Atlanta Flames vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, October 11, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Atlanta Flames 3–1 on Thursday, October 11, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Flames 36–15.
Goals came from Pierre Larouche, Kent Nilsson, Larry Robinson and Guy Lafleur.
Michel Larocque made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 33 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (1)Mario Tremblay (1), Rejean Houle (1)0–106:00 MTL
Kent Nilsson (2)Unassisted1–116:05 AFM
2nd period
Larry Robinson (1)Doug Risebrough (1), Yvon Lambert (1)1–211:04 MTL
Guy Lafleur (1)Steve Shutt (1), Rejean Houle (2)1–316:07 MTL
Team stats
AFMMTL
1536
0%0%
0/30/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:25 into the first period
Bobby Lalonde · tripping2 min - 1:05 into the second periodDave Shand · high sticking2 min
- 1:05 into the second period
Yvon Lambert · cross checking2 min - 3:32 into the second periodBrad Marsh · holding2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodPhil Russell · roughing2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodBob Gainey · roughing2 min
- 5:41 into the second periodLarry Robinson · holding2 min
- 7:24 into the second periodRejean Houle · hooking2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodDan Bouchard · closing hand on puck2 min
- 3:56 into the third periodRejean Houle · slashing2 min
- 9:29 into the third periodDave Shand · high sticking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 15 | 1 | .933 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |