Edmonton Oilers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, January 7, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 on Monday, January 7, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 32–22.
Steve Shutt scored twice. Stan Weir, Guy Lafleur, Dave Lumley, Bobby Schmautz and Pierre Larouche also scored.
Denis Herron made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jim Corsi stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Shutt (22)Guy Lafleur (43), Pierre Mondou (16)0–101:19 MTL
Stan Weir (16)Dave Lumley (18), Jim Corsi (1)1–105:17 EDM
2nd period
Guy Lafleur (29)Bob Gainey (6), Larry Robinson (31)1–202:33 MTL · 
Dave Lumley (10)Dave Hunter (12), Stan Weir (17)2–205:39 EDM
3rd period
- Steve Shutt (23)Rod Langway (11), Pierre Larouche (22)2–305:32 MTL
Bobby Schmautz (11)Cam Connor (1)3–307:07 EDM
Pierre Larouche (28)Steve Shutt (23), Guy Lafleur (44)3–418:35 MTL
Team stats
EDMMTL
2232
0%0%
0/31/6
2115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:46 into the first period
Risto Siltanen · hooking2 min - 18:35 into the first periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodDave Hunter · tripping2 min
- 3:12 into the second period
Rod Langway · tripping2 min - 8:19 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · tripping2 min
- 11:15 into the second periodCam Connor · roughing2 min
- 11:15 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · roughing2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodJim Corsi · high sticking2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · tripping2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodPat Price · slashing2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodBrian Engblom · interference2 min
- 19:50 into the second periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 19:50 into the second periodMario Tremblay · fighting5 min
- 11:28 into the third periodRisto Siltanen · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bobby SchmautzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Cam ConnorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jim CorsiG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |