🐙 Away Red Wings 17-20-0 before this game

2–1

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	0	0	2
HFD	0	0	0	1

Red Wings at Whalers

Red Wings beat Whalers 2–1 on January 6, 1980.

🗓 Sun, Jan 6, 1980 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Dan Labraaten

1 G, 1 A

4 shots

2nd star 🐙 DET

Vaclav Nedomansky

1 G, 1 A

3 shots

3rd star 🐙 DET

Reed Larson

1 A

5 shots

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET HFD🐳

32 Shots on goal 29

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

8 Penalty minutes 8

DET shooting 6.2% (2/32) HFD shooting 3.4% (1/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Rogie Vachon

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐳Whalers

John Garrett

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:25 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 17-20 (46% win rate, 37 games)

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 1st: 17-19 (47% win rate, 36 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 17-20 (46% win rate, 37 games)

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 2nd: 17-19 (47% win rate, 36 games)

❓ DET vs HFD, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Whalers on January 6, 1980?

Red Wings won 2–1.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Whalers?

The final score was Red Wings 2, Whalers 1.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Rogie Vachon made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

John Garrett made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Red Wings vs Whalers season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Jan 4

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Jan 4

Also on January 6, 1980

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