Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 1, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Scoring
1st period
Ray Allison (6)Andre Lacroix (14), Rick Ley (5)1–006:16 HFD
Pierre Larouche (17)Steve Shutt (15)1–108:14 MTL
Mike Rogers (10)Mark Howe (13), Ronald Plumb (2)2–117:49 HFD
2nd period
Steve Shutt (14)Guy Lafleur (21), Pierre Larouche (16)2–203:59 MTL ·
3rd period
Norm Dupont (1)Mario Tremblay (11), Guy Lafleur (22)2–303:38 MTL- Steve Shutt (15)Guy Lapointe (9), Pierre Larouche (17)2–404:34 MTL ·
Blaine Stoughton (15)Mark Howe (14), Dave Keon (19)3–406:01 HFD · 
Mark Howe (8)Ray Allison (4), Mike Rogers (14)4–417:33 HFD
Team stats
HFDMTL
2729
0%0%
1/22/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:43 into the first period
Mark Howe · hooking2 min - 3:29 into the second periodJordy Douglas · interference2 min
- 6:41 into the second period
Danny Geoffrion · interference2 min - 4:11 into the third periodGordie Howe · holding2 min
- 5:07 into the third periodRejean Houle · hooking2 min
- 17:54 into the third periodRick Ley · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | T | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | T | 27 | 4 | .852 |