Minnesota North Stars vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, November 1, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–1 on Thursday, November 1, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the North Stars 28–23.
Goals came from Guy Lapointe, Yvon Lambert, Steve Shutt, Ron Zanussi, Pierre Larouche and Guy Lafleur.
Denis Herron made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Gary Edwards stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lapointe (1)Doug Jarvis (1)0–108:00 MTL
Yvon Lambert (2)Pierre Mondou (4), Mario Tremblay (6)0–214:10 MTL
Steve Shutt (8)Pierre Larouche (6), Guy Lafleur (10)0–315:30 MTL ·
2nd period
Ron Zanussi (4)Tom McCarthy (4), Glen Sharpley (7)1–302:28 MNS
Pierre Larouche (7)Guy Lafleur (11), Guy Lapointe (2)1–416:16 MTL ·
3rd period
Guy Lafleur (11)Larry Robinson (8)1–519:29 MTL ·
Team stats
MNSMTL
2328
0%0%
0/23/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:14 into the first period
Gary Sargent · holding2 min - 18:15 into the first period
Yvon Lambert · tripping2 min - 9:54 into the second periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · interference2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodBob Gainey · high sticking2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodRon Zanussi · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |