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1979-80 Hartford Whalers Schedule and Results

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Record: 27-34-19 (73 points), Finished 4th in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Blackburn (27-34-19)

Captain: Rick Ley

Primary Arena: Springfield Civic Center

Goals For: 303 (8th of 21), Goals Against: 312 (16th of 21)
SRS: -0.11 (10th of 21), SOS: 0.01 (13th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (3-0) to Montreal Canadiens

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		W	L	T	Streak
1	1979-10-11	@	Minnesota North Stars	1	4	L	0	1	0	L 1
2	1979-10-13	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	3	T	0	1	1	T 1
3	1979-10-14	@	Chicago Black Hawks	3	3	T	0	1	2	T 2
4	1979-10-17	@	Buffalo Sabres	1	3	L	0	2	2	L 1
5	1979-10-19		Los Angeles Kings	6	3	W	1	2	2	W 1
6	1979-10-20	@	New York Islanders	1	6	L	1	3	2	L 1
7	1979-10-24	@	Quebec Nordiques	2	2	T	1	3	3	T 1
8	1979-10-26		New York Islanders	1	2	L	1	4	3	L 1
9	1979-10-28	@	New York Rangers	2	2	T	1	4	4	T 1
10	1979-10-31	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	2	W	2	4	4	W 1
11	1979-11-02		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	3	W	3	4	4	W 2
12	1979-11-06	@	Colorado Rockies	7	2	W	4	4	4	W 3
13	1979-11-09		Chicago Black Hawks	2	4	L	4	5	4	L 1
14	1979-11-11	@	Chicago Black Hawks	5	5	T	4	5	5	T 1
15	1979-11-14	@	Winnipeg Jets	2	3	L	4	6	5	L 1
16	1979-11-17		Edmonton Oilers	4	0	W	5	6	5	W 1
17	1979-11-18	@	Boston Bruins	4	5	L	5	7	5	L 1
18	1979-11-21		Buffalo Sabres	5	3	W	6	7	5	W 1
19	1979-11-24		Quebec Nordiques	4	4	T	6	7	6	T 1
20	1979-11-25		Atlanta Flames	4	2	W	7	7	6	W 1
21	1979-11-27	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	6	L	7	8	6	L 1
22	1979-11-30		Pittsburgh Penguins	7	5	W	8	8	6	W 1
23	1979-12-01	@	Montreal Canadiens	4	4	T	8	8	7	T 1
24	1979-12-04	@	Washington Capitals	3	3	T	8	8	8	T 2
25	1979-12-07		New York Rangers	4	7	L	8	9	8	L 1
26	1979-12-09	@	Edmonton Oilers	0	3	L	8	10	8	L 2
27	1979-12-11	@	Vancouver Canucks	3	5	L	8	11	8	L 3
28	1979-12-12	@	Los Angeles Kings	4	7	L	8	12	8	L 4
29	1979-12-15	@	Colorado Rockies	5	6	L	8	13	8	L 5
30	1979-12-19		Washington Capitals	5	4	W	9	13	8	W 1
31	1979-12-22		Buffalo Sabres	2	4	L	9	14	8	L 1
32	1979-12-23	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	4	L	9	15	8	L 2
33	1979-12-26		Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	9	15	9	T 1
34	1979-12-29	@	St. Louis Blues	0	3	L	9	16	9	L 1
35	1980-01-02	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	3	T	9	16	10	T 1
36	1980-01-04		Washington Capitals	3	6	L	9	17	10	L 1
37	1980-01-06		Detroit Red Wings	1	2	L	9	18	10	L 2
38	1980-01-07	@	New York Rangers	2	5	L	9	19	10	L 3
39	1980-01-09	@	Minnesota North Stars	2	6	L	9	20	10	L 4
40	1980-01-12	@	Detroit Red Wings	6	4	W	10	20	10	W 1
41	1980-01-17		Pittsburgh Penguins	7	1	W	11	20	10	W 2
42	1980-01-19		Chicago Black Hawks	5	3	W	12	20	10	W 3
43	1980-01-21		Winnipeg Jets	7	2	W	13	20	10	W 4
44	1980-01-24		Montreal Canadiens	2	7	L	13	21	10	L 1
45	1980-01-26	@	New York Islanders	2	3	L	13	22	10	L 2
46	1980-01-28		Atlanta Flames	6	1	W	14	22	10	W 1
47	1980-01-30		Boston Bruins	8	2	W	15	22	10	W 2
48	1980-02-02	@	Atlanta Flames	3	5	L	15	23	10	L 1
49	1980-02-03		New York Islanders	5	3	W	16	23	10	W 1
50	1980-02-06		Los Angeles Kings	7	3	W	17	23	10	W 2
51	1980-02-08		Colorado Rockies	4	4	T	17	23	11	T 1
52	1980-02-10		Minnesota North Stars	2	6	L	17	24	11	L 1
53	1980-02-12		Vancouver Canucks	5	5	T	17	24	12	T 1
54	1980-02-15		Winnipeg Jets	5	4	W	18	24	12	W 1
55	1980-02-16	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	5	L	18	25	12	L 1
56	1980-02-18		New York Rangers	6	4	W	19	25	12	W 1
57	1980-02-19		Edmonton Oilers	6	2	W	20	25	12	W 2
58	1980-02-23	@	Atlanta Flames	6	5	W	21	25	12	W 3
59	1980-02-26	@	Quebec Nordiques	5	9	L	21	26	12	L 1
60	1980-02-27		Boston Bruins	3	6	L	21	27	12	L 2
61	1980-02-29		St. Louis Blues	3	0	W	22	27	12	W 1
62	1980-03-01	@	St. Louis Blues	6	3	W	23	27	12	W 2
63	1980-03-06	@	Buffalo Sabres	3	4	L	23	28	12	L 1
64	1980-03-08	@	Washington Capitals	5	9	L	23	29	12	L 2
65	1980-03-09	@	Boston Bruins	1	1	T	23	29	13	T 1
66	1980-03-12	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	4	T	23	29	14	T 2
67	1980-03-13		Vancouver Canucks	3	1	W	24	29	14	W 1
68	1980-03-15		Colorado Rockies	4	1	W	25	29	14	W 2
69	1980-03-16		Minnesota North Stars	1	6	L	25	30	14	L 1
70	1980-03-19		Montreal Canadiens	5	5	T	25	30	15	T 1
71	1980-03-21		Philadelphia Flyers	5	5	T	25	30	16	T 2
72	1980-03-22	@	Montreal Canadiens	5	5	T	25	30	17	T 3
73	1980-03-24		St. Louis Blues	5	7	L	25	31	17	L 1
74	1980-03-26	@	Winnipeg Jets	0	7	L	25	32	17	L 2
75	1980-03-28	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	4	T	25	32	18	T 1
76	1980-03-29	@	Los Angeles Kings	2	2	T	25	32	19	T 2
77	1980-04-01		Toronto Maple Leafs	4	5	L	25	33	19	L 1
78	1980-04-02	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	6	L	25	34	19	L 2
79	1980-04-04		Quebec Nordiques	9	2	W	26	34	19	W 1
80	1980-04-06		Detroit Red Wings	5	3	W	27	34	19	W 2