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Tuesday, December 23, 1980 · Maple Leaf Gardens

Whalers 7 at Maple Leafs 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 99OVR Mark Howe Whalers First Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG R 56OVR Ray Neufeld Whalers Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC R 64OVR Tom Rowe Whalers Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:44 Bill Derlago (11) Unassisted HFD 0 – 1 TOR
  2. 1:52 John Anderson (12) Wilf Paiement (17), Bruce Boudreau (3) HFD 0 – 2 TOR
  3. 16:50 Mark Howe (11) Unassisted HFD 1 – 2 TOR

2nd Period

  1. 10:12 Al Sims (10) Ray Neufeld (8), Don Nachbaur (5) HFD 2 – 2 TOR
  2. 12:35 Tom Rowe (5) Don Nachbaur (6), Mark Howe (29) HFD 3 – 2 TOR
  3. 13:05 Blaine Stoughton (15) Mike Rogers (28) HFD 4 – 2 TOR

3rd Period

  1. 4:04 Mark Howe (12) Mike Rogers (29), Tom Rowe (14) HFD 5 – 2 TOR
  2. 14:46 Pat Boutette (15) Blaine Stoughton (12) HFD 6 – 2 TOR
  3. 19:16 Ray Neufeld (4) Unassisted HFD 7 – 2 TOR

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mark Howe D 2 1 2 +3 2.73
Ray Neufeld R 1 1 2 +3 1.98
Tom Rowe R 1 1 4 +2 1.98
Mike Rogers C 0 2 3 +3 1.92
Blaine Stoughton L 1 1 3 +1 1.75
Al Sims D 1 0 1 +4 1.43
Don Nachbaur C 0 2 0 +3 1.33
Pat Boutette L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 +3 0.45
Mike Fidler L 0 0 1 +2 0.38
Norm Barnes D 0 0 4 +3 0.38
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Thommy Abrahamsson D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dave Keon C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Warren Miller R 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Mickey Volcan D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Jordy Douglas L 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett W 31 29 2 .935 60:00 1.40

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player G A SOG +/- GS
John Anderson R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Bill Derlago C 1 0 5 -3 0.68
Bruce Boudreau C 0 1 0 0 0.63
Wilf Paiement R 0 1 5 -2 0.17
Ron Ellis R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Terry Martin L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Rocky Saganiuk R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pat Hickey L 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Barry Melrose D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Shand D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dave Farrish D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Darryl Sittler C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Borje Salming D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Rick Vaive R 0 0 4 -3 -0.30
Robert Picard D 0 0 1 -3 -0.37
Ian Turnbull D 0 0 2 -4 -0.45
Dan Maloney L 0 0 2 -3 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jim Rutherford L 29 22 7 .759 60:00 -3.05