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Wednesday, March 18, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center

Canadiens 3 at Whalers 9

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 94OVR Blaine Stoughton Whalers First Star 2G · 1A · 6 SOG L 71OVR Mike Fidler Whalers Second Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG C 85OVR Rick Meagher Whalers Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:29 Don Nachbaur (12) Pat Boutette (49), Gilles Lupien (3) MTL 0 – 1 HFD
  2. 8:06 Mike Fidler (12) Stuart Smith (7), Warren Miller (20) MTL 0 – 2 HFD
  3. 9:24 Doug Wickenheiser (7) Bob Gainey (23), Robert Picard (20) MTL 1 – 2 HFD
  4. 9:33 Don Nachbaur (13) Dave Keon (32), Tom Rowe (24) MTL 1 – 3 HFD
  5. 14:26 Blaine Stoughton (37) Rick Meagher (5) MTL 1 – 4 HFD
  6. 17:40 Blaine Stoughton (38) Al Sims (31) MTL 1 – 5 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 2:49 Mike Rogers (39) Mike Fidler (20), Jack McIlhargey (5) MTL 1 – 6 HFD
  2. 8:38 Warren Miller (21) PPG Mike Fidler (21), Mike Rogers (59) MTL 1 – 7 HFD
  3. 13:25 Rick Meagher (5) Blaine Stoughton (29), Pat Boutette (50) MTL 1 – 8 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 1:23 Dave Keon (12) Tom Rowe (25), Dave Debol (12) MTL 1 – 9 HFD
  2. 10:55 Steve Shutt (35) Mark Napier (31) MTL 2 – 9 HFD
  3. 13:34 Larry Robinson (11) Bob Gainey (24) MTL 3 – 9 HFD

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bob Gainey L 0 2 2 0 1.40
Doug Wickenheiser C 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Robert Picard D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Larry Robinson D 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Mark Napier R 0 1 2 -2 0.48
Steve Shutt L 1 0 2 -3 0.45
Rejean Houle L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Doug Risebrough C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pierre Larouche C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Keith Acton C 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Doug Jarvis C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Guy Lapointe D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Rod Langway D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Yvon Lambert L 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Brian Engblom D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Serge Savard D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Denis Herron L 7 2 5 .286 17:40 -3.55
Richard Sevigny — 22 18 4 .818 42:20 -1.20

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Blaine Stoughton L 2 1 6 +2 2.88
Mike Fidler L 1 2 3 +2 2.53
Rick Meagher C 1 1 3 +4 2.20
Don Nachbaur C 2 0 3 +2 2.03
Warren Miller R 1 1 2 +2 1.83
Pat Boutette L 0 2 2 +2 1.70
Dave Keon C 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Mike Rogers C 1 1 3 -1 1.45
Tom Rowe R 0 2 2 +1 1.40
Al Sims D 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Stuart Smith D 0 1 1 +3 1.00
Jack McIlhargey D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Dave Debol C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Gilles Lupien D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Mark Howe D 0 0 0 +4 0.60
Jeff Brubaker L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Norm Barnes D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Veisor W 20 17 3 .850 60:00 -0.55