Los Angeles Kings vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Friday, December 7, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Friday, December 7, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Kings outshot the Canadiens 33–32.
Rejean Houle scored twice and Guy Lafleur scored twice. Charlie Simmer, Pierre Larouche and Mike Murphy also scored.
Michel Larocque made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Rejean Houle (11)Pierre Mondou (10), Guy Lafleur (25)0–116:45 MTL ·
2nd period
Charlie Simmer (24)Glenn Goldup (4)1–103:36 LAK
Guy Lafleur (23)Pierre Larouche (18), Serge Savard (3)1–204:04 MTL
Pierre Larouche (19)Brian Engblom (4)1–307:05 MTL- Guy Lafleur (24)Pierre Larouche (19), Larry Robinson (20)1–414:17 MTL
Mike Murphy (10)Steve Jensen (8)2–417:38 LAK
3rd period
- Rejean Houle (12)Guy Lapointe (12), Pierre Mondou (11)2–514:55 MTL
Team stats
LAKMTL
3332
0%0%
0/41/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:21 into the first period
Barry Gibbs · holding2 min - 16:06 into the first periodBarry Gibbs · holding2 min
- 19:05 into the first period
Steve Shutt · hooking2 min - 7:46 into the second periodRejean Houle · cross checking2 min
- 18:08 into the second periodMario Tremblay · slashing2 min
- 18:54 into the third periodRejean Houle · roughing2 min
- 19:30 into the third periodMike Murphy · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Richard MulhernD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |