Colorado Rockies vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, December 9, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–5 on Sunday, December 9, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Rockies 41–32.
Pierre Larouche scored twice, Wilf Paiement scored twice and Randy Pierce scored twice. Jack Valiquette, Rejean Houle, Bob Gainey, Ron Delorme, Don Saleski and Steve Shutt also scored.
Hardy Astrom made 36 saves on 41 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (20)Guy Lafleur (26), Steve Shutt (17)0–103:52 MTL- Pierre Larouche (21)Larry Robinson (21), Guy Lafleur (27)0–217:24 MTL ·
Jack Valiquette (10)Mike McEwen (21), Ron Delorme (5)1–219:24 CLR
2nd period
Wilf Paiement (6)Mike Christie (2)2–203:35 CLR
3rd period
Rejean Houle (13)Mark Napier (9), Pierre Mondou (12)2–303:11 MTL
Randy Pierce (7)Rene Robert (12), Lucien DeBlois (5)3–305:57 CLR
Bob Gainey (4)Mario Tremblay (12), Rod Langway (7)3–407:01 MTL- Randy Pierce (8)Rene Robert (13), Lucien DeBlois (6)4–408:45 CLR
- Wilf Paiement (7)Nick Beverley (7)5–409:37 CLR
Ron Delorme (8)Jack Valiquette (10), Don Saleski (7)6–410:30 CLR
Don Saleski (6)Mike McEwen (22)7–413:38 CLR
Steve Shutt (16)Guy Lafleur (28)7–517:43 MTL
Team stats
CLRMTL
3241
0%0%
0/11/2
42
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:51 into the first period
Gilles Lupien · interference2 min - 16:56 into the first period
Dean Turner · hooking2 min - 14:07 into the second periodDean Turner · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 7Randy PierceR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | W | 41 | 5 | .878 |
| 29Bill McKenzieG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |