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Friday, January 23, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center

Flames 4 at Whalers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 84OVR Pat Riggin Flames First Star 40 SV · .952 C 98OVR Kent Nilsson Flames Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG L 91OVR Eric Vail Flames Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 18:17 Kent Nilsson (26) Bob MacMillan (15), Willi Plett (16) CGY 1 – 0 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 13:45 Pekka Rautakallio (4) PPG Kent Nilsson (47), Guy Chouinard (12) CGY 2 – 0 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 2:09 Ken Houston (3) Guy Chouinard (13), Eric Vail (21) CGY 3 – 0 HFD
  2. 9:32 Pat Boutette (19) Mike Rogers (39) CGY 3 – 1 HFD
  3. 15:21 Don Nachbaur (7) Warren Miller (15), Thommy Abrahamsson (10) CGY 3 – 2 HFD
  4. 19:57 Eric Vail (20) Bill Clement (13) CGY 4 – 2 HFD

Calgary Flames

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Kent Nilsson C 1 1 5 +1 1.90
Eric Vail L 1 1 1 +1 1.60
Guy Chouinard C 0 2 1 0 1.33
Bob MacMillan R 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Bill Clement C 0 1 4 0 0.93
Pekka Rautakallio D 1 0 2 0 0.90
Willi Plett R 0 1 3 +1 0.85
Ken Houston R 1 0 1 0 0.83
Paul Reinhart D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Kevin Lavallee L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Phil Russell D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Brad Smith R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Peplinski L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Brad Marsh D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Bert Wilson L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Gordon Wappel D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Randy Holt D 0 0 0 0 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Pat Riggin W 42 40 2 .952 60:00 2.50

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Warren Miller R 0 1 5 0 1.00
Don Nachbaur C 1 0 3 0 0.98
Thommy Abrahamsson D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Pat Boutette L 1 0 4 -2 0.75
Mike Rogers C 0 1 3 -2 0.40
Mike Fidler L 0 0 5 0 0.38
Blaine Stoughton L 0 0 6 -1 0.30
Dave Keon C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Ray Neufeld R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mickey Volcan D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ray Allison R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Stuart Smith D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Michel Galarneau C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jeff Brubaker L 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Al Sims D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Norm Barnes D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett L 23 20 3 .870 58:56 -0.25