Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, December 11, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1–4

31–32

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–1 on Tuesday, December 11, 1979 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 32–31.

Duane Sutter scored twice. Anders Kallur, Guy Lapointe and Bryan Trottier also scored.

Billy Smith made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 28 of 32.

Goals
MTL	0	1	0	1	31
NYI	0	3	1	4	32

Scoring

2nd period

Duane Sutter (4)Dave Langevin (7), Jean Potvin (10)0–101:25 NYI
Anders Kallur (6)Unassisted0–203:42 NYI ·
Guy Lapointe (2)Keith Acton (1), Rejean Houle (11)1–206:55 MTL
Bryan Trottier (18)Bob Lorimer (6), Anders Kallur (11)1–311:20 NYI

3rd period

Duane Sutter (5)Unassisted1–416:59 NYI

Team stats

MTLNYI

3132

0%0%

0/40/1

Penalties

13:00 into the first periodGarry Howatt · boarding2 min
15:45 into the first periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
2:46 into the second periodWayne Merrick · hooking2 min
17:06 into the second periodDave Lewis · tripping2 min
6:29 into the third periodBob Gainey · high sticking2 min

Season series

Canadiens vs Islanders head-to-head →

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

15Rejean HouleL	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
30Keith ActonC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
5Guy LapointeD	1	0	1	−1	3	0	–	–
6Pierre MondouC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
10Guy LafleurR	0	0	0	−1	7	0	–	–
14Mario TremblayR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
21Doug JarvisC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
22Steve ShuttL	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
23Bob GaineyL	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
26Norm DupontL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Pierre LaroucheC	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
31Mark NapierR	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–
17Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
18Serge SavardD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
24Gilles LupienD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
27Rick ChartrawD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
1Michel LarocqueG	L	32	28	4	.875	60:00
33Richard SevignyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

12Duane SutterR	2	0	2	+2	5	0	–	–
28Anders KallurC	1	1	2	+2	5	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
3Jean PotvinD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
4Bob LorimerD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
26Dave LangevinD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	–	–
8Garry HowattL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
9Clark GilliesL	0	0	0	+2	2	2	–	–
10Lorne HenningC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
11Wayne MerrickC	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
14Bob BourneC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
15Billy HarrisR	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
20Yvon VautourR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
23Bobby NystromR	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
24Gord LaneD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
25Dave LewisD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Glenn ReschG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Billy SmithG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00