Montréal Canadiens vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Sunday, November 18, 1979 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Sunday, November 18, 1979 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Canucks 36–27.
Goals came from Stan Smyl, Pierre Larouche, Thomas Gradin, Jere Gillis, Rick Blight, Rejean Houle and Ron Sedlbauer.
Glen Hanlon made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Smyl (9)John Hughes (5), Lars Lindgren (11)0–105:24 VAN
2nd period
Pierre Larouche (11)Guy Lafleur (15), Steve Shutt (9)1–102:54 MTL
Thomas Gradin (5)Jere Gillis (7), Harold Snepsts (5)1–213:07 VAN · 
Jere Gillis (5)Brent Ashton (5)1–313:50 VAN
3rd period
Rick Blight (8)Bill Derlago (7), Harold Snepsts (6)1–403:03 VAN
Rejean Houle (7)Mark Napier (5)2–417:50 MTL · 
Ron Sedlbauer (7)Lars Lindgren (12)2–519:48 VAN ·
Team stats
MTLVAN
3627
0%0%
1/31/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:41 into the first period
Rick Chartraw · slashing2 min - 7:34 into the second periodRejean Houle · hooking2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodLarry Robinson · holding2 min
- 14:06 into the second period
Curt Fraser · high sticking2 min - 6:59 into the third periodJohn Hughes · holding2 min
- 12:40 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodCurt Fraser · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 21Jere GillisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Rick BlightR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ron SedlbauerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4John HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 35Curt RidleyG | 0 | 0 | – |