Chicago Blackhawks vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, March 25, 1980 · Montreal Forum

4–8

29–33

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8–4 on Tuesday, March 25, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Blackhawks 33–29.

Steve Shutt scored twice and Pierre Larouche scored twice. Doug Wilson, Yvon Lambert, J.P. Bordeleau, Mario Tremblay, Bob Murray, Doug Jarvis, Rich Preston and Rod Langway also scored.

Michel Larocque made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 25 of 32.

Goals
CHI	1	1	2	4	29
MTL	2	3	3	8	33

Scoring

1st period

Doug Wilson (11)J.P. Bordeleau (10), Rich Preston (28)1–003:42 CHI
Steve Shutt (44)Guy Lafleur (70), Pierre Mondou (36)1–107:21 MTL
Yvon Lambert (18)Mario Tremblay (25), Brian Engblom (17)1–216:48 MTL

2nd period

J.P. Bordeleau (7)Tom Lysiak (38), Rich Preston (29)2–212:02 CHI
Steve Shutt (45)Guy Lafleur (71), Brian Engblom (18)2–315:48 MTL
Mario Tremblay (15)Yvon Lambert (31), Rejean Houle (26)2–416:51 MTL
Pierre Larouche (49)Unassisted2–517:01 MTL

3rd period

Bob Murray (14)Tom Lysiak (39), Doug Wilson (48)3–503:09 CHI ·
Doug Jarvis (11)Larry Robinson (55)3–614:51 MTL
Rich Preston (31)Dave Hutchison (11), Tom Lysiak (40)4–615:13 CHI
Rod Langway (7)Doug Jarvis (11)4–719:17 MTL ·
Pierre Larouche (50)Mark Napier (31)4–819:35 MTL

Team stats

CHIMTL

2933

0%0%

1/20/3

Penalties

4:04 into the first periodBob Murray · holding2 min
3:35 into the second periodRod Langway · interference2 min
5:46 into the second periodTom Lysiak · hooking2 min
7:36 into the second periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
1:18 into the third periodMario Tremblay · boarding2 min

Season series

Blackhawks vs Canadiens head-to-head →

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

12Tom LysiakC	0	3	3	0	1	2	–	–
16Rich PrestonR	1	2	3	−1	1	0	–	–
23J.P. BordeleauR	1	1	2	+1	4	0	–	–
24Doug WilsonD	1	1	2	−3	3	2	–	–
5Dave HutchisonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
6Bob MurrayD	1	0	1	−4	1	2	–	–
7Doug LecuyerL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
8Terry RuskowskiC	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
11John MarksR	0	0	0	−4	4	0	–	–
15Tim HigginsR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
17Alain DaigleR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
19Ron SedlbauerL	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–
20Cliff KorollR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Grant MulveyR	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
14Mike O'connellD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
18Greg FoxD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
25Keith BrownD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
1Mike VeisorG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tony EspositoG	L	32	25	7	.781	59:33

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

10Guy LafleurR	0	2	2	+5	1	0	–	–
11Yvon LambertL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
14Mario TremblayR	1	1	2	+2	2	2	–	–
21Doug JarvisC	1	1	2	0	2	0	–	–
22Steve ShuttL	2	0	2	+3	5	0	–	–
28Pierre LaroucheC	2	0	2	+3	6	0	–	–
3Brian EngblomD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
6Pierre MondouC	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
15Rejean HouleL	0	1	1	+2	3	0	–	–
31Mark NapierR	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
17Rod LangwayD	1	0	1	+2	2	2	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	–	–
23Bob GaineyL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
26Norm DupontL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
30Chris NilanR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
2Gaston GingrasD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
27Rick ChartrawD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
1Michel LarocqueG	W	29	25	4	.862	60:00
32Denis HerronG		0	0	0	–	00:00