Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Thursday, January 24, 1980 · Springfield Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 7–2 on Thursday, January 24, 1980 at Springfield Civic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 35–20.
Steve Shutt scored 4 goals and Pierre Larouche scored twice. Pierre Mondou, Mark Howe and Blaine Stoughton also scored.
Denis Herron made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 28 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Shutt (26)Unassisted1–009:21 MTL
Pierre Mondou (18)Larry Robinson (39)2–015:23 MTL · 
Pierre Larouche (32)Steve Shutt (25)3–016:12 MTL
2nd period
Mark Howe (15)Bernie Johnston (3), Pat Boutette (11)3–102:21 HFD- Steve Shutt (27)Guy Lafleur (50)4–103:03 MTL
- Pierre Larouche (33)Guy Lafleur (51), Gaston Gingras (1)5–105:38 MTL
- Steve Shutt (28)Guy Lafleur (52), Pierre Mondou (18)6–109:23 MTL
Blaine Stoughton (27)Dave Keon (34), Mark Howe (25)6–210:51 HFD · - Steve Shutt (29)Unassisted7–213:57 MTL
Team stats
MTLHFD
3520
0%0%
1/30/1
26
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:57 into the first period
Rick Ley · hooking2 min - 14:24 into the first periodJordy Douglas · interference2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodRick Ley · slashing2 min
- 10:31 into the third period
Doug Risebrough · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Steve ShuttL | 4 | 1 | 5 | +5 | 6 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |
Hartford Whalers
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Larry GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |