Montréal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, February 2, 1980 · The Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Saturday, February 2, 1980 at The Forum.
Goals came from Rod Langway, Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis, Guy Lafleur, Steve Carlson, Marcel Dionne, Doug Halward, Yvon Lambert and Steve Jensen.
Michel Larocque made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Langway (1)Larry Robinson (42)1–000:10 MTL
Bob Gainey (8)Guy Lafleur (55), Pierre Larouche (28)2–008:18 MTL ·
2nd period
Doug Jarvis (6)Bob Gainey (9), Rod Langway (15)3–000:25 MTL
Guy Lafleur (39)Pierre Mondou (22), Mark Napier (15)4–004:27 MTL · 
Steve Carlson (8)Randy Manery (7), Andre St. Laurent (11)4–105:20 LAK
Marcel Dionne (40)Steve Carlson (11)4–217:05 LAK
3rd period
Doug Halward (11)Rob Palmer (20), Andre St. Laurent (12)4–311:26 LAK
Yvon Lambert (11)Pierre Mondou (23)5–313:44 MTL · 
Steve Jensen (16)Marcel Dionne (58), Mike Murphy (16)5–414:37 LAK ·
Team stats
MTLLAK
3131
0%0%
3/41/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:18 into the first period
Andre St. Laurent · roughing2 min - 12:51 into the first periodSteve Carlson · interference2 min
- 13:22 into the first period
Yvon Lambert · cross checking2 min - 2:35 into the second periodBarry Gibbs · holding2 min
- 12:32 into the second periodGaston Gingras · hooking2 min
- 12:41 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:29 into the third periodLarry Robinson · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Randy ManeryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Don HowseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |