Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 1979 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Saturday, December 29, 1979 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 29–22.
Pierre Mondou scored twice. Larry Robinson, Danny Gare, Tony McKegney, Rejean Houle, Steve Shutt, Andre Savard and Bob Gainey also scored.
Richard Sevigny made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Mondou (12)Steve Shutt (21), Rod Langway (10)0–102:16 MTL
Larry Robinson (5)Guy Lafleur (38), Pierre Mondou (15)0–204:05 MTL · 
Danny Gare (23)Gilbert Perreault (24), Rick Dudley (7)1–212:38 BUF · - Pierre Mondou (13)Steve Shutt (22), Guy Lafleur (39)1–314:20 MTL
Tony McKegney (9)Derek Smith (16)2–315:01 BUF
2nd period
Rejean Houle (14)Doug Jarvis (4), Larry Robinson (27)2–400:13 MTL
Steve Shutt (20)Guy Lafleur (40)2–509:28 MTL
3rd period
Andre Savard (1)Rick Martin (14), Ric Seiling (16)3–510:43 BUF
Bob Gainey (5)Larry Robinson (28), Serge Savard (8)3–619:35 MTL ·
Team stats
BUFMTL
2229
0%0%
1/21/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:34 into the first period
Larry Playfair · interference2 min - 11:35 into the first period
Gilles Lupien · high sticking2 min - 3:27 into the second periodLarry Playfair · tripping2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodGilles Lupien · high sticking2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodAndre Savard · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Rick MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 17John GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |