesne (23)2–208:40 LAK · 
Marty McSorley (1)Luc Robitaille (23), Wayne Gretzky (52)2–310:43 LAK
Brad Shaw (2)Ron Francis (26), Todd Krygier (13)3–314:06 HFD
Overtime
Brian Benning (4)Tomas Sandstrom (21), Wayne Gretzky (53)3–403:37 LAK ·
Team stats
HFDLAK
2330
0%0%
1/52/7
5036
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:57 into the first period
Todd Krygier · interference2 min - 13:43 into the first period
Mike Donnelly · tripping2 min - 16:17 into the first periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:17 into the first periodRod Buskas · holding2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodPat Verbeek · holding2 min
- 19:25 into the first periodRob Brown · holding2 min
- 3:45 into the second periodRandy Ladouceur · roughing2 min
- 3:45 into the second periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodScott Bjugstad · hooking2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodMarty McSorley · high sticking2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodEd Kastelic · instigator2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 14:45 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodRod Buskas · fighting5 min
- 14:45 into the second periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRob Blake · roughing2 min
- 4:01 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 7:13 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · instigator face shield2 min
- 7:13 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · instigator2 min
- 7:13 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · fighting5 min
- 7:13 into the third periodPat Verbeek · misconduct10 min
- 7:13 into the third periodJohn McIntyre · roughing2 min
- 7:13 into the third periodJohn McIntyre · fighting5 min
- 15:32 into the third periodAdam Burt · cross checking2 min
- 15:32 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 18:47 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 2:02 into overtimeUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 2:02 into overtimeMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 2:36 into overtimeDaryl Reaugh · delaying game2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Carey WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Christopher GovedarisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daryl ReaughG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 7Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44John McIntyreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 6Todd ElikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Sylvain CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jim ThomsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Bob KudelskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 36Daniel BerthiaumeG | 0 | 0 | – |