Montréal Canadiens vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Tuesday, October 23, 1979 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Atlanta Flames 5–3 on Tuesday, October 23, 1979 at Omni Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Flames 36–31.
Steve Shutt scored twice. Darcy Rota, Guy Lafleur, Doug Risebrough, Larry Robinson, Eric Vail and Kent Nilsson also scored.
Denis Herron made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Darcy Rota (1)Ivan Boldirev (3), Paul Reinhart (2)0–101:18 AFM
Steve Shutt (4)Brian Engblom (2)1–102:33 MTL
Guy Lafleur (7)Unassisted2–111:59 MTL
2nd period
Doug Risebrough (1)Brian Engblom (3), Mario Tremblay (4)3–101:21 MTL
Larry Robinson (3)Danny Geoffrion (1), Guy Lafleur (4)4–103:58 MTL · - Steve Shutt (5)Guy Lafleur (5)5–107:24 MTL
Eric Vail (5)Guy Chouinard (5)5–210:16 AFM
Kent Nilsson (5)Ivan Boldirev (4)5–311:40 AFM
Team stats
MTLAFM
3631
0%0%
1/20/1
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:31 into the first period
Rod Langway · tripping2 min - 9:16 into the first period
Darcy Rota · high sticking2 min - 9:16 into the first periodDoug Risebrough · high sticking2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodBrad Marsh · elbowing2 min
- 11:13 into the second periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 11:13 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · high sticking2 min
- 5:33 into the third periodBill Clement · tripping2 min
- 8:54 into the third periodGarry Unger · tripping2 min
- 8:54 into the third periodPierre Larouche · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
Atlanta Flames
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |