New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, December 27, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–3 on Thursday, December 27, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 46–24.
Mike Bossy scored a hat trick. Guy Lafleur, Garry Howatt, Clark Gillies, Steve Shutt, Anders Kallur, Bobby Nystrom and Pierre Larouche also scored.
Glenn Resch made 43 saves on 46 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 17 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lafleur (28)Guy Lapointe (17), Michel Larocque (1)0–103:05 MTL
Garry Howatt (4)Bobby Nystrom (2), Steve Tambellini (5)1–118:36 NYI
2nd period
Mike Bossy (18)Clark Gillies (14)2–100:25 NYI · - Mike Bossy (19)Clark Gillies (15), Bryan Trottier (29)3–103:33 NYI
Clark Gillies (9)Steve Tambellini (6)4–118:38 NYI
3rd period
Steve Shutt (19)Guy Lapointe (18), Guy Lafleur (37)4–200:11 MTL · - Mike Bossy (20)Unassisted5–204:49 NYI
Anders Kallur (8)Bob Bourne (9), Billy Harris (7)6–206:53 NYI
Bobby Nystrom (7)Wayne Merrick (9), John Tonelli (13)7–213:41 NYI
Pierre Larouche (27)Yvon Lambert (8), Mark Napier (12)7–319:53 MTL ·
Team stats
NYIMTL
2446
0%0%
1/22/5
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:33 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · holding2 min - 8:49 into the first period
Yvon Lambert · high sticking2 min - 8:49 into the first periodStefan Persson · high sticking2 min
- 19:32 into the first periodLarry Robinson · interference2 min
- 6:30 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 11:11 into the second periodMario Tremblay · interference2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodMario Tremblay · roughing2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodGord Lane · tripping2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodDave Langevin · tripping2 min
- 16:37 into the third periodSteve Shutt · roughing2 min
- 16:37 into the third periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 16:37 into the third periodBryan Trottier · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 46 | 3 | .935 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 10 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 24 | 7 | .708 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |