Montréal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, December 5, 1979 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Wednesday, December 5, 1979 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Canadiens outshot the Maple Leafs 31–29.
Goals came from Lanny McDonald, Rocky Saganiuk, Pierre Mondou, John Anderson and Serge Savard.
Mike Palmateer made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Lanny McDonald (13)Paul Gardner (4), Borje Salming (23)0–107:16 TOR · 
Rocky Saganiuk (5)Dave Williams (10), Walt McKechnie (21)0–216:25 TOR · 
Pierre Mondou (8)Mark Napier (8)1–217:02 MTL
2nd period
John Anderson (7)Laurie Boschman (10), Rocky Saganiuk (10)1–309:41 TOR
3rd period
Serge Savard (3)Larry Robinson (19), Guy Lafleur (24)2–319:39 MTL
Team stats
MTLTOR
3129
0%0%
0/32/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:14 into the first period
Dave Hutchison · high sticking2 min - 6:18 into the first period
Rejean Houle · holding2 min - 14:25 into the first periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodMario Tremblay · high sticking2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
- 14:01 into the second periodJerry Butler · high sticking2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodIan Turnbull · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – |