Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, November 24, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 3–1 on Saturday, November 24, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 29–28.
Goals came from Pierre Larouche, Al Secord, Steve Shutt and Serge Savard.
Michel Larocque made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Gerry Cheevers stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (15)Steve Shutt (11), Larry Robinson (15)0–114:23 MTL · 
Al Secord (4)Terry O'Reilly (12)1–119:52 BOS
2nd period
Steve Shutt (12)Guy Lafleur (17), Pierre Larouche (11)1–201:16 MTL
Serge Savard (1)Pierre Larouche (12)1–313:49 MTL
Team stats
BOSMTL
2928
0%0%
0/21/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:29 into the first period
Pierre Mondou · tripping2 min - 7:44 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · elbowing2 min - 13:42 into the first periodRick Smith · elbowing2 min
- 13:42 into the first periodDoug Jarvis · slashing2 min
- 14:15 into the first periodMike Milbury · holding2 min
- 2:19 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · interference2 min
- 10:01 into the second periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Rick SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Gary DoakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gerry CheeversG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |