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Friday, December 26, 1980 · Hartford Civic Center

Penguins 7 at Whalers 9

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 96OVR Mike Rogers Whalers First Star 2G · 3A · 3 SOG L 95OVR Blaine Stoughton Whalers Second Star 2G · 1A · 8 SOG D 86OVR Thommy Abrahamsson Whalers Third Star 1G · 3A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 11:23 Al Sims (11) Don Nachbaur (7) PIT 0 – 1 HFD
  2. 13:03 Ross Lonsberry (9) PPG Randy Carlyle (37), Mario Faubert (21) PIT 1 – 1 HFD
  3. 14:08 Mark Johnson (8) Nick Libett (6), Jim Hamilton (1) PIT 2 – 1 HFD
  4. 14:32 Don Nachbaur (4) Nick Fotiu (3), Thommy Abrahamsson (4) PIT 2 – 2 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 2:42 Blaine Stoughton (16) Mike Rogers (30), Thommy Abrahamsson (5) PIT 2 – 3 HFD
  2. 4:27 Rick Kehoe (26) PPG Randy Carlyle (38), Paul Gardner (9) PIT 3 – 3 HFD
  3. 11:23 Paul Gardner (10) Rick Kehoe (17), Ross Lonsberry (19) PIT 4 – 3 HFD
  4. 14:39 Rod Schutt (13) PPG Ron Stackhouse (10), Mark Johnson (8) PIT 5 – 3 HFD
  5. 15:14 Don Nachbaur (5) Unassisted PIT 5 – 4 HFD
  6. 17:36 Mike Rogers (21) Thommy Abrahamsson (6), Pat Boutette (21) PIT 5 – 5 HFD
  7. 18:10 Nick Libett (4) Jim Hamilton (2), Mark Johnson (9) PIT 6 – 5 HFD
  8. 19:50 Mark Howe (13) PPG Pat Boutette (22), Al Sims (10) PIT 6 – 6 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 0:14 Blaine Stoughton (17) Mike Rogers (31), Mark Howe (30) PIT 6 – 7 HFD
  2. 5:52 Thommy Abrahamsson (4) PPG Pat Boutette (23), Mike Rogers (32) PIT 6 – 8 HFD
  3. 7:20 Paul Gardner (11) PPG Ross Lonsberry (20), Mario Faubert (22) PIT 7 – 8 HFD
  4. 11:33 Mike Rogers (22) Pat Boutette (24), Blaine Stoughton (13) PIT 7 – 9 HFD

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mark Johnson C 1 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 2.45
Paul Gardner C 2 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 2.20
Nick Libett L 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Ross Lonsberry L 1 2 3 0 0 -2 0:00 1.78
Jim Hamilton R 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.55
Rick Kehoe R 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Mario Faubert D 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.25
Randy Carlyle D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.25
Rod Schutt L 1 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.45
Ron Stackhouse D 0 1 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.10
Russ Anderson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Peter Lee R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Greg Malone C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
George Ferguson C 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Gary McAdam R 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Dave Burrows D 0 0 2 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.45
Pat Hughes R 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Greg Millen L 39 30 9 .769 60:00 -3.75

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mike Rogers C 2 3 3 0 0 +3 0:00 4.05
Blaine Stoughton L 2 1 8 0 0 +3 0:00 3.18
Thommy Abrahamsson D 1 3 5 0 0 +3 0:00 3.15
Pat Boutette L 0 4 4 0 0 +3 0:00 3.10
Don Nachbaur C 2 1 5 0 0 +3 0:00 2.80
Mark Howe D 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Al Sims D 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Nick Fotiu L 0 1 0 0 0 +3 0:00 1.08
Ray Neufeld R 0 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.52
Norm Barnes D 0 0 1 0 0 +4 0:00 0.52
Dave Keon C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Tom Rowe R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Michel Galarneau C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Mike Fidler L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jordy Douglas L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Warren Miller R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett W 32 25 7 .781 60:00 -2.75