Montréal Canadiens vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Wednesday, January 30, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Rockies 3–2 on Wednesday, January 30, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Canadiens 35–24.
Goals came from Brian Engblom, Doug Risebrough, Lucien DeBlois, Ron Delorme and Yvon Lambert.
Denis Herron made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Engblom (1)Unassisted1–009:49 MTL
Doug Risebrough (6)Gilles Lupien (3), Steve Shutt (28)2–013:45 MTL
2nd period
Lucien DeBlois (17)Mike McEwen (34), Mike Christie (9)2–109:26 CLR
Ron Delorme (15)Rene Robert (25), Mike McEwen (35)2–215:54 CLR ·
3rd period
Yvon Lambert (10)Pierre Larouche (27), Larry Robinson (41)3–208:19 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLCLR
2435
0%0%
1/31/5
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:59 into the first period
Steve Shutt · charging2 min - 1:49 into the second period
Randy Pierce · holding2 min - 11:49 into the second periodRene Robert · roughing2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · roughing2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 17:09 into the second periodGilles Lupien · slashing2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodRene Robert · hooking2 min
- 1:46 into the third periodGilles Lupien · holding2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodGary Croteau · tripping2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
Colorado Rockies
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 17Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Gary CroteauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Kevin MorrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – |