Montréal Canadiens vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, December 18, 1979 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Tuesday, December 18, 1979 at St. Louis Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Blues 31–27.
Pierre Larouche scored twice. Mike Zuke, Blair Chapman, Larry Patey, Jack Brownschidle, Guy Lafleur and Brian Sutter also scored.
Mike Liut made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Zuke (6)Blair Chapman (5), Brian Sutter (14)0–104:50 STL · 
Blair Chapman (8)Bernie Federko (25), Jack Brownschidle (12)0–213:55 STL
2nd period
Pierre Larouche (23)Steve Shutt (19), Guy Lafleur (31)1–206:49 MTL- Pierre Larouche (24)Guy Lafleur (32), Serge Savard (5)2–218:17 MTL
3rd period
Larry Patey (4)Unassisted2–303:03 STL · 
Jack Brownschidle (6)Mike Zuke (9)2–413:50 STL
Guy Lafleur (25)Rod Langway (9), Pierre Larouche (20)3–415:56 MTL · 
Brian Sutter (10)Larry Patey (5), Ed Kea (7)3–519:16 STL ·
Team stats
MTLSTL
3127
0%0%
1/31/2
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:34 into the first period
Richard Sevigny · delaying game2 min - 5:44 into the first periodRejean Houle · elbowing2 min
- 5:44 into the first period
Larry Patey · hooking2 min - 10:58 into the first periodBob Gainey · roughing2 min
- 10:58 into the first periodRick Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 14:52 into the first periodBlake Dunlop · tripping2 min
- 11:46 into the second periodMario Tremblay · interference2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodJoe Micheletti · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 2:01 into the third periodMike Zuke · tripping2 min
- 13:47 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 13:47 into the third periodBryan Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 14:39 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
St. Louis Blues
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Bobby SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Chuck LefleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |