Montréal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, October 17, 1979 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Wednesday, October 17, 1979 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Canadiens 39–30.
Rich Preston scored twice. Mark Napier, John Marks and Guy Lafleur also scored.
Tony Esposito made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 36 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Rich Preston (2)Unassisted0–107:23 CHI
Mark Napier (1)Rejean Houle (4), Guy Lafleur (1)1–119:18 MTL ·
2nd period
John Marks (3)Terry Ruskowski (3), Grant Mulvey (1)1–218:03 CHI
3rd period
- Rich Preston (3)Tom Lysiak (4)1–311:54 CHI
Guy Lafleur (2)Pierre Mondou (1), Steve Shutt (2)2–312:22 MTL
Team stats
MTLCHI
3039
0%0%
1/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
David Logan · elbowing2 min - 8:31 into the first periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 13:31 into the first periodDoug Lecuyer · interference2 min
- 15:10 into the first period
Pierre Mondou · hooking2 min - 19:08 into the first periodDoug Wilson · hooking2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodGilles Lupien · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 16Rich PrestonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan MikitaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2David LoganD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |