Philadelphia Flyers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, November 3, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Saturday, November 3, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Flyers outshot the Canadiens 40–27.
Goals came from Mel Bridgman, Guy Lafleur, Pierre Mondou, Norm Barnes, Al Hill, Mark Napier, Bill Barber and Reggie Leach.
Phil Myre made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mel Bridgman (2)Bill Barber (2), Bobby Clarke (9)1–010:28 PHI · 
Guy Lafleur (12)Rejean Houle (7), Larry Robinson (9)1–114:36 MTL
Pierre Mondou (3)Larry Robinson (10), Mario Tremblay (7)1–218:14 MTL ·
3rd period
Norm Barnes (2)Reggie Leach (6), Brian Propp (9)2–201:24 PHI
Al Hill (2)Rick MacLeish (5)3–204:39 PHI
Mark Napier (2)Guy Lapointe (3), Serge Savard (1)3–306:27 MTL · 
Bill Barber (4)Ken Linseman (9), Bob Kelly (4)4–307:56 PHI
Reggie Leach (11)Norm Barnes (5)5–318:06 PHI
Team stats
PHIMTL
4027
0%0%
1/42/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:41 into the first period
Frank Bathe · tripping2 min - 8:43 into the first period
Brian Engblom · tripping2 min - 17:51 into the first periodBob Dailey · holding2 min
- 19:28 into the first periodDoug Jarvis · tripping2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodRejean Houle · tripping2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodBrian Propp · hooking2 min
- 1:24 into the third periodRod Langway · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodTom Gorence · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 12 | 1 | .917 |