Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, November 5, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 2–0 on Monday, November 5, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 32–25.
Guy Lafleur scored twice.
Michel Larocque made 32 saves on 32 shots for the win; Gary Inness stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
3rd period
Guy Lafleur (13)Larry Robinson (11)0–101:47 MTL- Guy Lafleur (14)Pierre Mondou (5)0–216:51 MTL
Team stats
WSHMTL
3225
0%0%
0/10/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:11 into the first period
Leif Svensson · holding2 min - 9:08 into the first period
Rejean Houle · hooking2 min - 10:34 into the first periodAntero Lehtonen · holding2 min
- 14:00 into the first periodRejean Houle · high sticking2 min
- 14:00 into the first periodYvon Labre · high sticking2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodGuy Lafleur · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 6Errol RausseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Rolf EdbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Antero LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Claude NoelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Peter ScamurraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Leif SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Yvon LabreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Gary InnessG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 32 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |