Montréal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, April 2, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–2 on Wednesday, April 2, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Red Wings 34–28.
Mark Napier scored twice and Guy Lafleur scored twice. Mario Tremblay, Errol Thompson, John Ogrodnick, Steve Shutt and Rejean Houle also scored.
Michel Larocque made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Tremblay (16)Brian Engblom (19)1–001:43 MTL
Errol Thompson (33)Dennis Polonich (7), Peter Mahovlich (49)1–117:08 DET
2nd period
John Ogrodnick (8)Mike Foligno (35)1–201:10 DET · 
Mark Napier (14)Bob Gainey (17), Larry Robinson (57)2–203:26 MTL · 
Steve Shutt (46)Guy Lafleur (72), Rejean Houle (27)3–210:13 MTL
Guy Lafleur (49)Mark Napier (32), Larry Robinson (58)4–215:10 MTL · 
Rejean Houle (17)Unassisted5–218:07 MTL
3rd period
- Mark Napier (15)Unassisted6–201:36 MTL
- Guy Lafleur (50)Unassisted7–205:22 MTL
Team stats
MTLDET
3428
0%0%
2/31/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:08 into the first period
Yvon Lambert · hooking2 min - 0:12 into the second periodChris Nilan · elbowing2 min
- 2:18 into the second period
Jim Korn · tripping2 min - 14:05 into the second periodBarry Long · tripping2 min
- 14:27 into the third periodDennis Polonich · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 8 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Rick VaskoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |