Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 1980 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–3 on Saturday, March 15, 1980 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canadiens 32–27.
Mark Napier scored twice. Pierre Larouche, Bob Gainey, Pierre Mondou, Yvon Lambert, Wayne Gretzky, Dave Lumley, Don Murdoch and Guy Lafleur also scored.
Denis Herron made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 20 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (48)Steve Shutt (40), Mark Napier (27)1–004:16 MTL
2nd period
Bob Gainey (12)Brian Engblom (16), Rejean Houle (21)2–000:39 MTL
Pierre Mondou (29)Yvon Lambert (27), Rejean Houle (22)3–005:48 MTL
Yvon Lambert (17)Pierre Mondou (34), Rejean Houle (23)4–006:06 MTL
Mark Napier (12)Gaston Gingras (6), Pierre Larouche (36)5–014:13 MTL
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (42)Unassisted5–104:18 EDM- Mark Napier (13)Rod Langway (26), Pierre Larouche (37)6–105:03 MTL
Dave Lumley (18)Kevin Lowe (14)6–205:45 EDM
Don Murdoch (25)Kevin Lowe (15), Dave Hunter (28)6–309:51 EDM
Guy Lafleur (47)Pierre Larouche (38), Steve Shutt (41)7–313:04 MTL
Team stats
MTLEDM
2732
0%0%
0/10/2
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:34 into the first period
Rejean Houle · tripping2 min - 6:18 into the first period
Pat Price · slashing2 min - 6:18 into the first periodBob Gainey · slashing2 min
- 9:22 into the first periodMark Messier · tripping2 min
- 7:08 into the second periodBrian Engblom · hooking2 min
- 9:38 into the second periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 9:38 into the second periodRejean Houle · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +6 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 47Don MurdochR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 6 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Wayne BianchinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Don AshbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |