Philadelphia Flyers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 12, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 on Saturday, January 12, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Flyers 27–22.
Goals came from Pierre Larouche, Reggie Leach, Bill Barber, Al Hill, Yvon Lambert, Doug Risebrough and Guy Lafleur.
Denis Herron made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (29)Mark Napier (14)0–104:41 MTL
Reggie Leach (26)Unassisted1–114:24 PHI
Bill Barber (23)Bobby Clarke (31), Reggie Leach (18)2–119:24 PHI
2nd period
Al Hill (8)Unassisted3–103:33 PHI
Yvon Lambert (8)Larry Robinson (33), Rejean Houle (13)3–209:40 MTL · 
Doug Risebrough (4)Guy Lafleur (45), Brian Engblom (7)3–319:08 MTL
3rd period
Guy Lafleur (31)Yvon Lambert (10), Gilles Lupien (2)3–403:16 MTL
Team stats
PHIMTL
2227
0%0%
0/31/3
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:54 into the first period
Al Hill · hooking2 min - 14:49 into the first period
Rod Langway · holding2 min - 5:12 into the second periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodMike Busniuk · slashing2 min
- 16:58 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · high sticking2 min
- 16:58 into the second periodBehn Wilson · high sticking2 min
- 1:10 into the third periodDoug Jarvis · hooking2 min
- 1:10 into the third periodBobby Clarke · roughing2 min
- 9:14 into the third periodNorm Barnes · slashing2 min
- 11:12 into the third periodBrian Engblom · tripping2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |