🪶 Away Blackhawks 24-21-0 before this game
3–5
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 19-22-0 before this game
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Blackhawks at Whalers

Whalers beat Blackhawks 5–3 on January 19, 1980.

🗓 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Rich Preston
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Terry Ruskowski
2 A
1 shots · +1
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Mark Howe
1 G
5 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI HFD🐳
38 Shots on goal 30
4 Penalty minutes 2
CHI shooting 7.9% (3/38) HFD shooting 16.7% (5/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Tony Esposito
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:46 TOI
🐳Whalers
John Garrett
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 24-21 (53% win rate, 45 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 19-22 (46% win rate, 41 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 24-21 (53% win rate, 45 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 19-22 (46% win rate, 41 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 11, 1979
🐳HFD @ 🪶CHI
5–5 · Whalers won
Nov 9, 1979
🪶CHI @ 🐳HFD
4–2 · Blackhawks won
Oct 14, 1979
🐳HFD @ 🪶CHI
3–3 · Whalers won

❓ CHI vs HFD, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Whalers on January 19, 1980?

Whalers won 5–3.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Whalers?

The final score was Blackhawks 3, Whalers 5.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Tony Esposito made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

John Garrett made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Blackhawks vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Jan 17
🪶CHI @ 🔔PHI
1–5 · PHI won
Next game · Jan 20
🪶CHI @ 🗽NYR
2–1 · CHI won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Jan 17
🐧PIT @ 🐳HFD
1–7 · HFD won
Next game · Jan 21
✈️WIN @ 🐳HFD
2–7 · HFD won
Also on January 19, 1980
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
3–6 final
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
4–4 final
⚜️QUE @ 🏝️NYI
1–3 final
🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–7 final
🛢️EDM @ 🐧PIT
5–2 final
🐙DET @ 🌌MNS
5–4 final
🎵STL @ ⛰️CLR
3–1 final
🔥AFM @ 👑LAK
4–2 final
Blackhawks season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule