Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, October 25, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–5 on Thursday, October 25, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 38–29.
Gary McAdam scored twice, Pierre Larouche scored 4 goals, Orest Kindrachuk scored twice and Guy Lafleur scored twice. Nick Libett, Mario Tremblay and Steve Shutt also scored.
Michel Larocque made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Rob Holland stopped 30 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Gary McAdam (2)Randy Carlyle (7), Gregg Sheppard (1)1–005:06 PIT · 
Pierre Larouche (3)Guy Lafleur (6), Steve Shutt (4)1–106:42 MTL
Nick Libett (3)Gregg Sheppard (2), Russ Anderson (6)2–108:30 PIT- Pierre Larouche (4)Steve Shutt (5)2–215:13 MTL
2nd period
Orest Kindrachuk (5)Unassisted3–201:28 PIT- Orest Kindrachuk (6)Rick Kehoe (3)4–201:49 PIT
Guy Lafleur (8)Pierre Mondou (2), Bob Gainey (1)4–304:59 MTL · 
Mario Tremblay (1)Doug Risebrough (3), Yvon Lambert (3)4–416:13 MTL
3rd period
- Pierre Larouche (5)Steve Shutt (6)4–505:27 MTL
- Guy Lafleur (9)Steve Shutt (7), Pierre Mondou (3)4–606:41 MTL
- Gary McAdam (3)Greg Malone (3), Randy Carlyle (8)5–607:06 PIT ·
Steve Shutt (6)Pierre Larouche (4)5–708:09 MTL- Pierre Larouche (6)Larry Robinson (4)5–817:33 MTL
Team stats
PITMTL
2938
0%0%
2/21/1
24
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:42 into the first period
Danny Geoffrion · elbowing2 min - 4:28 into the second period
Rod Schutt · hooking2 min - 6:57 into the third periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 16Gary McAdamR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | L | 38 | 8 | .789 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 4 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |