Edmonton Oilers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, March 6, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 on Thursday, March 6, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Oilers outshot the Canadiens 32–29.
Blair MacDonald scored twice and Mark Napier scored twice. Don Ashby, Steve Shutt, Larry Robinson, Guy Lapointe and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Denis Herron made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jim Corsi stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Don Ashby (3)Al Hamilton (10), Wayne Gretzky (71)1–001:48 EDM
Blair MacDonald (38)Unassisted2–004:18 EDM
Steve Shutt (37)Unassisted2–104:30 MTL
Mark Napier (10)Steve Shutt (37), Pierre Larouche (34)2–206:53 MTL
Larry Robinson (11)Unassisted2–319:18 MTL
2nd period
Guy Lapointe (3)Guy Lafleur (63), Steve Shutt (38)2–403:31 MTL- Mark Napier (11)Bob Gainey (12)2–509:36 MTL
- Blair MacDonald (39)Pat Price (17), Wayne Gretzky (72)3–510:22 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (38)Blair MacDonald (41), Don Ashby (3)4–516:56 EDM
Team stats
EDMMTL
3229
0%0%
0/20/2
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:02 into the first period
Cam Connor · hooking2 min - 9:02 into the first period
Gilles Lupien · roughing2 min - 15:00 into the first periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 6:43 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · tripping2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodGilles Lupien · tripping2 min
- 4:55 into the third periodColin Campbell · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 19Don AshbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jim CorsiG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |