Montréal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 16, 1980 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–1 on Wednesday, January 16, 1980 at Chicago Stadium. The Canadiens outshot the Blackhawks 30–17.
Guy Lafleur scored twice. Bob Gainey, Pierre Larouche, Rick Chartraw, Grant Mulvey and Doug Jarvis also scored.
Michel Larocque made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Bob Gainey (6)Pierre Larouche (24), Guy Lafleur (47)1–003:31 MTL · 
Pierre Larouche (30)Yvon Lambert (11), Mario Tremblay (16)2–008:16 MTL
Rick Chartraw (1)Larry Robinson (35), Doug Risebrough (5)3–010:16 MTL
Grant Mulvey (24)Mike O'connell (15), Terry Ruskowski (30)3–118:05 CHI
3rd period
Guy Lafleur (33)Pierre Larouche (25), Rejean Houle (15)4–101:55 MTL- Guy Lafleur (34)Pierre Larouche (26), Rejean Houle (16)5–105:10 MTL
Doug Jarvis (4)Rick Chartraw (4), Bob Gainey (7)6–110:01 MTL
Team stats
MTLCHI
3017
0%0%
1/10/0
911
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:56 into the first period
Grant Mulvey · fighting5 min - 10:56 into the first period
Gaston Gingras · fighting5 min - 11:30 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 11:30 into the first periodRejean Houle · roughing2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodGilles Lupien · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23J.P. BordeleauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |