Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, December 23, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8–4 on Sunday, December 23, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Maple Leafs 34–27.
Ian Turnbull scored twice and Yvon Lambert scored twice. Pierre Larouche, Greg Hotham, Mark Napier, Serge Savard, Guy Lafleur, Doug Risebrough, Pierre Mondou and Terry Martin also scored.
Michel Larocque made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Paul Harrison stopped 5 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (26)Guy Lapointe (16)0–101:06 MTL · 
Greg Hotham (3)Unassisted1–109:02 TOR
Ian Turnbull (2)Lanny McDonald (15), Dave Hutchison (4)2–110:21 TOR
Mark Napier (6)Guy Lafleur (36), Pierre Mondou (13)2–211:13 MTL
Serge Savard (5)Bob Gainey (4)2–311:28 MTL
Guy Lafleur (27)Mark Napier (11), Pierre Mondou (14)2–413:49 MTL · 
Yvon Lambert (5)Mario Tremblay (13), Serge Savard (6)2–514:57 MTL
2nd period
- Ian Turnbull (3)Laurie Boschman (13)3–504:32 TOR
Doug Risebrough (3)Larry Robinson (25), Serge Savard (7)3–607:12 MTL
3rd period
Pierre Mondou (11)Steve Shutt (20), Larry Robinson (26)3–704:13 MTL
Terry Martin (1)Walt McKechnie (24), Ron Ellis (6)4–715:04 TOR- Yvon Lambert (6)Mario Tremblay (14)4–818:09 MTL
Team stats
TORMTL
2734
0%0%
0/22/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:34 into the first period
Borje Salming · holding2 min - 3:15 into the first period
Doug Jarvis · hooking2 min - 12:13 into the first periodDave Hutchison · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the first periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodLarry Robinson · tripping2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Terry MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Greg HothamD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 24 | 3 | .875 | |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | L | 10 | 5 | .500 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |