Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, December 14, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Friday, December 14, 1979 at Northlands Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 32–27.
Dave Lumley scored twice. Wayne Gretzky, Kari Makkonen, Pierre Larouche, Yvon Lambert, Pierre Mondou and Mark Messier also scored.
Eddie Mio made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Lumley (6)Unassisted0–106:23 EDM
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (12)Kari Makkonen (2), Blair MacDonald (16)0–201:40 EDM · 
Kari Makkonen (2)Wayne Gretzky (28), Blair MacDonald (17)0–309:42 EDM- Dave Lumley (7)Stan Weir (12), Dave Hunter (10)0–410:45 EDM
3rd period
Pierre Larouche (22)Serge Savard (4), Guy Lafleur (29)1–401:19 MTL · 
Yvon Lambert (4)Gilles Lupien (1), Rejean Houle (12)2–403:28 MTL
Pierre Mondou (9)Unassisted3–408:30 MTL
Mark Messier (3)Ron Chipperfield (6), Brett Callighen (16)3–515:19 EDM
Team stats
MTLEDM
3227
0%0%
1/61/3
1117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:08 into the first period
Risto Siltanen · interference2 min - 14:10 into the first periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 14:10 into the first period
Yvon Lambert · fighting5 min - 16:56 into the first periodDave Hunter · slashing2 min
- 0:53 into the second periodSteve Shutt · high sticking2 min
- 4:19 into the second periodAlex Tidey · cross checking2 min
- 7:35 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodDave Lumley · tripping2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodRisto Siltanen · tripping2 min
- 11:59 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 30Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Morris RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Kari MakkonenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Alex TideyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |